Riverside jam 2005

August 5-7 2005

Elkhart Indiana

Rehearsing at MaryEllen's House, Friday evening, Saturday mid-day, and Sunday morning.

Riverside Jam 2005 Set List from the Green Room

Set 1 - Kathy:

You Wreck Me - Petty
Train Wreck - original
Venus - Shocking Blue
Wicked Game -Chris Isaaks
Cry Love - John Hiatt
Romeo and Juliet _ Mark Knoffler
Dont Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Sexy Little Man - Original
Why Don't You Want Me _ Original

The Core band was:
Mike Roberto on guitar
Tony Nuccio guitar and Bass
Anne Oneil on drums
Dennis Corbin on guitar, and the left handed basss played upside down!
Myself, guitar and vocals
With David Hodge on keyboard for Don't Dream it's Over, mandolin on Cry Love, and Dobro on Romeo and Juliet. He also provider harmony on those tunes as well.
Karen tickled the ivories on Romeo and Juliet as well.
Pete Mazzeri added a great sax solo on Why Don't You Want Me?

Set 2 - The Stragglers:

Two Hangmen (originally by Mason Proffitt)
Hey Jealousy (Gin Blossoms)
One (U2 but we did it more along the lines of Johnny Cash's cover version)
Summer Wages (Gin Blossoms)
Only Living Boy In New York (Simon & Garfunkel)
Ophelia (The Band)
The Thrill Is Gone (B. B. King)
Amazing Grace

Personnel:

Karen - piano (lead on Summer Wages)
Jeff - rhythm electric guitar (lead on Rain King) and percussion
Dennis (GN's "Corbind") - rhythm guitar
Tim (GN's "Musenfreund") - rhythm acoustic and electric guitar
Marcus (son of Tony) - drums (and considering he didn't get any chance to practice with anyone ahead of time, he deserves the set MVP award!)
Jose - acoustic guitar and vocals (lead vocals on One and Only Living Boy)
Paul - acoustic and electric guitar and vocals (lead vocals on Two Hangmen, Hey Jealousy, Rain King, Thrill and Amazing Grace)
Mike - lead guitar on Ophelia, Thrill and Amazing Grace
Greg - lead guitar on Ophelia, Thrill and Amazing Grace
Mysterious Nick - acoustic guitar and vocals (lead vocals on Summer Wages, Ophelia and Thrill)
Me - 12 string guitar (first four songs) and bass (the rest of them)

Set 3 - Laz & Horns:

I’m a Believer (Laura, Dan, Jacqui, Anne, Ben on guitar, Nick as a Pip)
Runaway (Laura, Dan, Anne, Ben on guitar)
Hotel California (Laura, Jeff on amazing guitar, playing the 'fast' version, Anne, Ben on bass)
What I like about you (Laura, Dan, Anne, Ben on guitar, Jeff and Greg, Pips (was that you Mysterious One, plus all the audience Pips!)
Somebody to Love (Laura, Dan, Anne, Jeff and Greg)
Get Ready (Laura, Dan, Jacqui on alto, Ben on tenor, Sydney on trumpet, David with harmony )
Wild Night (Laura, Dan, Jacqui, Karen, David on guitar, Anne)
Something to Talk About (Laura, Dan, Karen, Anne, Ben on tenor)
Winter, a Hodge original (Laura, Dan, Anne, David on piano)
Summertime (Laura, Dan, Jacqui on alto, Anne, Karen)
Moondance (Laura, Dan, Jacqui on flute, Ben on tenor, Karen, Anne, Kathy on 12-string)

Who did what: (in no particular order)
Dan plays bass
Jacqui plays alto sax (flute on Moondance)
Ben plays rhythm electric (sax on Moondance and Get Ready, bass on Hotel California)
Karen plays piano
Sydney plays trumpet
David as a Pip and piano man
Nick, Mojo Pip
Anne plays wicked drums
Jeff plays wicked rhythm
Greg plays wicked lead
Kathy plays gorgeous rhythm
Laura (me) sings, mostly with a little rhythm just for fun

4th Set:

in order from the official list (but someone needs to tell me if they actually played all these songs in order):

Rio de Tenampa: los lobos
One After 909: beatles
Goodbye Girl: squeeze
Back in the USSR: beatles
Crosscut Saw: albert king
Jenny Jenny: tommy tutone
Keep Your Hands to Yourself: georgia satellites
Sunshine of your Love: cream
Don't Worry Baby: los lobos
Tore Down: freddie king
Steppin' Stone: monkees

5th Set - Anne, Jeff, Greg, et al:

Beast of Burden (The Stones) Vocal - Nick; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
She Drives Me Crazy (FYC) Vocal - Nick; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
I Need You Tonight (INXS) Vocal - Nick; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors) Vocal - Nick; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) Vocal - Paul; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
A Message to Rudy (The Specials) Vocal - Dan; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
Anne's Dirty Blues Song (Original by Anne) Vocal - Anne; Drums - Dan; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg
Safe European Home (The Clash) Vocal - Dan; Drums - Anne; Bass - Tony; Guitars - Jeff, Greg

Nick = Nick (yes, that Nick, a mysterious guy)
Tony = Tony N. -- a fab guitarist doing bass duty for us
Paul = Paul -- a guy with a great set of growlin' pipes and an Ovation guitar that gives Willie Nelson's Trigger a run for its money
Jeff = jbrownstein -- fantastic rhythm guitarist with some nice lead chops
Anne = Anne O., longtime fave drummer
Dan = local young guy (think that's his name -- he sang well!)
Greg = me

Instruments:
Here are the instruments I remember seeing over the weekend:

David: Guild maple 12-string, Liberty resonator guitar, Michael Kelly F-style mandolin, Gold Tone Banjo, Dano bass (lefty-all)
Tony: Strat, Guild Florentine-cutaway acoustic, natural-ash J-bass (ditto-lefty)
Karen: Electric piano/keyboard
Tim: Alvarez RD20 acoustic, Alvarez Strat
Kathy: Taylor 12-string, Rickenbacker electric 12-string, melodica
Jose: Fender acoustic
Nick: Washburn D70SW Golden Harvest acoustic, melodica
Paul: Seventies-style Strat (maybe this was Kathy's or Mike's), "the original prototype" Ovation acoustic -- has to be seen to be believed -- it's a real road warrior
Dennis: Gibson SG
Jeff: Washburn dual 'bucker Tele-shaped electric, Olympia by Tacoma travel guitar, vintage Mutron phase-shifter (Jeff is now known as Jimmy Mutron)
Mike: G&L ASAT, Taylor? acoustic 6
Laz: P-bass
BabyDocLaz: Takamine 12-string
Other Lazes: Alto & tenor saxes, flutes, Epi Les Paul
Syd: Trumpet
Pete: Various saxes, PJ-bass
Anne: Drum kit, congas, myriad rhythm toys, Dean bass, Buddy Guy Strat
Greg: G&L S-500, Taylor T-5, micro-Korg synth