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McCabe's

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10/11/1974
Doc Watson
Set 1Salty Dog Blues, Deep River Blues, Dill Pickle Rag, Curly Headed Baby, Columbus Stockade Blues, Wabash Cannonball, Instrumental, Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor, Wake Up Little Maggie, If I Needed You, Black Mountain Rag, St. James Infirmary, Mama Don't Allow
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06/03/1978
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman
Set 1Instrumental
Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (Charlie Mingus)
So Early In The Spring
By The Banks Of The Sweet Primroses
Lindsay
Instrumental
Great Dream From Heaven
Death And The Lady
The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (The Lazy Farmer)
Guitar Instrumentals 2 Irish, 1 English:
Lamentation For Owen Roe O'Neil > The Orphan >
Medieval English Tune
Instrumental
Instrumental (Bert Jansch Style)
My Creole Bell
Mississippi Swamp March
Tightrope
John Henry
The Way She Walks
Bonaparte's Retreat > Billy Logran
All Things That Rise Must Converge
Candyman
Instrumental
Spirit Levels

Encore:
Instrumental
CommentJohn Renbourn & Stefan Grossman d1 t01-t02, d2 t09-t13
John Renbourn solo d1 t03-t10
Stefan Grossman solo d2 t01-t08
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03/06/1982
Jim Hall
Set 1My Funny Valentine
Blue Monk
Down From Antigua
Love Letters
Body & Soul
Two's Blues
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJim Hall Trio
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03/06/1982
Art Johnson
Set 1Introduction
Medley Of Belleville - Nuages
Somebody Loves Me
Johnson Talks
How High The Moon
Johnson Talks
Ain't Misbehavin'
Set 2
Set 3
CommentArt Johnson - Electric Guitar & Vocals

Art Johnson Was The Opening Act For An Evening Of Jim Hall Trio.
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07/10/1982
Swing Shift
Set 1Introduction
Sittin' On Top of the World
The Same Thing
What About the Sugar?
The Things Are Falling Through the Blues
Minor Swing
Sometimes I'm Happy
The Hangman Boogie
Up Up Up
Z's
Stockmarket Sally
News From Up the Street
CommentSteve Libbea: vocals, mandolin, guitar
Gene Libbea: acoustic bass, vocals
Jim Conroy: guitar, vocals
Mary Ann Price: vocals
Pat Cloud: banjo, vocals
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05/13/1984
Los Lobos
18309
Set 1Maria Cuchena
La Iguana
Canto Veracruz
El Gusto
Sabor a M?
Guananamera
El Cuchipe
Las Amarillas
Los Mamanales (?)
Borinquen Patria Mia
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
Volver, Volver
Anselma
Los Ojos de Pancha
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08/10/1984
Roger McGuinn
Set 1EARLY SHOW
Don't You Write Her Off (in progress)
The Ballad of Easy Rider, Wasn't Born to Follow
My Back Pages
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
One More Chance
Russian Hill
Take Me Away
Dreamland
Up to Me
America for Me
Gate of Horn
Sweet Memories
I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician
Chestnut Mare
Just a Season
Mr. Spaceman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Turn Turn Turn
Eight Miles High
So You Wanna be a Rock and Roll Star
Chimes of Freedom (with Gene Clark)
The Bells of Rhymney (with Gene Clark)
Set 2LATE SHOW
Don't You Write Her Off
The Ballad of Easy Rider, I Wasn't Born to Follow
My Back Pages
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Drug Store Truck Driving Man
One More Chance
Take Me Away
Russian Hill
Woman
Light Up the Darkness
Gate of Horn
Jack Tarr
Sweet Memories
I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician
Chestnut Mare
Just a Season
Mr. Spaceman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Turn Turn Turn
Eight Miles High
So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star
Making Movies
5D
American Girl
Comment
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10/07/1984
Don Cherry
CommentDon Cherry tp
Charlie Haden b
Billy Higgins dr
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12/08/1984
Minutemen
Set 1Maybe Partying Will Help
Storm In My House
Martin's Story
Big Foist
Glory Of A Man
Themselves
My Heart + The Real World
Love Dance
Robots Holy Order
Nothing Indeed
There Aint' No Shit On Tv
This Aint' No Picnic
Lost
Anxious Mofo
Aint' Talkin About Love
Retreat
Toadies
Jesus And Tequila
Theatre Is The Life Of You
Jam With Crane
Corona
One Report's Opinion
God Bows To Math
Please Dont Be Gentle With Me
Little Man With A Gun
History Lesson Part Ii
Green River
I Felt Like A Gringo
Anchor
Commentw/charlie haden!!!
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05/03/1985
Meat Puppets
Set 1Fanfare
Up on the Sun
Maiden's Milk
Creator
Swimming Ground
Away
Enchanted Porkfist
Seal Whales
Animal Kingdom
Too Real
Buckethead
Lake of Fire
Lost
Oh, Me
The Whistling Song
Two Rivers
Hot Pink
Magic Toy Missing
Polk Salad Annie
Good Golly Miss Molly / I Just Wannna Make Love to You
Battle Hymn of The Republic
Jam
Walking Boss
Plateau
Paralyzed
Bar B Q / Highway 61 / BigTrain
3rd Stone from The Sun / Little Wing
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07/18/1987
Robyn Hitchcock
Set 1Early Set:
1. Intro/banter
2. A Globe of Frogs
3. Autumn is Your Last Chance
4. I Got the Hots
5. banter...
6. Raymond Chandler Evening
7. banter...
8. Trash
9. banter..
10. Insect Mother
11. Agony of Pleasure
12. banter...
13. Man Who Invented Himself
14. banter...
15. Ted, Woody, and Junior
16. The Angel Upstairs
17. banter...
18. I Got a Message For You
19. Sleeping with Your Devil Mask
20. banter...
21. Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
Set 21. Intro/banter
2. A Globe of Frogs
3. I Often Dream of Trains
4. banter...
5. I Got the Hots
6. banter...
7. Raymond Chandler Evening
8. banter...
9. Trash
10. banter...
11. Insect Mother
12. banter...
13. Agony of Pleasure
14. banter...
15. Man Who Invented Himself
16. Flavour of Night
17. Fifty Two Stations
18. banter...
19. I Got a Message For You
20. Sleeping with Your Devil Mask
21. President
22. Donna Summer
23. False Knight on the Road [Traditional, arr. Tim Hart]
24. banter...
25. Went to See the Gypsy [Bob Dylan]
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11/20/1988
Victoria Williams
Set 1Clothesline
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul (Hank Williams)
Happy Come Home
"the courthouse has burned down" (?)
in the weeds
(i'm gonna) sing, sing, sing (hank williams)
vic tells a story
vieux amis
"life in the streets" (?)
all my trials (traditional)
how about you (jesse winchester)
on time
holy spirit
Commentsongs with quotes are invented titles
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04/25/1989
Robyn Hitchcock
Set 1Intro
Flesh Cartoons
Wax Doll
Ghost Ship
Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles)
Raymond Chandler Evening
One Long Pair of Eyes
Devil's Coachman
Queen Elvis
Set 2You've Got
Bass
Agony of Pleasure
My Wife and My Dead Wife
Element of Air
Librarian
I Watch the Cars
Charlotte Anne (Julian Cope)
Old Pervert
Space Odyssey (NOT the David Bowie song!!)
CommentThe original cassette dated the show as April 29, but the
Asking Tree (http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/gig.asp?chubb=273) says
(FWIW):

Generally incorrectly noted as April 27 1989
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01/19/1990
Seldom Scene
Set 1Only A Hobo
Graveyard Sound
Big train From Memphis
Long Black Veil
Pond Scum
And On Bass
Muddy Water
Bringing Mary Home
Nine Pound Hammer
After Midnight
Ready To Go Home
Wait A Minute
CommentJohn Duffey: Mandolin
Lou Reid: Guitar
Mike Auldridge: Dobro
Ben Eldridge: Banjo
T. Michael Coleman: Bass
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10/12/1990
Iain Matthews
Set 1And Me (Say A Prayer)
Cover Girl
Following Every Finger
A Wailing Goodbye
On Squirrel Hill
Catching The Next Train Home
This Town's No Lady
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Mercy Street
Out Of My Range
Busby's Babes
The Poor Ditching Boy
Midnight On The Water
Even The Guiding Light
Shadows Break
Set 2Rains Of '62
Reno Nevada
Bridge Of Cherokee
Woodstock
Bride 1945
Meet On The Ledge
Darkness, Darkness
Keep On Sailing
This Fabrication
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05/05/1991
Robyn Hitchcock
Set 1The Vomiting Cross
The Ruling Class
Arms of Love
Birds in Perspex
Linden Arden (Van Morrison)
One Long Pair of Eyes
Never Stop Bleeding
Talking
Oceanside
Talking
Prince Charlie Stuart
Clean Steve
Withered and Died (Richard Thompson)
So You Think You're in Love
Tennessee Waltz (Pee Wee King)
The Rattlin' Bog (Traditional)
Set 2
Set 3
Commentwith Andy Metcalfe
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11/??/1991
T-Bone Burnett & Friends
Set 1Lime Rock
River Of Love
The Long Time Now
Never Sated
Flame
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
William Powell
Mona Ray
Little Martha
Coal
Come All Ye Faithful
Cry Of A Tiny Babe
Every Little Thing
Bass Solo
Wings of a Dove
Democratic Marching Song
Set 2Christmas at McCabe's
Silent Night
It's Not Too Late
Over You
The Sunny Side Of The Street
The Christmas Song
Oh Holy Night
Short Man's Room
Johnny the Conqueror
Dock Of The Bay
Sweet Jesus
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
No Love At All
The Power of Love
Silent Night
Set 3
Comment4 Fridays in November 1991; WFUV NPR broadcast 12/24/93

T-Bone Burnett, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer, Leo Kottke, Stan Freberg, Jeff Bridges, Victoria Williams, Booker T Jones, Joe Henry, Michael Penn, Bob Neuwirth, Steven Soles, Sam Phillips, Van Dyke Parks, & Billy Swan
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05/10/1992
Syd Straw
Commentwith Peter Holsapple
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06/26/1992
Iain Matthews
Set 1And Me (Say A Prayer)
The Ties We Break
Compass And Chart
Living In Reverse
True Location Of The Heart
Tribute To Hank Williams
A Cross To Bear
Jumping Off The Roof
Mercy Street
Back Of The Bus
Yankee Lady
Seven Bridges Road
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02/05/1993
Alejandro Escovedo
Set 1 Five Hearts Breaking
Broken Bottle
Bury Me - Hard Road
I Wish I Was Your Mother
By Eleven
She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Pyramid Of Tears
Last To Know
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01/05/1996
Matthew Sweet
Set 1I've been waiting
walk out
time capsule
divine intervention
someone to pull the trigger
we're the same
the ugly truth
I almost forgot
looking at the sun
girlfriend
not when I need it
you don't love me
sick of myself
Set 2Scooby-doo
ultraseude
winona
superdeformed
does she talk ?
CommentThis is his best acoustic show ever! many rare songs, too bad he does not play the requests for 'born in sin' and 'do it again'. This recording is excellent, from a DAT tape.
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01/06/1996
Matthew Sweet
Set 1I've been waiting
walk out
time capsule
divine intervention
someone to pull the trigger
we're the same
ugly truth
I almost forgot
looking at the sun
girlfriend
not when I need it
you don't love me
sick of myself
Set 2If I needed someone
winona
does she talk ?
CommentSusanna Hoffs plays in the band during the entire show. Just imagine 'divine intervention' with a pedal steel guitar. Outstanding!
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04/13/1997
Art Alexakis
Set 1Harvest
Strawberry
Heartspark Dollarsign
Loser Makes Good
The Twistinside
I Will Buy You a New Life
Normal Like You
Summerland
Annabella's Song
Heroin Girl
Sparkle
Night Train to Memphis
Santa Monica
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03/08/1998
June Tabor
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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02/20/1999
Ralph Stanley
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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05/28/2000
Freedy Johnston
Set 1Underwater Life
You Get Me Lost
Until the Sun Comes Back Again
The Lucky One
Cold Again
While I Wait For You
Evie's Tears
Caroline
Emily
Delores
Caught As You Look Away
Rocket Man
The Farthest Lights
Don't Worry, Baby
The Look of Love (with Cindy Lee Berryhill)
Bus Stop (with Cindy Lee Berryhill)
Pompeii (Cindy Lee Berryhill)
Sparky the Heroic Dog
This Perfect World
Wichita Lineman
Bad Reputation
Set 2
Set 3
CommentFrom Digital Club Network webcast.
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04/08/2006
Jon Langford
Set 1Anything Can Happen (starting with the end of Little Bit of Help)
Tom Jones Levitation
I Picked Up The Pieces
Hell's Roof
Buy It Now
Broken Bottle
Gold Brick
All Roads Lead Back To Me
Drunk By Noon/Dreams Of Leaving
The Rose From Your Garden
Pill Sailor
It's Not Enough
Merseysong
Nashville Radio
Sentimental Marching Song
Homburg
Wild And Blue
Memphis, Egypt/Formed a Band
Commentinformation provided by dbetree Live Music Archive automated set list parser
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04/22/2007
Girlyman
Set 1Intro, Hold It All At Bay, On Air, Speecheless, Sunday Morning Bird, St Peter's Bones, Kittery Tide, The Shape I Found You In, Reva Thereafter, Carols at Christmas, Easy Pearls, Serve It Up
Set 2Viola, Commander, Ashen Shade, Amaze Me, Through to Sunrise

(e1) Angel in the Morning, Fist City

(e2) Preacher Man
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06/30/2012
The Mountain Goats
Set 1Balance
Island Garden Song
For Charles Bronson
Woke Up New
High Hawk Season
Jeff Davis County Blues
Have to Explode
Night Light
In the Shadow of the Western Hills
Noctifer Birmingham
Alpha Gelida
In Memory of Satan
Thank You Mario But Our Princess is in Another Castle
White Cedar
Alphabetizing
San Bernardino
Song for an Old Friend
No Children
Whole Wide World
So Desperate
Color in Your Cheeks
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJohn Darnielle solo.
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07/01/2012
The Mountain Goats
Set 1Dinu Lipatti's Bones
Oceanographer's Choice
Michael Myers Resplendent
Alpha Rats Nest
Maybe Sprout Wings
Bride
Have to Explode
Night Light
Song for an Old Friend
Love Love Love
Island Garden Song
Jaipur
Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece
In Memory of Satan
Genesis 30:3
Thank You Mario But Our Princess is in Another Castle
Woke Up New
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod?
San Bernardino
Alpha Omega
You or Your Memory
Alpha Gelida
Old College Try
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJohn Darnielle solo.
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09/21/2014
David Bromberg
Set 1Get Up And Go >
Fiddle Tunes Medley
I'll Take You Back
Watch Baby Fall
Dehlia
Big Road Blues
Handsome Molly
Rambler Gambler
I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
Set 2Try Me One More Time
Love Changin' Blues
Come On In My Kitchen
Midnight Hour Blues
Summer Wages
You Have To Mean It Too
Strongest Man Alive>
Fiddle Tunes Medley
Bring It On Home To Me
Mr. Bojangles
Set 3
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03/07/2015
Lucinda Williams
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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08/15/2015
Joseph Arthur
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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