From: jojw@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John J. Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: 7/22/92 - Weir/Wasserman setlist & brief net.rap
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:21:20 GMT
Organization: The Bob Weir Rainfall Association;-)

7/22/92 - Weir & Wasserman @ Empire Court, Syracuse, NY
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Bombs Away->
Take Me To The River
Blackbird
K.C. Moan
Witchcraft->
City Girls->
Eternity	       
Fly Away
Maggie's Farm
Looks Like Rain		:-)
The Winners->
Easy To Slip->
bass solo->	(essentially, an instrumental Spoonful)
Victim Or The Crime*->
Josephine*		:-) 
  
E:  Spoonful (w/ Michelle Shocked [mandolin, 1st verse] and Bruce Cockburn
  		[electric, 2nd verse])

* - Weir on electric 

In the parking lot around approximately 6:30 last night, a group of young
people (early 20s) were having the typical "parking lot" acoustic jam
session -- with Michelle Shocked and her fiddler brother Max sitting 
in.:-)  Stood three feed to Michelle's right, as she chipped in mandolin
on a traditional fiddle stomp (with her only lead vocals of the session), a
fun Weight sing-along, the Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand and Help, Simon &
Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge Song and Cecelia, Eyes, and a few originals
by the two young guitarists.  The results were obviously rough, but that
wasn't the point:  This was all for fun, and the spirit that kindled
from this jam session felt truly special.  Unfortunately, Michelle's
road mgr. prevented us from obtaining autographs, but the whole scene
was *way* cool.

Bruce Cockburn opened first, with a driving 50-minute set, capped by a
poignant Waiting For A Miracle closer.  Michelle Shocked was great, although
the setlist and order were pretty similar to Darien Lake, with a few changes
here and there.  Still, a lot of fun, and she referenced the parking
lot jam in the intro to one of her songs.
  
Really nice W&W set all the way through:  for me, highlights were the
Bombs Away opener, another nice Blackbird, a sweeeeeet Looks Like Rain
(the *only* one I've had this year), Eternity (I am really digging this
tune, folks -- Wasserman was all over this one!), the jam out of Victim 
that contained plenty of Other One traces, and a welcomed Josephine
set-closer (yea!).  Actually, the Rockin W's started to segue into 
Throwing Stones when one of the roadies cut them off.  Rob responded 
with a *big* thump (hilarious).
  
The Spoonful encore was a delight:  Michelle Shocked confidently handled
the first verse, and Bruce Cockburn's second verse had its own verve.  Bob
complemented the two nicely, and the four shared harmony vocals on the
choruses.  All appeared to have a good time, as Shocked was dancing in her
own little circle, and Weir appeared to like Cockburn's subtle electric
leads.
  
Hung out in Bob's "firing range";-) - sometimes on the rail, sometimes
one row back from it: complete with excellent up-front view.  Crowd was pretty
casual, sans a couple of loudmouths here and there, and a rude asshole who
tried to crash his way into our spot between the Shocked and Weir sets,
giving the excuse that "But Michelle Shocked is coming on."  "She already
played, man!".  The guy attempted to instigate a fight with a Rochester
friend I was with, but I intervened, telling the guy that we had been
here *all* show, and politely told him to leave.  Otherwise, all had a 
great time, and Weir gave another sound performance (complete with brief
lyric slip-up on Maggie's, and almost on Bombs Away;-).

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| John J. Wood                                  jojw@uhura.cc.rochester.edu  |
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