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Convocation Hall

Toronto, ON
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03/??/1969
Frank Zappa
Set 1The String Quartet, Cruising For Burgers, FZ demonstrates hand signals and conducts the audience, Lohengrin, Trouble Every Day, Hungry Freaks Daddy, Lonely Lonely Nights, Little House I Used To Live In, Aybe Sea, Son Of Mr. Green Genes
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01/26/1973
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Set 1Meeting Of The Spirits
You Know, You Know
Dream
The Dance Of Maya
Sanctuary
One Word
Awakening
CommentJohn McLaughlin - Electric Guitar
Jerry Goodman - Electric Violin
Rick Laird - Electric Bass
Jan Hammer - Keyboards
Billy Cobham - Drums
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07/07/1973
Van Morrison
Set 1What'd I Say, I've Been Working, Listen To The Lion, Sweet Thing, Since I Fell For You, Moondance, More & More, Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Everyone, I Just Want To Make Love To You, These Dreams Of You, Hard Nose The Highway, Wild Children, Green, Caravan
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
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11/01/1974
Rush
Set 1Finding My Way
Best I Can
In The Mood
Anthem
Here Again
Bad Boy
Working Man
Set 2
Set 3
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12/12/1974
Rush
Set 1Finding My Way
Best I Can
In the Mood
Anthem
Here Again
Bad Boy
Working Man
CommentSometimes, the date for this show is given as 11.17.74.
Rush supported Manfred Mann on this tour, and according to their tour archive they played here on 12/12/1974 with Rush
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01/24/1975
Gentle Giant
Set 1Cogs in Cogs
Proclamation
Funny Ways
The Runaway
Excerpts from Octopus
Derek Introduction
So Sincere
Plain Truth
Mister Class and Quality > Proclamation outro
Set 2
Set 3
Commenthttp://members.aol.com/JAskelly/GGtourhistory.html
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02/02/1975
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Set 1Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
I Ain't The One
The Needle And The Spoon
Saturday Night Special
I'm A Country Boy
Gimme Three Steps
On The Hunt
Call Me The Breeze
Sweet Home Alabama
Free Bird
CommentRonnie Van Zant - Vocals
Gary Rossington - Guitar
Allen Collins - Guitar
Ed King - Guitar
Leon Wilkeson - Bass
Billy Powell - Keyboards
Artimus Pyle - Drums
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03/25/1976
Maria Muldaur
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentMaria Muldaur, Tom Waits
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05/05/1976
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Set 1Conquering Lion, Burnin & Lootin, Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, I Shot The Sheriff, No Woman No Cry, Lively Up Yourself, Bend Down Low, Crazy Baldhead > War
Set 2Are You Ready?, Rastaman Chant, Lion Of Judah, Keep The Faith, Slave Driver, Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, I Shot The Sheriff, Rat Race, Johnny Was, Roots, Rock, Reggae, Want More, Positive Vibration, Get Up Stand Up, War > No More Trouble
CommentBoth shows don't sound fantastic but strange setlists. Rare to see Bend Down Low on the 76 tour. Both shows incomplete.
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11/05/1976
Ry Cooder
Set 1The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
Teardrops Will Fall
634-5789
Chain Gang
Smack Dab in the Middle
Why Don't You Try Me
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04/08/1977
Tangerine Dream
Set 1Set 1
Set 2Set 2
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03/04/1979
Peter Tosh
Set 1400 Years > Steppin' Razor
Pick Myself Up
African
Burial
Dont look back
Get Up Stand Up
Jam
Legalize it > Babylon Queendom
Set 2
Set 3
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03/14/1980
John Prine
Set 1My Own Best Friend
Fish And Whistle
Iron Ore Betty
Dear Abby
Sam Stone
There She Goes
Ubangi Stomp
Pretty Good
I Had A Dream
If You Don't Want My Love
No Name Girl
Far From Me
Onomatopoeia
Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
Bottomless Lake
That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
Killing The Blues
Automobile
Angel From Montgomery
Crooked Piece Of Time
Donald And Lydia
Hello In There
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11/19/1980
Tom Waits
Set 1Annie's Back In Town (Tropicana, Los Angeles 1978-04-06)
backstage interview (Convocation Hall, Toronto 1980-11-19)
Annie's Back In Town (Convocation Hall, Toronto 1980-11-19)
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02/16/1981
Ry Cooder
Set 1The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
Teardrops Will Fall
634-5789
Chain Gang
Smack Dab In The Middle
Why Don't You Try Me
Set 2
Set 3
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11/21/1981
Greg Lake
Set 1Fanfare For The Common Man
Karn Evil / Nuclear Attack
The Lie
Retribution Drive
Lucky Man
C'est La Vie
You Really Got A Hold On Me
Love You Too Much
21st Centery Schizoid Man
In The Court Of The Crimson King
CommentGreg Lake: lead vocals, guitar
Gary Moore: lead guitar, vocals
Tommy Eyre: keyboards, vocals
Tristam Margetts: bass
Ted McKenna: drums
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05/05/1982
Jaco Pastorius
Set 1Drum and Saxophone Improvisation
Mr. Fone Bone
Peter Erskine's Solo
Keyboard and Drum Improvisation
Twins
Fannie Mae
CommentRandy Brecker (trumpet)
Bob Mintzer (tenor sax)
Jaco Pastorius (bass and keys)
Othello Molineaux (steel drums)
Peter Erskine (drums)
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10/17/1985
Richard Thompson
Set 1Wall Of Death - When The Spell Is Broken - Two Left Feet - Withered And Died - Mind Your Own Business - The Choice Wife - 'It?ll Be Me (recorded by Cliff Richard) - She Twists The Knife Again - Jennie - Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart - Valerie - Shoot Out The Lights - Move It On Over (H Williams)
CommentLiberated boot 'Direct To Bargain Bin'
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10/17/1986
J.J. Cale
Set 1After Midnight
Drifter Wife
Crazy Mama
Walkin' To The City
Mama Don't
Deep Dark Dungeon
Artificial Paradise
Call Me The Breeze
Borrowed Time
Jam
Hard Times
Don't Cry Sister
13 Days
Long Legged Woman
Money Talks
Set 2People Lie
Cocaine
Magnolia
Hi Hi Hi
Going Down
Sensitive Kind
Roll On
Clive
Hold On
Bring It Back From Mexico
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02/??/1987
Richard Thompson
Set 1Wall of Death
When the Spell is Broken
Two Left Feet
Withered and Died
Mind Your Own Business (Intro)
Mind Your Own Business
The Choice Wife
I'll Be Lookin' For You (?)
She Twists the Knife Again
Jeannie (Intro)
Jeannie
Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart
Valerie
Shoot Out The Lights
Move It On Over
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03/12/1988
Michael Hedges
Set 1Pinball Wizard
Ritual Dance
Women of the World
Silent Anticipations
Rickover's Dream
Because It's There
I Believe
All Along The Watchtower
Aerial Boundries
Follow Through
Come Together
Bach Prelude
Theme from "Doodles" *
The First Cutting *
Eight Miles High *
Comment* with Leo Kottke
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03/12/1988
Leo Kottke
Set 1Regards From Chuck Pink
Airproofing
Ojo
Taxco Steps
Short Wave
Rings*
The Late Zone
I Yell At Traffic
Morning Is The Long Way Home
June Bug >
The Train And The Gate >
Vaseline Machine Gun
Encore:
The Ice Field
Comment*Eddie Reeves and Alex Harvey cover
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05/01/1990
Indigo Girls
Set 1Strange Fire
Make It Easier
Southland In The Springtime
Hand Me Downs
Prince Of Darkness
1 2 3
Crazy Game
Pushing The Needle Too Far
You and Me Of The 10K Wars
Set 2Land Of Canaan
World Falls
Hey Jesus
Keeper Of My Heart
Closer To Fine
Kid Fears
Love?s Recovery
Summertime
Get Together
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11/01/1990
Michael Hedges
Set 1Eminence Front
India
Buffalo Stance
Rickover's Dream
Ritual Dance
Because It's there
Point A
Silent Anticipations
I Carry Your Heart
Naked Stalk>Jealous Tunnel>About Face
She Drives Me Crazy
Aerial Boundries
Root Witch
Gimme Shelter
Age Of Aquarius>Love Bazaar
Women Of the World
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11/15/1991
Rickie Lee Jones
Set 1Bye Bye Blackbird
On The Street Where You Live
The Second Time Around
Satellite
Up From The Skies
Dat Dere
I Won't Grow Up
Saturday Afternoons In 1963
We Belong Together
Weasel And The White Boys Cool
Comin' Back To Me
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12/04/1993
The Band
Set 1WS Walcott Med Show
Crazy Mama
Blind Willie McTell
Rag Mama Rag
Atlantic City
It Makes No Difference
Stuff Ya Gotta Watch
Stage Fright
Life Is A Carnival
The Shape I'm In
Ophelia
The Weight
Remedy
Blues Stay Away From Me
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03/26/1994
Tori Amos
Set 1Smells Like Teen Spirit
Crucify
story
Icicle
Precious Things
Happy Phantom
story
Pretty Good Year
God
Silent All These Years
Past the Mission
The Waitress
Here. In My Head
Me and a Gun
Winter
Cornflake Girl
A Case of You
Tear in My Hand
Cloud on My Tongue
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07/26/2000
Steve Earle
Set 1Transcendental Blues
Everyone's in love with you
Another town
I can wait
The boy who never cried
Steve's last ramble
Lonelier than this
I don't want to lose you
Wherever I go
Halo 'round the moon
The Galway girl
Death Penalty rap
Over yonder (Jonathan's song)
All my life
Interview
CommentSteve Earle & The Dukes
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07/26/2000
Marah
Set 1Gonna Fly Now
Christian St.
The Catfisherman
My Heart Is The Bums On The Street
Sleepwalk
Reservation Girl
Point Breeze
The History Of Where Someone Has Been Killed
Faraway You
CommentOpening for Steve Earle

Dave Bielanko - Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
Serge Bielanko - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Danny Metz - Bass
Ronnie Vance - Drums
Mike "Slo-Mo" Brenner - Lap Steel Guitar
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11/25/2000
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Set 1Imagine This
New South Africa > Imagine This
Hall of Mirrors
Scratch & Sniff
Lover's Leap
Victor solo
Spain
Set 2Futch solo
Earth Jam
At Last We Meet Again
A Moment So Close
Two Horny Blues
Bela Solo
E: Hoe Down
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04/21/2002
Wilco
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Set 1Spiders (kidsmoke)
War On War
Shes A Jar
Kamera
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Shot In The Arm
Ashes of American Flags
Radio Cure
Jesus, Etc.
Heavy Metal Drummer
Pot Kettle Black
Not For The Seasons *
Im The Man Who Loves You *
encore 1:
Hesitating Beauty
California Stars
Pick Up The Change
Reservations
encore 2:
Why Would You Wanna Live
Red Eyed & Blue
I Got You (at the end of the century)
Outtasite (outta mind)
Comment* w/ Tim Barnes on percussion.
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05/10/2002
Bruce Cockburn
Set 1Dream Like Mine
Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Anything Anytime Anywhere
The Trouble With Normal
When You Give It Away
All The Ways I Want You
Tibetan Side Of Town
Tokyo
Open
Set 2Rumours Of Glory
My Beat
Put It In Your Heart
Let The Bad Air Out
Call It Democracy
Justice
Wondering Where The
Lions Are
Last Night Of The World
World Of Wonders
E: Pacing The Cage
E: Peggy's Kitchen Wall
E: If I Had A Rocket Launcher
E: Messenger Wind
CommentExcellent Acoustic show
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11/29/2003
Bruce Cockburn
Set 1Lovers In A Dangerous Time
If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Mighty Trucks Of Midnight
Tried And Tested
Burn
My Beat
All Our Dark Tomorrows
Trickle Down
Set 2Trucks Of Midnight
Wait No More
Open
Night Train
Call It Democracy
You've Never Seen Everything
To Raise The Morning Star
Last Night Of The World
Don't Forget About Delight
World Of Wonders
Stolen Land
Celestial Horses
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10/14/2006
Randy Newman
Set 1It's Money That I Love
Mama Told Me Not To Come
Living Without You
Short People
Birmingham
Marie
Girls of My Life Pt 1
The World Isn't Fair
I Miss You
Red Bandana
I'll Never Get Over Losing You
In Defense of My Country
You Can Leave Your Hat On
I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)
Political Science
Set 2Last Night I Had A Dream
Great Nations of Europe
In Germany Before the War
Baltimore
You've Got A Friend In Me
Land of Dreams
My Life Is Good
Dixie Flyer
Emotional Girl
Rednecks
Louisiana 1927
Guilty
Shame Shame Shame
I Love LA
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Sail Away
Feels Like Home
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