Medeski Martin & Wood
and Related Artists
·
1994
Artist
Date
Venue
City
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Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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Flamingo's
Knoxville
TN
Knoxville Beat*+ > Open Improv, It's A Jungle In Here, Screeching Flamingos*+, Shack, Worms > Open Improv > Friday Afternoon In The Universe > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub, Clav Intro > Pakalolo > Improv > Chinoiserie, Moti Mo
* first known performance
+ Not official song title
Homage @ Little 5 Points
Atlanta
GA
Knoxville Beat*, Syeeda's Song Flute > Shack > It's A Jungle In Here, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Worms
Screeching Flamingos*, Pakalolo > Improv > Chinoiserie
* Not official song title
Homage @ Little 5 Points
Atlanta
GA
Improv > It's A Jungle In Here, Shack > Improv, Worms > Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Bass Solo > Chubb Sub
We're So Happy > Pakalolo, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Chinoiserie, Moti Mo.
Variety Playhouse
Atlanta
GA
It's a Jungle in Here, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing / Lively Up Yourself, Worms, Chubb Sub
opening for ARU; mmwsetlists.com notes: possibly more before It's a Jungle In Here
Local 506
Chapel Hill
NC
Shack, It's A Jungle In Here, Shuck it Up > Drum Solo > Shuck It Up , Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Chubb Sub
Grant Park Jazz Festival
Atlanta
GA
It's A Jungle In Here, Syeeda's Song Flute > Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing-Lively Up Yourself, Worms > Chubb Sub, Shack
Homage @ Little 5 Points
Atlanta
GA
Open Improv > Vergessene Improv* > Open Improv > Shack, We’re So Happy > Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Wiggly’s Way
Pakalolo, Syeeda’s Song Flute > Open Improv > Improv (w/”Mystery Gus” melody)+ > Open Improv^//
Set II incomplete
* this improvisation centres around a melody we find popping up later in MMW’s shows: On April 14/2000 they open an acoustic show with a loose working of this melody but it’s underdeveloped and never heard from again; the song first debuted in full on April 25/2007 as part of a short acoustic tour. A version of the song from that tour was later released on the 2012 live acoustic album Free Magic with the following title: Ballade In C Minor, ‘Vergessene Seelen’. The song was then subsequently played on the Fall ’12 and Spring ’13 acoustic tours in support of the album. ‘Vergessene Seelen’ translates to “Forgotten Souls”, so I labeled this improvisation ‘Vergessene Improv’ — the forgotten improv. From 3:50-6:45 of the track is kind of a lead-in to the ‘Vergessene’ melody which comes in strong at that point and is the main theme for the following 6min or so.
+ “Mystery Gus” melody first introduced just past the 9min mark and solidified @10:05 of this track, might be from a real song but the only other place I’ve identified the melody is during the band’s 4 instrumental performances of the Combustication tune ‘Whatever Happened to Gus’ in early 1999 (1/14, 1/16, 3/20 & 3/23) — see The Shack Project 1999 page for links to the shows
https://theshackproject.com/tsp1999/
^ recording fades out/cuts at the end of this track leaving Set II incomplete
Homage at Little Five Points
Atlanta
GA
The Lover > Jam > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing-Lively Up Yourself, We're So Happy, Shack
Chinoiserie > Caravan > Beeah > Sequel
setlist as per cassette in the possession of user trlrnr
Hole in the Wall
Richmond
VA
The Lover > Shack, Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps), Sequel, Syeeda's Song Flute > Chubb Sub
We're So Happy, Friday Afternoon in the Universe, Pakalolo > Beeah, Chinoiserie, Moti Mo
Crescent City
Chapel Hill
NC
The Covered Dish
Gainesville
FL
One Set Only: We're So Happy, Syeeda's Song Flute > LCTDT(P) Open Intro > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps)*, Shack, Bass Solo, The Lover > Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Chinoiserie, Chubb Sub
Encore: Sequel
One Set Only
*on the circulating recording @00:11-00:20 there is DEAD AIR during this break -- not sure this is really a set break since Billy says that LCTDT(P)+ was the last song they played; he does say it's "good to be back", but I think he means the town not back on stage after a break ... although, we have no record of them playing in this town before, that doesn't mean they hadn't, but it also doesn't mean they had - HA! However, our MMW gig history for 1991-1993 is spotty:
http://mmwhistory.com/1991.html
http://mmwhistory.com/1992.html
http://mmwhistory.com/1993.html
... conclusion: Noting this as a ONE SET show. (dug)
Howlin' Wolf
New Orleans
LA
Blue Bird Theater
Denver
CO
Student Union Ballroom, U. of U.
Salt Lake City
UT
Cafe DuNord
San Francisco
CA
Doc Rickett's
Monterey
CA
Aladdin Theater
Portland
OR
Starfish Cafe
Vancouver
BC
Spectrum Cabaret
Winnipeg
MB
The Magic Bag
Ferndale
MI
Blues Alley
Washington
DC
Syeeda's Song Flute, LCTDT, Think-> Chinoiserie
The Lover, Sequel, Bass Solo-> Bemsha Swing-> Lively Up Yourself, Worms, Chubb Sub
The Middle East
Cambridge
MA
The Cooler
New York
NY
Intro > Think, Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps), Sequel, The Lover > Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Chinoiserie
The Homage
Atlanta
GA
Shack, Syeeda's Song Flute-> Jam-> Beeah
Intro/Jam-> Think, LCTDT-> Sequel-> The Lover-> Jam-> Bass Solo-> Bemsha Swing-> Lively Up Yourself, Pakalolo, Jam, Chubb Sub, Moti Mo