Yes, well, since my last post was about going out to shows, here's a directly relevant post. Yes, it was Tuesday. Yes, that means I was at Tribeca last night for Rob and Adam's regular set, which now includes Jason Heywood (ex-Divorcees, and now a fixture in the group, as you may recall from last week's post.) The band also includes Mike on bass and ordinarily Brian on drums (although you may recall Shaun has stepped in a couple of times.)

Last night things were pretty quiet when I arrived, and by "pretty quiet" I mean there was no sign of Rob or Adam or, actually, a drum kit. Apparently Brian wasn't around and nobody seemed to have heard from him.

It's just as well for Brian this wasn't a story written by me, because you know this scene would have ended in a grisly discovery by somebody...

Ahem. As far as I know, nobody made any grisly discoveries, Adam and Rob rounded up a drum kit and Rob (the musical equivalent of a Swiss Army knife) played drums. Well, of course he did. The dynamic on some of the songs was a little different with the guitars doing all the heavy lifting, but it worked and sounded pretty cool.

Set List
Set #1

Wearin' Thin (Jason: vocals)

Can I See You Again (Adam: vocals)

"Sleep never comes" (Jason: vocals)

Colours Of the World (Adam: vocals, and this was one song where I particularly liked the guitars-only vibe--Jason has a nice touch on acoustic and it seemed to work very well with Adam on the Telecaster. The song had a particularly warm sound this way)

All Right For the Shape I'm In (BR-549, Jason: vocals)

Walks Away (Adam: vocals)

Break
Set #2

I Live For You (George Harrison, Adam: vocals)

It Don't Take Much (Jason: vocals)

"Working for the devil makes your heart go strange" (Featuring the first special guest of the evening, a guy I don't know with a sort of folk-hip-hop yowl that was really cool, on vocals and electric guitar, while Adam moved over to keys)

"Hello stranger" (special guest #1: vocals & electric guitar, Adam: keys)

"I don't think this world is gonna last" (Special guest #2, a blues guy named Barry, on vocals and electric guitar, Adam on keys)

"I know you're doing me wrong" (Special guest #2: vocals & electric guitar, Adam: keys)

"You know that smile" (Special guest #2: vocals and guitar, Adam: keys--and you can blame it on the painkillers again if you wish, but for about five seconds in the intro to this song I really thought they were going into "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" and I have no idea where I pulled that from)

Dark End Of the Street (regular lineup, Adam: vocals, some especially nice backing vocals from Jason on this one)

"Drinking in the afternoon" (which last week sounded like it was waiting for a fiddler to join in. This week it sounded... well, sort of as if it was waiting for the Inner City Surfers to show up)

Break
Set #3

Sweet Virginia (Rolling Stones, Adam: vocals, Scotty: drums, Rob: keys)

Wild Horses (Rolling Stones, Jason: vocals, Scotty: drums, Rob: keys)

Sympathy For the Devil (Rolling Stones, Jason: vocals, Scotty: drums, Rob: keys)

Something sung by Special Guest #1 that was not a Stones cover

"Tonight I'm going downtown" (Jason: vocals, Rob: drums)

So: a full three sets, and I do mean full.

Incidentally: since the night didn't end until two o'clock this morning, I am ever-so-slightly toasted this morning. However! I hardly even limped as I walked into work this morning! When you only get three hours' sleep, there is a limit to how bad your sciatic nerve can stiffen up. Everything in life is a balancing act...