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Mike Watt   05/06/1995

The Metro, Chicago, IL
Recording SHNID 24530
Source VHS(m) SBD > ANA > DAT > Cool Edit > CDR(2) > EACb4 > FLAC
Media FLAC   1 disc
Notes Mike Watt - bass, vocals
Dave Grohl - drums, guitar on three songs, backup vocals
Eddie Vedder - guitar left, backup vocals, lead vocals on 'Habit'
Pat Smear - guitar right, backup vocals, lead vocals on 'Secret Garden'
William Goldsmith - drums

Song Credits:
'Walking the Cow' is a Daniel Johnston song (from 'Continued Story' album, covered by fIREHOSE on 'Flyin' the Flannel' album)
'Formal Introduction' & 'Powerful Hankerin' are fIREHOSE songs (from 'Mr. Machinery Operator' album)
'Makin' the Freeway' is a fIREHOSE song (from 'If'n' album)
'Political Song' is a Minuteman song (from 'Double Nickels on the Dime' album)
'Habit' is a Pearl Jam song (from 'No Code' album)
'The Red and the Black' is a Blue Oyster Cult song (from 'Tyranny and Mutation' album)
'Secret Garden' is a Madonna song (from 'Erotica' album)

Audio Notes:
This recording comes from a pro-shot video master of the show, in which an audio copy was traded
to a friend of a camera man on tape, cleaned up with Cool Edit, and put to CD.
There is a slight skip before track 8 begins (present on original copy), and a few audio shifts
periodically throughout the show that are only noticeable if you have headphones on.

Show Notes:
This was one of the shows on Mike Watt's 'Ringspiel' tour in April-May of 1995, supported by the then
newly-formed Foo Fighters (of which Grohl, Smear, and Goldsmith were in) and Hovercraft (which featured Vedder
on drums and his then-wife Beth Liebling). By the end of the tour, Eddie had stopped playing with the
Watt crew because his presence became a distraction with fans only showing up to see him. It's almost
impossible to tell who is playing what instrument, it's just a great rock show.

Notable on these shows is the premier of the song 'Habit,' which was yet to be premiered by Pearl Jam.
It was eventually played a handful of times the rest of the 1995 PJ tour, but it is not known if
it was written before or during the 'Ringspeil' tour.
Trades Allowed Yes
Lists SHN&FLAC
SHNID 24530
ringspiel: VHS(m) SBD > ANA > DAT > Cool Edit > CDR(2) > EACb4 > FLAC, seeded to blackredyellow.com (June 6, 2004).
Owned by Josh · Last Updated Jan 26, 2005