Armed Forces Day

The Zimmerman American Legion gig went well. It was Armed Forces day so there was a good crowd already there when we arrived to set up. There was also a benefit going on downstairs as well. We got a lot of requests for songs we don't do of course. Seems like if you are playing Rock n Roll people just "assume" you know every Rock song ever written through 3 decades. We did shuffle our original set list to honor as many as we could. We had requests for "some Deep Purple", "ACDC", "FreeBird" and three requests at the end of the night to replay "Behind the Wall of Sleep"by the Smithereens" and Rolling Stones "Jumpin Jack Flash" and "All Right Now" by Free. We moved FreeBird to the middle of the second set. As you can see below the last 6 songs of Set TWO are KILLER !! Good thing we got a break after that set. We don't seem to have many "slow songs". Pretty much everything has got some edge to it. In set three we finally got a full dance floor for "Knocking on Heavens Door". It was almost like the crowd collectively thought "finally a slow song". It was pretty entertaining being on stage watching everyone groping each other on the dance floor. Lonzo of course butchered the 2nd rendition of "Behind the Wall of Sleep" after nailing it the first time. (nailing it is debatable but looks good in print)
Hey CUZ - Don't laugh you butchered "Smoke on the Water" the gig before
(just kidding of course - no harm done)
Pete kicked some booty on "Jumpin Jack Flash"and Kinger was making full use of his new kit. (and that new 8 inch........ "bongo tom")
Hopefully Wayner will have us back this Fall.
Would be nice if the stage was about two foot deeper.
But hey whose complaining !!!!
Thankfully we never made it to SET FOUR. We will be working on that set this month. Here is how it went down....

1

Red House – Jim Hendrix
I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper
Be My Lover – Alice Cooper
Mary Had a Little Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Evil Woman – Crow / Black Sabbath
Louise – Jonnie Lang
Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
The Ocean – Led Zeppelin
Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Come Together – Beatles
Dragon Attack – Queen
Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
I’m Your Captain – Grand Funk
Pete’s Fuzz – Coon Dawgs

2
Steppin Stone – Monkees
Spooky – Classics Four
Thousand Dollar Car – Bottle Rockets
Behind the Wall of Sleep – Smithereens
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
White Room – Cream
All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan / Hendrix version
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Last Days of May – Blue Oyster Cult
FreeBird - Lynrd Skynrd
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Fairies Wear Boots – Black Sabbath
All Right Now - Free
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Cat Scratch Fever – Ted Nugent

3

Road House Blues – Doors
The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
Stairway to the Stars – Blue Oyster Cult
Cocaine – JJ Cale / Clapton
Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix
Bridge of Sighs – Robin Trower
For Your Love – YardBirds
Knockin’ on Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
She’s Got Balls – AC/DC
Behind the Wall of Sleep – Smithereens (2nd time)
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones (2nd time)
All Right Now - Free (2nd time)

Songs that were on the set list but got cut at the last second:

Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker
Johnny B Good – Chuck Berry
Good Morning Little School Girl – Ten Years After

Thank GOD we never made it to SET FOUR !!!
But if we had this is what it would have been.

4

Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
Career of Evil - Blue Oyster Cult
HeartBreaker – Grand Funk
Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran (Rush version)
I’ll Make Love to You – JJ Cale / Clapton
Great White Buffalo – Ted Nugent
I Just Want to Make Love to You – Foghat
Radar Love – Golden Earring
House of Broken Love – Great White
From the Beginning – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
From Time to Time - Ken Hensley

These songs are "still on the radar"......
( Gone but Not Forgotten “wannabee’s” )

Free Ride – Edgar Winter
Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
Godzilla – Blue Oyster Cult
House of the Rising Sun
I’d Love to Change the World – Ten Years After
Tuesdays Gone – Lynrd Skynrd
Detroit Rock City – Kiss
the Goose – Coon Dawgs
Blue Jean Blues – ZZ Top
Stray Cat Strut – Stray Cats
Walk Away – James Gang
Suzie Q – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
Paperback Writer – Beatles
Black Magic Woman - Santana

We ended up the night having a beer at Kinger's after unloading all the gear for the 4th time. Ended up getting home around 3:30 a.m.
Good thing we ain't doing this for the cash !!!
What a riot !!!!!
Can't wait to do it again.