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Artist |
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Setlist |
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| 3/10/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Set 1: Macha > Lifeblood, Lonely Avenue, Oscillation > Bass'n'Drums > Drum Solo > The Lover > Henduck > Dracula > Crosstown Traffic; Set 2: Bass Solo > Think# > Improv# > Open Improv# > Night Marchers#, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) > Jelly Belly > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Chinoiserie#; Encore: Chubb Sub#; # with Marc Ribot | 190:08 | 26466 t t t s |
| 3/21/1996 | MMW | Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA | One Set Only: Oscillation > Macha > Drum outro > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Think#*, The Satellites Are Spinning#*, Jelly Belly > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, The Lover > Open Improv#* > Dracula#* > Crosstown Traffic#*; Encore: Chubb Sub; # with Michael Ray (trumpet); * with Tim Green (sax) | 121:50 121:50 | 32237 t 6 s |
| 4/3/1996 | MMW | Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC | One Set Only: Open Improv > Macha > Beeah, Lonely Avenue, Jelly Belly > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Open Improv# > Night Marchers#, Dracula# > Open Improv# > Bubblehouse#, The Lover > Open Improv > Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Chubb Sub; # with David Fiuczynski (guitar) | 105:02 | 7381 t t s |
| 4/4/1996 | MMW | Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC | One Set Only: Organ Intro > Jelly Belly, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Lifeblood > Think, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Macha > Open Improv#* > Night Marchers#*, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat#* > Crosstown Traffic#; Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Dean Bowman (vocals); * with Dave Fiuczysnki (guitar) | 109:37 | 7 t t s |
| 4/9/1996 | MMW | Georgia Theater, Athens, GA | One Set Only: Percussion/Open Improv > Oscillation > Think, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Macha > Wiggly's Way > Sequel, Organ Intro > Bubblehouse#*, Red House#* > Vog#; Encore: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus; # with David Fiuczynski (guitar); * with Dean Bowman (vocals) | 114:50 | 89014 t s |
| 4/22/1996 | MMW | Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica, CA | One Set Only: Macha, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Jelly Belly > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Lifeblood# > Night Marchers#, Lonely Avenue, Bubblehouse, Crosstown Traffic#; # with Gary Joynes(?) (sax); not verified | | s |
| 5/18/1996 | MMW | Irving Plaza, New York, NY | One Set Only: Crosstown Traffic, Macha > Wiggly's Way, Sequel, Lifeblood, Night Marchers#, Jelly Belly# > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus#, Think#, Bubblehouse, Chubb Sub#; Encore: Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself; # with Marc Ribot | 118:49 | 25413 t t s |
| 8/10/1996 | MMW | Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL | One Set Only: Macha > Caravan > Wiggly's Way, Lifeblood, Dracula, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Bass Solo > Beeah, The Lover, Improv#, Night Marchers, Chubb Sub; # with Samurai Celestial on keyboards | 121:52 | 4456 t s |
| 9/6/1996 | MMW | Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA | One Set Only: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Beeah > Macha > Wiggly's Way > Caravan# > Open Improv# > Jelly Belly# > Drum Solo, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, The Lover > Night Marchers > Lifeblood > Dracula# > Bubblehouse#, Crosstown Traffic#; # with Tim Green on saxophone | 141:44 | 17744 t t -11- s |
| 9/16/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party I; Set 1: Improv# > Improv# > Caravan* > Open Improv* > Improv*+ > Improv*+, Improv*+ > Improv*+ > Piano Solo > Goodbye Pork Pie Hat*; Set 2: Open Improv > Improv > Pakalolo, Wig Wise*, Open Improv* > Improv* > Wiggly's Way*; # with Bob Moses (drums, piano); * with Rob Scheps (tenor sax); + with Danny Blume (guitar) | 167:37 168:00 | 79647 t t t 127771 t s |
| 9/23/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party II; Set 1: Improv#* > Open Improv* > Improv* > Improv+^ > Conga Solo+, Naima*+^, Bass Solo > Syeeda's Song Flute > Spy Kiss > Improv% > Piano Solo > Improv%; Set 2: Africa+^%$! > Percussion/Drums+! > Africa+^%$!, Improv$ > Drums'n'DJ [@9:06] > Chinoiserie@, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus@&; # with Johnny Thunder Cloud (vocals, chanting); * with Danny Blume (guitar); + with Eddie Bobe (congas); ^ with Hammadi (alto sax, percussion); % with Rob Scheps (tenor sax); $ with Marc Ribot (guitar); ! with G. Calvin Weston (drums); @ with Michael Blake (tenor sax); & with Sherri Jackson (vocals); with DJ Logic (turntables) throughout the show | 167:31 | 12 t t t t s |
| 9/28/1996 | MMW | Club Toast, Burlington, VT | One Set Only: The Cape Verdean Blues, Think, Lifeblood, Night Marchers#, Satellites Are Spinning / Theme Of The Stargazers#, Dracula#, Jelly Belly#, Bubblehouse, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Macha# > Wiggly's Way#, Crosstown Traffic#; Encore: Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself; # with Michael Ray | 134:02 | 99006 t s |
| 9/30/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party III; Set 1: Improv > Improv > Improv > Improv#* > Open Improv#*, Cape Verdean Blues, Bass Solo > Improv#* > Organ'n'Trumpet# > Wiggly's Way#*, "Unknown Bossa Nova"+; Set 2: Piano Solo > Improv^ > Drums'n'DJ, Improv#^ > Open Improv#^% > Improv#^%$ > Bass'n'Drums/DJ$@ > Drums'n'DJ$ > Improv$% > Friday Afternoon In The Universe$%, The Second Effort^!; with DJ Logic (turntables); # with Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet); * with Rob Scheps (tenor sax); + with Jennifer Jackson (vocals); ^ with Oren Bloedow (guitar, vocals) - presumably Oren is the guitar heard throughout the start of Set 2 as well; % with Rufus Cappodoccio (cello); $ with G. Calvin Weston (drums); ! with Aaron Heik (alto sax); @ Medeski plunks in a few times on piano | 157:12 | 21608 t t t t t s |
| 10/7/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party IV; Set 1: Improv# > Open Improv#* > Drum Solo > Improv#* > Improv#* > Improv#*! > Wig Wise; Set 2: Drums+ > Improv+^@, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat^, Improv > ITAHTLMJ Improv#, Improv# > Improv; # with Danny Blume (guitar); * with Rob Scheps (tenor sax); + with G. Calvin Weston (drums); ^ with Dean Bowman (vocals); ! Billy introduces musicians at end of track while John and Chris play out; @ with Murder By Numbers lyrics | 134:12 | 82482 t t t t s |
| 10/12/1996 | MMW | Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA | One Set Only: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, The Lover > Henduck > Dracula, Lonely Avenue#; # with Steve Berlin & David Hilgado of Los Lobos; Opened for Los Lobos | 42:51 | 82976 t s |
| 10/13/1996 | MMW | 9:30 Club, Washington, DC | One Set Only: Sequel, The Cape Verdean Blues, Jelly Belly#, Chubb Sub#; # with Steve Berlin & David Hilgado of Los Lobos; Opened for Los Lobos | 50:36 | 83038 t s |
| 10/14/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party V; Set 1: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Think, Lifeblood > Night Marchers > Open Improv > Dracula, Bubblehouse, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo; Set 2: Good Golly Miss Molly > Improv > Improv > Improv > Open Improv > If 6 Was 9 Improv > Improv+ > Goodbye Pork Pie Hat$; # with Dean Bowman (vocals), David Fiuczynski(guitar) & DJ Logic (turntables) for entire set 2; + contains serious 'Inner City Blues' quotes (Marvin Gaye) & '40 Acres and a Mule' rap; $ with Murder By Numbers lyrics | 132:45 133:21 137:49 | 4679 t t t t t 143359 t s |
| 10/21/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party VI; Set 1: Improv#* > Drums# > Improv#*+ > Improv#*+, Open Improv^% > Drums'n'Bass > Improv^% > Improv^%, Gramma's Hands+^$@, Chain of Fools+^$!@; Set 2: Improv& > Improv^%@~ > "Going Home"^%@~, Improv=, Open Improv= > Crosstown Traffic=; # with Eddie Bobe (congas); * with Vernon Reid (guitar); + with DJ Logic (turntables); ^ with Daniel Carter (saxophone); % with Leon Gruenbaum (Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee); $ with Juliana Nash (vocals); ! with Jennifer Jackson (vocals); @ with Oren Bloedow (guitar); & with Ben Perowski (percussion); ~ with Steven Bernstein (trumpet); = with David Fiuczynski (guitar) & Dean Bowman (vocals) | 159:27 | 1457 t t t s |
| 10/28/1996 | MMW | Knitting Factory, New York, NY | Shack Party VII; Set 1: Improv#, Open Improv#* > Improv#*, The Cape Verdean Blues#* > Bass'n'Drums > Drum Solo > Tablas# > Improv#*, Anything Can Happen^%; Set 2: Improv%$!@ > Improv%$!@ > Improv%$!@, In The Clinch& > Improv& > Bass Improv& > Improv&%!@ > Drum Solo, In The Clinch (reprise)&; Encore: Can't Get What You Want; # with Badal Roy (tablas); * with John Dirac (guitar); ^ with Jennifer Jackson (vocals); % with Eric Hipp (saxophone); $ with Danny Blume (guitar); ! with Frank London (trumpet); @ with Josh Roseman (trombone); & with Oren Bloedow (guitar, vocals); with DJ Chill Freeze (turntables between sets, and may be playing during some of the show) | 174:52 181:24 | 11868 t t t 143357 t s |
| 11/23/1996 | MMW | El Ray Theater, Los Angeles, CA | One Set Only: Beeah, Night Marchers > The Cape Verdean Blues, Henduck > Dracula, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Space (Open Improv?) > Jelly Belly# > Drum Solo, Bubblehouse, Chubb Sub; Encore: Moti Mo; # with Gary Joynes on sax | 14:24 | s |
| 11/26/1996 | MMW | Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX | One Set Only: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Think, Henduck, Syeeda's Song Flute > Strance Of The Spirit Red Gator > Night Marchers, The Lover# > Open Improv Intro* > Jelly Belly* > Drum Solo, Bubblehouse; Encore: Moti Mo; # with Charlie Hunter - 8-string guitar & Scott Amendola - drums; * with Charlie Hunter Quartet - everyone except Chris Wood and Scott Amendola took a solo; Charlie Hunter Quartet opened for MMW | 110:20 112:16 | 28412 t t 16 t s |
| 11/27/1996 | MMW | Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX | One Set Only: Macha > Caravan > Wiggly's Way, Lifeblood* > Lonely Avenue, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, The Cape Verdean Blues#, Improv+ > Open Improv+ > Bubblehouse+; Encore: Bass Solo > Chubb Sub; * with extended outro; # with Charlie Hunter; + with Charlie Hunter Quartet; Charlie Hunter Quartet opened for MMW | 106:27 106:08 106:06 | 84859 t t t 28433 -17- s |
| 11/30/1996 | MMW | Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA | One Set Only: Jelly Belly > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Hermeto's Daydream > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Macha# > Wiggly's Way# > They'll Come Back*, Bubblehouse, Night Marchers, Lonely Avenue#; Encore: Crosstown Traffic; # with Michael Ray (trumpet, percussion & vocals); * with Peter Paul Meehan, III on sax; not verified | | s |
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