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Last updated April 23, 2021  07:35 EDT

This is a list of all known performances by John Medeski, Billy Martin & Chris Wood. Shows below that have a time listed or a link to a source on db.etree.org were recorded. If you have a copy of any show not included here or a show that's not marked with green in the calendar, please email Tom or fill in the details in the form below.

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In the rightmost column, click on the number links to see the etree source records, s to jump to the show description or t to find recent torrents. Shows that are downloadable from the Live Music Archive have 'LMA' links. At the present time, MMW doesn't allow their shows to be hosted on LMA, but a number of shows where they were part of another band or were a guest for a song or more, are hosted there. For a complete list, go to Solo gigs on Live Music Archive.

Ticket stubs, posters & photos from the shows that confirm the date & venue are included below -- Just click on the thumbnails in the Artist column. 229 ticket stubs, 411 posters, 22 photos added, so far... If you have any that aren't listed here, please email Tom. < tom AT mmwhistory DOT com >

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February 2000 13
April 2000 12 13 14 15 16 29
May 2000 1 2 7 10 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21
June 2000 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10
October 2000 14
November 2000 ##

2000
Date Artist Venue Setlist Time Links
2/13/2000MMWTufts University, Cohen Auditorium, Boston, MAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Tsukemono > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Your Lady > Improv > Drum Solo/Percussion Improv > Brigas Nunca Mais, Piano Solo > Rise Up > Piano Solo > Hey Joe; Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Afrique, Thaw > Golden Lady, Buster Rides Again/Olde Wyne* > Mercy Mercy Mercy > Drum Solo, Note Bleu; Encore: Swamp Road; * medley 145:57105565 t s
4/12/2000MMWAngel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Tsukemono > Acht O'Clock Rock > Thaw > Nostalgia In Times Square/Syeeda's Song Flute/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Swamp Road; Set 2: Seven Deadlies > Afrique, Note Bleu > Rise Up > Drum Solo, Mercy Mercy Mercy > Improv > Olde Wyne; Encore: Blue Pepper140:0512945 t t s
4/13/2000MMWAngel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Brigas Nunca Mais > Piano Solo > Africa > Your Lady > Tubby > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You); Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Creole Love Call, Piano Solo > Rise Up > Piano Solo > Note Bleu; Encore: Swamp Road142:11 140:216515 t t 105408 t -4804- s
4/14/2000MMWAngel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Ballade In C Minor 'Vergessene Seelen'* > Afrique, Seven Deadlies > Syeeda's Song Flute > Where's Sly? > Norah 6+, Blue Pepper; Set 2: Shacklyn Knights, Brigas Nunca Mais > Thaw > Golden Lady > Piano Solo > Rise Up > Drum Solo > Mercy Mercy Mercy > Hey Joe; Encore: Buster Rides Again; * raw/early version, not found again until the April 2007 acoustic run; + with same intro section as was played on 5/21/2000131:391005 t t -1003- -26106- s
4/15/2000MMWAngel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Nostalgia In Times Square/Syeeda's Song Flute/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Open Improv (with Bass Solo) > Your Lady > Piano Solo, Rise Up > Open Improv > Piano Solo > Note Bleu > Olde Wyne; Set 2: Felic > Seven Deadlies > Open Improv > Brigas Nunca Mais, Illinization > Tsukemono > Acht O'Clock Rock > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Swamp Road; Encore: Hey Joe137:241006 t t t -11023- s
4/16/2000MMWAngel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Buster Rides Again > Africa > Your Lady > Open Improv > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > No Ke Ano Ahiahi; Set 2: Seven Deadlies > Illinization > Thaw > Acht O'Clock Rock, Mercy Mercy Mercy, Blue Pepper, Hey Joe, Swamp Road; Encore: Olde Wyne122:041007 t s
4/29/2000MMWSmith Opera House, Geneva, NYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Illinization > Improv > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais > Open Improv > Down On Me/Tsukemono medley* > Bass Solo, Olde Wyne; Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Thaw > Afrique, Bass Solo > Rise Up > Piano Solo > Hey Joe, Buster Rides Again; Encore: Blue Pepper; * first known performance117:531008 t s
5/1/2000MMW9:30 Club, Washington, DCAcoustic Show; Set 1: Improv > Afrique, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > Bass Solo, Rise Up > Drum Solo > Brigas Nunca Mais > Open Improv, Seven Deadlies; Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Thaw > Note Bleu > Drum Solo > Latin Shuffle > Down On Me/Tsukemono medley > Bass Solo > Swamp Road, No Ke Ano Ahiahi; Encore: Blue Pepper 123:16 118:501763 89376 t t 124417 t s
5/2/2000MMWCarolina Theater, Durham, NCAcoustic Show; Set 1: Illinization > Improv > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Africa > Drum Solo > Buster Rides Again > Mercy Mercy Mercy, Your Lady > Drum Solo > Blue Pepper; Set 2: Open Improv > Afrique, Piano Intro > Rise Up > Drum Solo > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais > Open Improv > Swamp Road; Encore: Hey Joe117:117084 t s
5/7/2000MMWCajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Acht O'Clock Rock, Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais > Hey Joe; Set 2: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > Hermeto's Daydream > Golden Lady > Toy Dancing > Note Bleu > Swamp Road > Mercy Mercy Mercy# > Blue Pepper#; Encore: Olde Wyne; # with Skerik110:41 110:41 110:411009 12591 95713 t t s
5/10/2000MMWMississippi Nights, St. Louis, MOAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Shacklyn Knights, Seven Deadlies, Your Lady > Thaw, Mercy Mercy Mercy; Set 2: Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Afrique > Latin Shuffle, Swamp Road, Buster Rides Again > Felic > Brigas Nunca Mais > Hey Joe; Encore: Blue Pepper128:40143351 t s
5/12/2000MMWThe Woman's Club Assembly, Minneapolis, MNAcoustic Show; Set 1: Illinization > Improv > Piano Solo > Rise Up > Where's Sly?, Afrique, Open Improv > Seven Deadlies*; Set 2: Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Acht O'Clock Rock, Your Lady > Thaw > Buster Rides Again > Open Improv > Note Bleu, Tsukemono > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights; Encore: Hey Joe; * with My Little Suede Shoes ending146:32 145:1812116 t -6514- t s
5/13/2000MMWPark West, Chicago, ILAcoustic Show; Set 1: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais > Drums'n'Bass > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Olde Wyne; Set 2: Thaw > Golden Lady > Open Improv > Afrique > Felic > Buster Rides Again > Rise Up > Mercy Mercy Mercy > Swamp Road; Encore: Hey Joe135:17 129:2527688 t t 1428 s
5/14/2000MMWClutch Cargo's, Pontiac, MIAcoustic Show; Set 1: Acht O'Clock Rock > Afrique, Your Lady > Seven Deadlies > Note Bleu > Blue Pepper; Set 2: Wiggly's Way > Africa > Rise Up > Creole Love Call, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Thaw > Swamp Road; Encore: Hey Joe125:18 125:44t t s
5/17/2000MMWNew England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Illinization > Seven Deadlies > Shacklyn Knights > No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Buster Rides Again > Afrique; Set 2: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > Open Improv > Felic > Thaw > Your Lady > Piano Intro > Rise Up > Swamp Road; Encore: Olde Wyne*, Hey Joe; * unplugged & acoustic124:25 123:134254 t s
5/18/2000MMWNew England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Acht O'Clock Rock, Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Creole Love Call; Set 2: Africa, Brigas Nunca Mais, Felic > Thaw, Piano Intro > Rise Up > Hey Joe, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)#; Encore: Blue Pepper#; # with Bob Moses 132:1088455 t t s
5/19/2000MMWState Theater, Portland, MEAcoustic Show; Set 1: Olde Wyne > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies Improv > Drum Solo > Worms > Norah 6 > Bass Solo > Rise Up; Set 2: Open Improv > Seven Deadlies > Brigas Nunca Mais > No Ke Ano Ahiahi > Open Improv > Afrique, Tubby > Blue Pepper > Where's Sly?, Swamp Road; Encore: Acht O'Clock Rock135:05 134:58 136:4426103 27397 t 99176 t t s
5/20/2000MMWZellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Tsukemono > Latin Shuffle, Improv > Hermeto's Daydream, Improv, Mercy Mercy Mercy; Set 2: Seven Deadlies, Improv > Afrique, Thaw > Rise Up, Hey Joe, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You); Encore: Blue Pepper#; # with Calvin Weston on drums136:28-1010- s
5/21/2000MMWLupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RIAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Afrique, Seven Deadlies, Note Bleu, Caravan, Open Improv, Rise Up; Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Piano Intro > Shacklyn Knights, Your Lady > Open Improv > Africa > Bass Solo > Norah 6* > Mercy Mercy Mercy > Felic > Blue Pepper; Encore: Swamp Road; * with same intro section as was played on 4/14/2000137:07 1836 t s
6/1/2000MMWMoore Theatre, Seattle, WAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Illinization > Seven Deadlies, Afrique, Acht O'Clock Rock > Thaw > Africa > No Ke Ano Ahiahi; Set 2: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Tubby > Your Lady > Brigas Nunca Mais > Felic > Mercy Mercy Mercy, Drum Solo > Rise Up > Bass Solo > Swamp Road141:34 1889 t s
6/2/2000MMW
Roseland Theater, Portland, ORAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Olde Wyne > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Open Improv > Felic > Brigas Nunca Mais, Blue Pepper; Set 2: Open Improv > Shacklyn Knights > Bass'n'Drums outro, Seven Deadlies# > Thaw > Golden Lady, Buster Rides Again, Afrique > Hey Joe; Encore: Gonzo; # with Skerik on sax132:023138 t s
6/3/2000MMWThe Warfield, San Francisco, CAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Acht O'Clock Rock > Africa > Afrique, Seven Deadlies, Improv > Open Improv; Set 2: Rise Up > Thaw > Your Lady > Open Improv > Blue Pepper, Brigas Nunca Mais > Hey Joe, Swamp Road; Encore: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute131:09 131:091011 105548 t s
6/5/2000MMWYoshi's, Oakland, CAAcoustic Shows; Early Show: Open Improv > Philly Cheese Blunt > Bass'n'Drums > Drum Solo > Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Acht O'Clock Rock > Thaw > No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Olde Wyne; Encore: Blue Pepper; Late Show: Open Improv > Shacklyn Knights (with Bass Solo) > Afrique > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Brigas Nunca Mais > Piano Solo > Rise Up > Bass Solo, Hey Joe, Swamp Road; Encore: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)170:04 170:04 167:401012 t 105550 t 119861 t s
6/6/2000MMW
Palookaville, Santa Cruz, CAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Buster Rides Again, Note Bleu > Thaw > Open Improv > Worms > Seven Deadlies; Set 2: Afrique, Acht O'Clock Rock, Open Improv > Rise Up > Hey Joe, Mercy Mercy Mercy > Brigas Nunca Mais; Encore: Blue Pepper117:32 117:321057 105551 t s
6/8/2000MMWSun Theater, Anaheim, CAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Drum Solo > Africa > Note Bleu > Bass Solo > Afrique, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You), Brigas Nunca Mais; Set 2: Seven Deadlies > Piano Solo > Rise Up > Drum Solo > Shacklyn Knights > Bass'n'Drums outro, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Swamp Road; Encore: Blue Pepper136:333590 t s
6/9/2000MMW4th and B, San Diego, CAAcoustic Show;s
6/10/2000MMWHenry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Tsukemono > Shacklyn Knights > Bass Solo > Drum Intro > Buster Rides Again > Drum Outro > Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais; Set 2: Thaw > Acht O'Clock Rock, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Rise Up > Tubby > Drum Solo > Nostalgia In Times Square > Wiggly's Way > Hey Joe; Encore: Blue Pepper117:0229338 t t -2261- s
10/14/2000MMWUniversity of Kentucky, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, KYAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Down On Me/Tsukemono medley > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You), Blue Pepper; Set 2: Afrique, Thaw, Brigas Nunca Mais > Piano Solo > Rise Up, Mercy Mercy Mercy*; Encore: Hermeto's Daydream; * with Wiggly's Way tease124:4212420 t -4200- -4591- s


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These pages were created and are maintained by Tom Luhrs. I have no affiliation with MMW other than being a huge fan. Thanks again to MMW for allowing their music to be taped and shared by us all. Thanks also to duggy, moniker, Bill Mulvey (mmwarchives) and RLBayers for various setlist corrections. And, additional thanks go to Drew, Mike, Will, Duffy, Scott, Jamie, Robert, Pat, Derek, David, Mark, Jason, Lance, Matt and Jered for the ticket stubs & posters. The information listed here is for personal use only and may not be distributed in any manner without written permission. ©Tom Luhrs, 2007-2021