2003-12-17 Los Straitjackets

Show #9

A special holiday show for Los Straitjackets.  Th' Legendary Shack Shakers opened

For some reason, I only recorded the first 32 minutes of the set.  Left early? Equipment failer?  I just don't remember.

2003-12-17 Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

Recording #8

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers opened up for Los Straitjackets for a holiday show at First Ave

Set I

01 intro
02 I Ain't Home
03 Bullfrog Blues
04 banter
05 CB Song
06 White Lightnin'
07 banter
08 Blood On The Bluegrass
09 banter
10 Pinetree Boogie
11 Shake Your Hips
12 banter
13 Wild Wild Lover
14 Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

2003-11-11 20 Miles

Recording #7

20 Miles or Twenty Miles?  Never quite sure.

Recorded at the 7th Street Entry in Mpls MN 2003-11-11.  Tyler Keith & The Preacher's Kids opened.

Set I

1. Intro - Silver String
2. Clover
3. This Ship Is Sinking Fast
4.
5. Everybody Knows My Name
6. Beautiful Dream
7. All I Want
8.
9. East St. Louis
10. - unknown new instrumental -
11. All My Brothers, Sisters Too!
12. Streets and Lights
13. Got My Soul
14.
15. Goin' Down South (R.L. Burnside cover)
16. Easy Living
17. Rhythm Bound
18. Well, Well, Well
19.

2003-11-11 Tyler Keith & The Preacher's Kids

Recording #6

I saw T-Model Ford open for Johnny Winter at the Cabooze in early 2003.  That turned me on to Fat Possum Records and I started following many of their bands.  Here's Tyler Keith (also of the Neckbones) opening for 20 Miles.

2003-10-31 Black Keys

Recording #5

After driving to Omaha, then Iowa City, I made my way back home and to Minneapolis to 7th Street Entry to see Thee Shams and the Black Keys for the third night in a row.  Halloween Oct 31st, 2003.  My friend Mike joined me for the show.  He's been to all the Deep Blues Fests and we've seen a lot of bands together.  After videotaping Thee Shams and the Black Keys, I gave Mike my camera to get a photo of Dan and I on the 7th Street Entry stage.  We stood there and I had my arm around Dan, and Mike fiddled with the camera for a couple minutes.  Never got the photo.

Here's the video of the show.

Set I

01 intro
02 Busted
03 Yearnin'
04 Countdown
05 Hard Row
06 Thickfreakness
07 Them Eyes
08 The Breaks
09 Set You Free
10 The Moan
11 Have Love Will Travel
12 Everywhere I Go
13 She Said She Said
14 No Trust
15 No Fun
16 Heavy Soul
17 I'll Be Your Man

2003-10-31 Thee Shams

Recording #4

This is the third and final night of following the Black Keys.  Each night, Thee Shams opened.  There was probably another opener for each of these shows, but I didn't record.  Spider John Koerner opened this show Oct 31, 2003 at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Here's Thee Shams and my first videotaped show.

Set I

You Want It
On My Mind
She's Been Around
Somebody In My Home
You're So Cold
Can't Stand Up
If You Gotta Go
Be Coming Home
Outta My Mind
In The City
Milkcow Blues

2003-10-30 Black Keys

Recording #3
This was the second night of three that I followed the Black Keys from Omaha to Iowa City to Minneapolis.

Gabe's Oasis was a club in Iowa City Iowa on the second floor of an old building downtown.

Set I

01 intro
02 Hard Row
03 Thickfreakness
04 She Said She Said
05 Busted
06 Yearnin'
07 Them Eyes
08 The Breaks
09 Set You Free
10 Do The rump
11 Have Love Will Travel
12 No Trust
13 Everywhere I Go
14 No Fun
15 I'll Be Your Man
16 Heavy Soul/The Moan

2003-10-30 Thee Shams

Recording #2
I saw Thee Shams open for the Black Keys the day before this in Omaha NE.  I introduced myself to Zach and told him I enjoyed his set.  I asked him if he minded if I recorded their shows in Iowa City and Minneapolis.  He didn't care.  I told him I'd bring a video camera to Minnespolis and try to film the show too.

Here's the audio from Iowa City 2003-10-30

Set I

01 You Want It
02 On My Mind
03 She's Been Around
04 Can't Stand Up
05 Somebody In My Home
06 ?
07 Outta My Mind
08 If You Gotta Go
09 Milkcow Blues

2003-10-29 Black Keys

Recording #1
I first heard of the Black Keys sometime early in 2003.  The record Thickfreakness had just been released on Fat Possum Records and I also purchased their first album The Big Come Up from Alive Naturalsound Records.  They had a tour scheduled through the midwest in late October of 2003, and I made plans to attend the shows in Omaha, Iowa City and Minneapolis.  Their website stated that audience recordings were allowed, and I decided to purchase some equipment.  I found a small Sony minidisc recorder and some binaural microphones.

Thee Shams were the opening band.  There may have been another opener, but I don't recall.

I bought a vinyl copy of Thickfreakness.  I believe Pat and Dan's girlfriends were running the merch.  I had Pat and Dan sign the album after the show.

setlist

Hard Row
Thickfreakness
Busted
Yearnin'
Them Eyes
The Breaks
Have Love Will Travel
The Moan
Set You Free
She Said She Said
Everywhere I Go
Do The Rump
No Trust
No Fun
I'll Be Your Man
Heavy Soul