The New Orleans Radiators and the Colin Lake Duo at Tipitina's, January 12, 2017

Tipitina's presents The New Orleans Radiators, with the Colin Lake Duo
501 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115-1546 USA
10:00 PM, Thursday, January 12, 2017

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[10:00 PM band out]

1. [10:01 PM] (unidentified tune: “motor that runs on love” / “leads back to you” / “I know your love is pure”)
2. [10:06 PM] 99 Miles
3. [10:12 PM] She Caught the Katy
4. [10:16 PM] I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
5. [10:23 PM] I Am the Light of the World ®
6. [10:29 PM] Something You Got
7. [10:33 PM] In on Time
8. [10:38 PM] I'm Trying to Tell You
9. [10:43 PM] Ain't Gonna Worry ®
   [set ends 10:47 PM]

[11:00 PM Zeke teases us with a little taste: You Don't Miss Your Water; Dave noodles a bit, checking his rig; 11:03 band off]
[11:07 PM band back out and noodling some more, waiting for 11:11 PM?]
[11:08 PM Kenny says hello to all the fish heads in the hall; Joe Perez walks out in front of Dave to whip the crowd into a frenzy]

1. [11:09 PM] Mashup: Highway 61 (Z) over Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
2. [11:16 PM] Honey from the Bee (D)
3. [11:21 PM] Heart Ain't in It (Z)
4. [11:26 AM] My Whole World Flies Apart (D)
5. [11:30 AM] Blind, Crippled and Crazy (Z) (includes a line or two of Jump into the Fire)
6. [11:37 AM] March on Down to Valentine (Z/D)
7. [11:43 AM] Total Evaporation (Z) » [11:49 AM] I Walk on Gilded Splinters (1 verse, Z) >
8. [11:51 AM] Sparkplug (Z)
9. [11:55 AM] Crazy Mona (D) » I Just Wanna Make Love to You (Z tease) » Crazy Mona (D)
10. [12:02 AM] Doubled Up in a Knot (Z) » [12:05 AM] Love Is a Tangle (D) » [12:09 AM] Mountain jam » [12:11 AM] Jessica » [12:12 AM] Chevy 39 (D)
    [set ends 12:15 AM]

[12:41 AM band out, noodling, Kenny calls us to order for round two]

1. [12:45 AM] Roll Me Over (D)
2. [12:52 AM] Solitary Man (D)
3. [12:59 AM] Ghosts Along the Mississippi (Z) >
4. [1:05 AM] Brokedown Engine (Z) ß
5. [1:09 AM] Sylvie (D) ß
6. [1:16 AM] Stealing a Feeling (Z) >
7. [1:23 AM] Mashup: House of the Rising Sun and Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Z) over City of Refuge
8. [1:31 AM] Brand New Tennessee Waltz (D)
9. [1:35 AM] Grain of Salt (D) >
10. [1:39 AM] Give Me a Rainbow (Z)
    [set ends 1:46 AM]
     
    Encore
    [Dave thanks the gathering of “Knuckleheads from all over cremation”]
11. [1:49 AM] Salty Jane (Z)
12. [1:56 AM] Sympathy for the Devil (D)
    [show ends 2:03 AM; parting words from Kenny, all off after a few minutes]

The New Orleans Radiators

• Camile Baudoin: guitar, slide guitar, harmony vox;
• Frank Bua, Jr.: drums;
• Dave Malone: guitar, ß Danelectro baritone guitar, percussion, lead and harmony vox;
• Reggie Scanlan: bass;
• Ed Volker: piano, keyboards, percussion, lead and harmony vox.

• Colin Lake: ® acoustic resonator guitar, hollow body electric guitar, lead vox;
• Myles Weeks: contrabass, harmony vox.

Once a year, the faithful fishheads return to Tipitina's in the dead of winter, drawn by the promise of mild weather at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi River and a chance to experience the ecstasy of communal bacchanalia generated by the New Orleans Radiators. This year's festivities got started off with a short set from the Colin Lake Duo. Given that the house was still pretty loose, and that Colin peppered his set with a familiar bunch of covers, this made for a nice way to get folks swaying and dancing. In case you're wondering, I Am the Light of the World is not quite the same as the Reverend Gary Davis tune popularized by Jorma Kaukonen – the words (and music) were just a leetle bit deeferent. I didn't find any plausible alternates while poking around on the intertubes, so I'm just gonna assume Colin learned it by folk-hand-me-down fashion from someone who knew the same underlying tune as Gary Davis dressed up and copyrighted in the early 1960's. The title above is taken from sneaking a peak at the setlist on the floor in front of Myles (without that, I would have “this”-d it, like Gary Davis done). By the end of the set, the crowd had gotten a little rowdy, but Colin managed the situation with grace – I'd definitely go see him again if I get the chance!

Soon enough it's 11:11 PM and the boys are stoking the engine good! As best as I can tell, the band is rolling through the music of Blind WIllie Johnson's Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right, but Zeke is singing the lyrics to Bob Dylan's Highway 61. Hell yeah! They're trying to blow our minds, right here at the start of the weekend! The rest of the show is solidly played. Hard to imagine that these guy's haven't been playing together regularly, but I guess the psychic connection from thirty years of playing together can withstand a few year's vacation!

Jon Hart ran a multitrack recording; sooner or later, their part of the show will be available for purchase from Live Downloads. Do it! You'll be glad you did!

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