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Ed Volker at Chickie Wah Wah, January 17, 2013

Ed Volker AKA Zeke Fishhead AKA Trio Mollusc
Chickie Wah Wah
2828 Canal St, New Orleans, LA
8:00 PM, Thursday, January 17, 2013

Soundcheck

  1. (missed the first tune due to inattention)
  2. [7:57 PM] Gotta Find Somebody to Treat Me Right

[done by 8 PM]

Set One

[8:27 PM, lights down, go!]

  1. Somebody to Love
  2. Stop That Train » Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right » Hwy 61 (fragment) » Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
  3. the Cuckoo » Junko Partner » Man of Constant Sorrow » the Cuckoo
  4. Oh Beautiful Loser
  5. City Lights
  6. Zig-Zagging Through Ghostland
  7. Ain't No Grave » Free Little Bird » Ain't No Grave
  8. Money (That's What I Want)
  9. Every Dog's Got His Day
  10. Party 'Til the Money Run Out
  11. Blackjack
  12. Whinin' Boy
  13. Let the Red Wine Flow » Finger-Popping Time » Keep on Popping That Shine
  14. Alabama Song »
  15. Madison Time
  16. Girl »
  17. the Word »
  18. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey » Living in the USA (coda)
  19. Ling Ting Tong »
  20. Heart Attack and Vine »
  21. Stiletto »
  22. Big Chief »
  23. Mezze: City of Refuge / Red Dress / Somebody to Love

[set ends 10:16 PM]

Set Two

[10:45 PM, lights, ready, go!]

  1. Mezze: Junko Partner / Jumpin' Jack Flash »
  2. Fishhead Man
  3. Mezze: (unidentified tune)/Doctor Doctor/I Heard It Through the Grapevine »
  4. Bad Taste of Your Stuff » Whole Lotta Love † » Doctor Doctor
  5. New Dark Ages »
  6. Cannibal Girls
  7. Train Is Off the Track
  8. Did My Part » When the Battle Is Over » Did My Part » When the Battle Is Over » Africa » All Meat
  9. Grief Snafu
  10. Stone Cold Dead in the Market
  11. Dontcha Leave Me Here
    [set ends 11:51 PM]
     
    Encore
  12. Coup de Grâce »
  13. Jump Back »
  14. Stiletto coda

[show ends 11:58 PM]

Performers

Notes

Eric Vandercar's recording of the gig is available for purchase. Buy a copy for yourself. Buy another for a friend!

In the segments marked mezze, Ed plays the melody and/or changes of the first tune, while singing the lyrics of the second and later tunes on top. I don't recall that the lyrics of any of the first tunes of these arrangements were sung, but I might have missed them. It was a strange experience of cognitive dissonance, a good mind-fuck! It's possible that some of the tunes not listed in this fashion were nonetheless performed that way – my cue for writing down a tune usually comes from the lyrics rather than the music.

† Screaming way in the background courtesy of Dave Malone.

The soundcheck was super short, and as far as I could tell, both Joe and Mike were working mainly off musical intuition – following Ed's cues as best they could, and laying out when they got lost.

There was quite a crowd for the first set – a very dense and thirsty school of fish! And Ed rewarded us with a really long set.

Attendance for the second set was noticeably sparser, but it made for a better show experience, since there was now plenty of room to dance, and walk-up service at the bar.

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