Freret Oyster Jam, January 19, 2014

the inaugural Freret Oyster Jam featuring
  Raw Oyster Cult,
    the New Orleans Suspects,
      and the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra
2014-01-19
Freret Street Publiq House
4528 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA
12:00 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2014

[12:23 PM, Announcements: We're almost ready]

1. [12:24 PM] New Suit jam
2. [12:31 PM] Indians, Here They Come
3. [12:39 PM] Shallow Water, Oh Mama
4. [12:46 PM] Let's Go Get 'Em »
5. [12:47 PM] Oo Na Nay »
6. [12:52 PM] Big Chief jam »
7. [1:00 PM] Big Chief
8. [1:09 PM] Sew Sew Sew
   [pause, Indians off, but return after a minute or so]
9. [1:15 PM] Indian Red
10. [1:19 PM] Smoke My Peace Pipe (aborts); Firewater »
11. [1:26 PM] Smoke My Peace Pipe
    [set ends 1:31 PM]

[2:30 PM announcements]

1. [2:34 PM] Pocketful of Grits
2. [2:44 PM] Country Side of Life (CR)
3. [2:52 PM] Things (CR) »
4. [3:01 PM] Magdalena (J)
5. [3:08 PM] Swamp Thang
6. [3:15 PM] Every Wind in the River (J)
7. [3:20 PM] Cigarette Smile (CR)
8. [3:27 PM] Carnivale (CR/J)
9. [3:36 PM] Tangled Up in Blue (CR) »
10. [3:46 PM] Willie's 2nd Line
11. [3:54 PM] 36 Cars
12. [4:04 PM] JB Medley: Papa Don't Take No Mess » Licking Stick » Papa Don't Take No Mess (JW)
    [set ends ~4:15 PM]

[5:29 PM lights down, announcements, crowning the king/queen of the fest]

1. [5:31 PM] ? Workin'
2. [5:40 PM] Confidential
3. [5:50 PM] Let the Red Wine Flow
4. [5:56 PM; +Jeff W mid jam] Fall of Dark (over For What It's Worth)
   [drop Jeff, add Jake Eckert]
5. [6:05 PM] Whassamatta
6. [6:13 PM] On Your Way Down
   [pause ~3 min for Frankie to fix his kick drum]
   [Jake off]
7. [6:23 PM] Dreaming Out Loud
8. [6:30 PM] Paul & Silas
   [Dave calls Jeff and Jake back to the stage]
9. [6:37 PM +Trevor Brooks:B3 mid jam] Sweet Virginia
10. [6:46 PM] Where Was You At?
    [6:57 PM encore break, all off; core 5 return after a min or two]
     
    First Encore
11. [7:00 PM] Black Rider
    [Dave calls Jeff and Jake back to the stage]
12. [7:08 PM] Parchman Farm
13. [7:18 PM] Spanish Moon
    [encore ends 7:27 PM]
     
    Second Encore
14. [7:29 PM] Papaya
    [show ends 7:38 PM]

• Camile Baudoin: guitar, percussion, harmony vox;
• Frank Bua, Jr: drums;
• Dave Pomerlau: bass, harmony vox;
• John Gros: keyboards, vox;
• Dave Malone: guitar, percussion, vox;
  - with special guest -
• Trevor Brooks: keyboards.

the New Orleans Suspects

• Jake Eckert: guitar, percussion, lead and harmony vox;
• “Mean” Willie Green: drums;
• C R Gruver: keyboards, percussion, lead and harmony vox;
• Reggie Scanlan: bass;
• Jeff Watkins: tenor saxophone, lead and harmony vox.

• Jack Craft: cello;
• Sam Craft: violin;
• Helen Gillet: cello;
• Tim Green: tenor saxophone;
• CR Gruver: keyboards;
• Sam Hotchkiss: guitar;
• Kevin O'Day: drums, harmony vox;
• Rosie Rosato: congas, djembe, percussion, harmony vox;
• Reggie Scanlan: bass;
• June Yamagishi: guitar;
  - with Indians -
• Ricky Gettridge (from Yellow Pocahontas tribe): brownsuit, percussion, harmony vox;
• Big Chief David Montana: vox, percussion;
• ?Santana Montana?: ?spyboy, mc, harmony vox, percussion;
• ?: sweatsuit, percussion, harmony vox.

First of all, big thanks to John Driver and the folks at the Freret Street Publiq House for organizing this event! Couldn't be anything better to cap off our January getaway than a little outdoor festival on a warm winter's day!!

Second of all, major props to Perks, who was kind enough to run his Schoeps from the back of the tent and then set up a couple etree torrents: N.O. Suspects; Raw Oyster Cult. I've subsequently posted by recording of the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra as well.

My story for the day? Well we did our best to arrive bright and early for the festivities, sacrificing a bit of sleep in order to make it to the site by noon. Happily, things were running on Sunday slow-motion time, so we had awhile to check out the food booths and chit-chat with other early risers before the music got started.

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