1995 - 98
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setlists for :
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Fri 4th December
The Fountain, Seven Sisters
(Andy, Pat (keys), Harry (keys), Greg (drums), Mick (bass) Brian)
1.Stranger, LL Rain, Big Railroad, Wang Dang, Bird Song, Dancin, Deal
2. Prudence, Lay Down Sally, China> Rider, Eyes, Shakedown, GDTR, Bid U Goodnight
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Fri 9th October, Unplugged Club
(w/Philler onstage throughout)
1.On the Road Again, Friend of the Devil, Jack-a-Roe, Peggy O, Loser, Mr Charlie
After Midnight, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Wang Dang Doodle
Philler (setbreak) : Rain, Hillbilly, Knockin on Heavens Door>Just Another Track>Knockin Reprise
2.Weekapaug Groove, Shakedown, Bertha>Good Lovin, China>Rider, Bird Song, Women are Smarter, Scarlet>Fire, Althea, Uncle John's Band >Morning Dew
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Sat 26th September, Unplugged Club *
(Brian, Patrick, Mick, Jon, Harry)
Jack Straw, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Samson and Delilah, Cassady>Ipenema
Uncle John's Band, Dancin' in the Streets
Runaway Jim, Looks Like Rain, Shakedown St, Mr Charlie, China Cat>Jam*>Timber Ho,
Scarlet Begonias>Eyes of the World
Guests: Philler
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Studio session, August 1998*
Eyes of the World*, Estimated Prophet, Mr Charlie, Deal
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aug 21 last waterhole, Amsterdam
From: David Wagman <wavydavy@xs4all.nl>
I: bertha>good lovin', mr charlie, china>rider, feels like a stranger,
viola lee blues, dancin, deal. I.5: big railroad, el paso (Colin instead of
brian on guitar/vocals)
II: shakedown, cassidy>girl from ipanema>cassady, playin'(1st verse)>
uncle john's>not fade away(1st verse)>mountain jam> nfa unbelievable jam
aug 22 de oude pothuys, Utrecht, Belgium
I: jack straw,bertha>good lovin', mr charlie, dear prudence, me
and my uncle,
big river, after midnight>eleanor rigby> jam> samson and delilah
II: dancin', help>slip>franklin's, 1 more sat nite
( i definitely feel that a minglewood was played in utrecht and
most likely a tangled)
14 Aug 98 (Fri) Bahnhöfli, Kandern, Germany
"Whitehouse, Ian" <ian.whitehouse@csfb.com>
1) Jack Straw, Viola Lee Blues, Me & My Uncle > Big River, Sugaree,
Shakedown
2) Stranger, Deal, Catfish John, Truckin' > Eyes
*( Happy Birthday [Bren?] before Deal)*
*( 2nd set cut short due to 11:30pm noise curfew enforced by local
police.
moved from Roter Hahn/Coq Rouge, Lörrach due to excessive noise
level
on the previous night)*
Sat
8th August 98, Half Moon, Herne Hill, London
Jerry Anniversary
Sat 8th August, Half Moon, Herne Hill, London *
(Brian, Patrick, Greg, Andy, Eric)
Lay Down Sally, Heavens Door , After Midnight,
Harder They Come, Tangled,
Catfish John, Bird Song, How Sweet It
Is>Deal
Dancing in the Streets, Bertha>Good Lovin', Scarlet>St Stephen>Cryptical>The
Other One>Cryptical>Jam>Stephen>Lovelight>Help
on the Way>Slipknot!
Cassady, Eyes of the World>Split Open jam.
My girlfriend was coming
to the evening shows and she is no fan of the Dead. But she did
dance to the Charlies,
although how many people are fit enough to stay on right through an
over 45 min jam of
St Stephen and I can't remember what else. They were really on form
and there was a full
dance floor...
Ross McGibbon <mcgibbonross@usa.net>
St Stephen went into
The Other One and then Lovelight just stomped all over the place
and had everyone in
the room yelling along. The lead guitarist just ripped notes out of the
ether
while the band cooked
along behind. (Did I detect a hint of Mountain Jam in there as well?)
To wrench Help on
the Way>Slipknot! out of this maelstrom was a stroke of genius,
and brought a funkier
edge to the band, which flowered beautifully in the closing Eyes of
the World, given a
long, loving rendition...
Andrew Clarke <aclarke@sol.co.uk>
...and from there into
a Cassidy with a monstrous second break before time started to run out,
and Brian threw in an
Eyes. As each minute
of injury time ticked away, you could see him determined to cram in the
next hypothetical
hour into five minutes
as the outro flew all around the Phish/Stronger than Dirt type crossover.
I left once again
awestruck at what our folks can produce...
P. Ladd <edpl@ssa.bristol.ac.uk>
full setlist for the weekend, with pics
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Sat 25th July 98, The Fountain, Seven Sisters
(Brian, Cody, Mick, Greg, Harry)
Jack Straw, Mr Charlie, Bertha>Good Lovin', China>Rider, Miracle>Wang
Dang, Dancin' in the Streets.
You Don't Love Me (Allman Bros.), Truckin'>Mind Left Body jam> Cryptical>The
Other One>Cryptical>UJB> Estimated Money> Eyes of the World>Split Open
and Melt jam.
One More Saturday Night.
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Fri 12th June 98, Unplugged Club *
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Mick, Harry)
Shakedown, Hard to Handle>Cross Eyed and Painless>Hard
to Handle, My Funny Valentine, West LA,
Uncle John's Band>Jam>Estimated>Lost Sailor>Saint,
Tangled, Cassidy>Girl from Ipanema>Eyes of the Split Open and Melted Stash
It's always good to
hear the Charlies with keyboards, and Harry Waters, squeezed into the corner
for his Unplugged debut, added an extra dimension to some of the jams --
the band quoted "Money" in Estimated as an acknowledgement.
Patrick coped heroically with the Cross-Eyed rhythm while doing vocal David
Byrne impersonations at the same time: a prime candidate for a Big Suit.
The band faced each other jazz-style for My Funny Valentine, and things
got more copacetic for Cody's slow'n'snaky West LA, before a power cut
(well, it is the Unplugged Club) terminated Set 1. Tangled, with
its endless verses, can often seem too fast and repetitious, but has been
nicely brought under control these days, especially by Mick's slide work,
and builds to a rousing conclusion in best Jerry-band style. The emergence
of Ipanema always gets a laugh for its cheese factor, (at least they kept
it out of Cassidy), and the expected Eyes/Stash combo was topped by a loud,
emphatic Split Open and Melt jam....(bp)
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Sat 30th May, Half Moon, Herne Hill
(Brian, Andy, Cody, Greg, Harry)
included: Help>Slip>Franks, Bucket, Picasso.
Sat 16th May 98 Unplugged Club *
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Mick)
(included): Mr Charlie, Picasso Moon, Down With Disease, Mike's
Song, MY WAY!!, Fee, Help>Slip>Franklins, Sugar>SSDD>Hell, Touch of Grey.
Fri 1st May 98 Klub Extreme, Golders Green
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Andy)
1. Stranger, Viola Lee Blues, Down With Disease, Jack Straw, Uncle>Big River, Cassady, Bird Song, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain>Deal 2. Picasso Moon, Lost Sailor>St of Circumstance>Victim or the Crime>Scarlet>Sugaree, Help>Slip>Franklins, Terrapin.
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Sat 25th April 98, Unplugged Club *
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Mick)
Feel Like A Stranger, Tangled Up in Blue, Speedway,
Bertha>Good Lovin', Tennessee Jed, Me & My Uncle>Big River, Brown Eyed
Women, Mike's Song,China Cat>Rider, Lost Sailor>St of Circumstance>Victim
or the Crime>Scarlet>Fire, St Stephen>Cryptical>The Other One>Cryptical>StStephen>The
Eleven>Lovelite Down With Disease.
A high-intensity show,
with the band really "on" and an enthusiastic audience of well over a hundred
crammed into the Unplugged. Highlights of Set 1 were Phishy - notably the
Cody-led Mikes Song jam - and the Bobby triple that followed later on was
something special: haven't heard a Lost Sailor from the Charlies for years,
and the driftin'and dreamin' solos led to the expected singalong at the
end of Circumstance... but then a completely unexpected descent into a
sinister Victim jam for which seemed made for tonight's loud and sometimes
distorted acoustics ... Scarlet emerged fluently from the dissonance and
became Fire, a relative rarity these days. And the band still manages to
ring the changes on Stephen and The Other One in interesting and dynamic
ways... A Down With Disease encore brought things to a suitably unpredictable
conclusion. The only thing that spoilt it was having missed the WC1 breakout
of Cosmic Charlie (the song) at the same venue the previous week... (bp)
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4th April 98, Half Moon, Herne Hill*
1.Mississippi, Cassady, Sugaree, Me and My Uncle/Big River, Minglewood,
Music Never Stopped
That's What Love Will Do For You, Dancin
2.Picasso, Mr Charlie, UJB>Estimated>Maze, Catfish John,
Help>Slip, Iko, Shakedown>Eyes>Stash, OMNS
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Fri 28th Feb 98, Tufnell Park Tavern *
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Andy, Greg)
1. Bertha>Good Lovin, Hard to Handle (w/Donovan Hey,Gyp rap), Me
and My Uncle>Big River, Mississippi, Cassidy, Runaway Jim 2.Stranger>Mike's
Song, Estimated>Space>Eyes>Stash, Sugaree, Minglewood, Picasso Moon, St
Stephen>Cities>St Stephen>The 11>Lovelight
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Fri 7th Feb 98, Half Moon, Herne Hill
Andrew Triggs <triggsa@westminster.ac.uk>
About 170 present including loads of
new (American) faces. Some songs not heard recently included Mississippi
Half Step, Catfish John, All Over Now, New Minglewood Blues, Music Never
Stopped, Don't Let Go, BIODTL...and some old regulars: Stranger, Estimated
>Maze, Bird Song, Easy Wind, Help>Slipknot>Tangled, Sugaree, Dancin', Samson
and Delilah, ending with St Stephen>Eleven>Eyes>Stash. In the set break
the Mark Whitby Drum Devils did a 25 min percussion trio which was good
and well received....
Paddy Ladd:
They were sensationally good - Cody had emerged as the bass player
they always needed -
in potentia anyway - and the material was chock-full of stuff
i'd never seen before in 10 years of charlying
{has it reallllly been that long qq} - easy wind, music never
stopped, and so on.In the 2nd set, I was caught up
in a long jam so amazing that myself and those around me felt
this was one of *those* historical Charlie moments -
that turned out to be 'Dont Let Go'. And this was only part of
the genius revealed that night - they went on to do
St Stephen>The Eleven and numerous Dead/Phish interweavings that
blew the proverbial smoking
craters, illustrating for me that they have achieved something
unique amongst all GD cover bands in finding the
crucial crossover point between these two bands, which seems
to reside in the territory between The Other
One and aforesaid Phish material.
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JOHN BULL, LONDON 16th JAN *
Brian, Patrick, Cody, Andy
Cold Rain&Snow, Hard to Handle, WLA, Bird Song, How Sweet It
Is, Dancing in The Sts
Samson, Loose Lucy, Help>Slip>Tangled, Cryptical>Other One>Cryptical>St
Stephen>NFA>Stephen>Eleven>Lovelite. Casey Jones.
1997
Thurs 6th Nov 97 The Unplugged Club *
(Brian, Cody, Chris, Jon (rhythm), +bongos + guest vocalphs)
Jack Straw, Easy Wind, Tangled Up In Blue,Viola Lee Blues, Loser,
Help>Slip>Foolish, He's Gone>Truckin>The Other One>Morning Dew
Runaway Jim, Picture of Nectar,Simple,Bathtub Gin, Dancing Round
the Room,
Tennessee Jed,Dreadful Wind and Rain, Scarlet. Eyes of the Stash.
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20th Sept, Unplugged Club*
(Brian, Patrick, Colin, Cody, Chris)
Bertha>Good Lovin', Speedway, Cassidy, Deal, Dear Prudence, She Belongs
to
Me, Mr Charlie, Looks Like Rain, Promised Land
China Cat >Rider, Easy Wind, Tangled Up In Blue, Stash, Help>Slip>Foolish,
Run for the Roses, Me & My Uncle>Big River, St Stephen>Not Fade
Away>St
Stephen>The Eleven>Lovelight, Masterpiece, Maze, I Want You (She's
So
Heavy), After Midnight>Eleanor Rigby>After Midnight.
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Sat 9th August 97: Jerry Anniversary Tribute, *
Students Union, University of East London
(Brian, Patrick, Cody, Colin, Chris, Andy Scoffin, Richard Hill.)
How Sweet It Is, Run for the Roses, Might As Well, Dear Prudence,
Lay Down Sally, It's No Use(McGuinn/Clark), Tangled Up in Blue, After Midnight>Eleanor
Rigby>After Midnight.
Simple Twist of Fate, Sugaree, Foolish Heart, Shakedown Bathtub,
Scarlet>Eyes of the Stash>Terrapin>Comes A Time>Deal
Brian, Patrick, Cody, Colin, Chris, Andy Scoffin, Richard Hill.
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Sat 17th May 97: The Unplugged Club *
Stranger, Black Throated Wind, Cassidy, Uncle>Big River, Easy Wind, He's Gone>Looks Like Rain, Takes A Lot to Laugh.., Russian Lullaby, Loose Lucy, Althea, Don't Let Go, Uncle Johns>Simple>jam>Playin'>Dear Prudence, Tangled Up in Blue, Mr Charlie. Shakedown>Bathtub Gin>Shakedown, JackARoe, Tennessee Jed, Cryptical>drums>The Other One>Cryptical>Eyes of the Stash>Wharf Rat>One More Sat Nite, How Sweet It is>Sugar Magnolia/SSDD, Viola Lee Blues.
More
Phishy interpolations tonight... Uncle Johns mutates into that band's own
self-celebratory "Simple", with Brian singing the praises of Dan and Patrick
(what is a band without a saxophone, or indeed a drummer?)-- really just
a joke, but Shakedown Gin/Bathtub Street shows real promise and Eyes of
the Stash is near-perfect now, with both Eyes jams really down, and witty,
spiky little guitar grace notes topping each phrase of Stash (and the audience,
of course, clapping on cue). Other highlights: a marchlike Tangled with
Brian and Adam bouncing the chorus off each other, a singalong Tennessee
Jed, and a dense Other One, within which My Favourite Things darted about
as though it belonged there from the start. An added bonus was Sid's as
a sort of micro-Scene, complete with some clever stick-juggling (duck everyone),
a tapers section (!) and even a few outbreaks of near-twirling... not bad
for a tiny cellar. [bp]
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HALF MOON HERNE HILL, 12 APRIL
lineup; Adam Levine, acoustic guitar/vocals; Mick Overy,bass/vocals;
Steve
Johnson, keyboards; Pat Kenneally drums,
Brian Kenneally lead
guitar/vocals, Dan (Fernholz) from the states on sax
Set 1:Bertha, Good lovin'>La bamba, Viola Lee Blues, Tangled up in
Blue,
Cassidy [Girl From Ipanema sax tease at the end!],Biodtl [12 beat
intro],Dancing in the Streets
Set 2: China>Rider, Touch of Gray, Scarlet>Eyes>Phish type interlude,
Shakedown>
Charlies own jam, Standing on the Moon, Truckin, The other one.
E: Promised Land, Terrapin
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UNPLUGGED CLUB, 22nd MARCH*
On the Road Again, Loser, Jack a Roe, Lost Sailor, Easy Wind, Girl
At the
Crossroads Bar, Althea, Russian Lullaby,China Doll, So What.
Willin', KC Moan, Peggy-O, UJB, Cassidy (from I!), Truckin> Lovelight,
Tangled Up in Blue, Wang Dang Doodle, Stash jam>Eyes. One More Sat
Night.
Death Don't Have No Mercy.
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1st March, Standard*
Jack Straw, Touch of Grey, Viola Lee Blues, Alabama Getaway,
Truckin'>Cryptical>Other One>Spanish Jam>Foolish Heart>Terrapin>Black
Throated Wind/ (Peggy-O), Dancin' in the Streets>Eyes of the Stash,
One More
Saturday Night
Brian Kenneally (guitar, vocals), Patrick Kenneally (drums), Adam
Levine
(guitar, vocals) Mick Overy (bass), Steve Johnson (keys), Dan Fernholz
(sax).
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AMSTERJAM II: ....with added DEADICACE
The Last Waterhole, Amsterdam, 16.02.97*
Big Boss Man (s'check), Mr Charlie, China Cat>Rider, Deal,
Cassidy,Bertha>Good Lovin,Dancing in the Streets (1:15)
New Speedway, UJB>space>Truckin'>The Other One>Spanish Jam>Other
One,
Terrapin>Morning Dew>Sugaree. Scarlet>Eyes>Stash>UJB reprise>Viola
Lee. E:
BIOTDL (1:55)
Cosmic Charlies: Brian Kenneally (gtr, voc), Richard Henderson,
Chris
Smith(bass), Patrick K, Greg Myles (drums), Colin (gtr), + Alex
Marconi,
Bill Giles, Jean-Michel Laugier, from Deadicace
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Saturday 18th January 97: Half
Moon tavern, Herne Hill, London
Brian Kenneally lead guitar/vocals,
Adam Levine acoustic guitar/vocals, Mick Overy bass/vocals, Steve Johnson
keyboards, Pat Kenneally drums.
Set 1: Mr Charlie, Loser, Tangled Up in Blue, Jack Straw, Touch
of Grey, Easy Wind, Peggy O [with guest vocalist out of the audience Adrienne],
Dancing in the Street
Set 2: China / Rider, BIODTL [18 beat intro], Scarlet> Eyes [with
Stash diversion], Viola Lee Blues. Set 3: Foolish Heart>Truckin>The Other
One [w/My Favourite Things tease]>Lovelight >Mountain Jam. Encore #1: Alabama>Saturday
Night. Encore #2: Terrapin, How Sweet It Is.
bobcolover@easynet.co.uk:
I
think the youngish crowd were more than happy, and surprised at how competent
the band were. One of them, Adrienne [from the US of A] jumped up on stage,
after what seemed like minimal encouragement, and guested on Peggy O. As
Set 3 cruised on Brian started his guitar exploration, followed by Kenneally
junior with a 'take no prisoners' drum solo. Frantic signalling resulted
in The Management agreeing to the first encore... Terrapin. The Charlies
pulled it off as the penultimate song of the night, and it was left to
the crowd to mellow out with a tuneful How Sweet before spilling out onto
Herne Hill's pavements. A great night out, long and liquid, with the Charlies
hopefully making a great many converts among the expatriate community.
1996
New Years Eve,31st December 96: Regency Hotel, Worksop
Setlist: I:Alabama, UJB>Mr Charlie, Bertha>Good Lovin, Tangled, Cassady II: On the Road Again, Iko Iko, Promised Land, Shakedown, Deal, Around & Around. III: Midnight Hour>Foolish Heart, Scarlet> Eyes>Stash riff>Eyes>Playing>Other One>Bird Song>Standing on the Moon. China Cat>Rider, El Paso, Viola Lee Blues. E:How sweet
Andy Carroll: I really thought they jammed!!
A little sloppy at times(just being honest), but overall very tight and great sound. Halfway through Eyes, and then into the Stash Jam into Playin into Other One, holy shit, I honestly thought I was hearing the real deal. I was blown away, honestly, the Eyes, Playin, Other One was some of the best music these ears have heard, at least in a good while anyway! Well, they finished the set, ending sometime after two, my girlfriend and I had a great time! hello to everyone we met. Anyone reading this thats seen the band knows what I am talking about when it comes to the intensity of the band, and if you haven't, SEE THEM!!
Thurs 28th Nov 1996
Sid's, The Unplugged Club, London WC1
On the Road Again, Loser, BIODTL,Easy Wind, High Time, Jack Straw,
El Paso, Tangled Up in Blue, Cassady
Alabama, UJB>Morning Dew>Lovelight>Viola Lee Blues, Standing on the
Moon, Black Peter>Terrapin, Dire Wolf, Althea, Scarlet>Eyes>Foolish Heart.
Candyman, Sugar/SSDD.
The Unplugged Club is an ideal venue-- an atmospheric little cellar just off Tottenham Ct Rd, with a capacity of 100 or so. Just right for what I thought would be a nice little semi-acoustic set, but turned into a three hour fifteen minute monster...
Lineup was Brian (lead, vocals), Patrick (drums), Mick (bass), Adam (vocals, guitar). This was the first time I'd seen the "acoustic" lineup and was surprised what a full band sound it provided, from "Reckoning" style Dead through to some serious second set jamming. Some highlights: a 14-beat Beat It On for Patrick's 14th birthday; Easy Wind, the first (I think) apart from the rather chaotic Abbey Road singalong from 95; a really well-jammed Cassady, one of the best I've heard... Alabama still rocked in this format, UJB had a dense, almost martial-sounding jam and led to not one but two drum solos from Pat. Standing on the Moon was a surprise change of pace, and Adam's solo Althea had very delicate and sweet guitar work. Well past midnight and time for bed? Of course not, time for a long Eyes that included both 74 and 75 versions of the jam, and Foolish, working suprisingly well without the Brent part. Candyman was a last-minute surprise before Sugar/Sunshine wrapped things up.
Additional fun was provided by post-gig Night at the Opera antics: how many Charlies, plus all their instruments including the drum kit, can be squeezed into a very small car without them all getting arrested? Pouring rain an added attraction.
The cliche about the band and audience becoming one was especially
true tonight, with Mick playing bass sitting down at one of the tables,
and a brave but very out of it journalist from Hong Kong wandering up to
the mike to singalong with Althea. Adam's mum, to my right in the er, taper's
section, seemed to be having a good time. Brian coaxed a range of
tones from his electro-acoustic, with an overall Spanish flavour to many
of his solos... If anything, it was all a little too long (!).... Set two
was a whole series of epics, all well played, but the show could have lost
45 mins or so and still have left everyone happy. (It also got a little
chilly when the owner activated the air conditioning to free the air of
incriminating vapours... go outside next time, folks!). If I wanted things
to get even better than they are, I'd say let's have a bit more shape to
the second set, and (given mixing limitations) more variation in the sound...
but this was another in the band's current run of good shows, and it's
hoped more of us will be able to make these very accessible Central London
dates (next one is 11th Jan). [bp]
22nd November 1996 - Cosmic Charlies
The Albert, Brighton
Bertha > Good Lovin / Maggie's Farm / That's What Love Will Make You Do/I Need A Miracle / China Cat > Rider / Tangled Up In Blue / Scarlet Begonias > Eyes of the World > Other One / Wharf Rat >??? > Viola Lee
1st NOVEMBER (Halloween)
The Standard
Sugar Magnolia>Hell in a Bucket, Touch of Grey, Box of Rain,
UJB>Estimated>Foolish Heart, Looks Like Rain, Viola Lee Blues, Tangled Up in Blue, Playin,>Terrapin>Corrina>UJB>Whipping Post>Promised Land>Sunshine
Daydream.
WEREWOLVES>Morning Dew>So What?
Some great setlist surprises and the debut of Adam Levine,
who
adds a new vocal dimension to the band...
from: Dukes of Hazard
Just had to drop you a line and say how much I enjoyed the Cosmic
Charlies
on Nov 1 at the Standard. It was my first show and I danced
all night.
As you probably know, they played Werewolves of London - it was
awesome!
Lookin forward to the next Eyes and more shows with the Charlies...
Joe Roberson
Fri OCT 11th: The STANDARD,1 Blackhorse Lane, London E17
Stranger>Franklins, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet>Bucket>Touch of
Grey, Cassidy
UJB>Playin'>Wharf Rat>Around and Around. E: The Weight>We Bid You
Goodnight.
Sun OCT 6th: Purple Haze, Lincoln Rd, PETERBOROUGH
Similar set to above with Mr Charlie and and a Shakedown soundcheck.
Sat OCT 5th:Feast and Firkin,Woodhouse Lane,LEEDS
SET 1 - (8.55pm) China cat > Rider; (9.11pm) Bertha > Good Lovin;
(9.24pm) Cold
rain & snow; (9.32pm) Dear Prudence; (9.39pm) Dancin' in the
streets; (9.50pm)
Deal; (9.58pm) finish
SET 2 - (10.31pm) Truckin > Other one > (10.52pm) Spanish jam >
Other one >
(10.57pm) Scarlet begonias > (11.08pm) Eyes of the world > (11.18pm)
Uncle Johns
band (11.30pm); E - (11.32pm) Saturday night (11.37) finish.
Review by Chris Adams
This was my first sighting of the band. They don't come
"up north" much so my
chances to see them are limited. Thanks to Steve Green
I'd heard one of their
tapes but I reckoned it was unfair to judge based on an AUD tape.
The venue for
this one was the upstairs room in a former Police Station, which
has now been
well and truly firkinised. About 20 minutes before kick
off the pub was full of
about 200 under 19s and about 40 over 40s. I doubt if anyone
over 19 was left
downstairs when the band kicked off!. There were about
60 people watching and
listening.
The band comprised of the 2 guitarists, Brian and Andy, bass,
drums and
keyboard. They kicked off with Cat > Rider which, perhaps
because of the
novelty worked well for me. After that the Bertha > Lovin;
Cold rain and
Prudence seemed like predictable readings from the songbook.
Brian was
suffering from a cold; this probably restricted him to the point
of being
boring. They then went into Dancin' which started leaden
so I went to the bar
for a beer. While at the bar, the music turned a corner;
the band started to
play and I felt the smile coming on that stayed for the rest
of the night. They
closed set 1 with a good rocking Deal.
The second set went from strength to strength and my smile grew
bigger; the
closing UJB was wonderful. Brian clearly lost his cold
toward the end of set 1
and started to push things further. Their confidence seemed
to grow as when
jams appeared they worked out fine, unlike at the start when
they were so
predictable. I thought Andy on 2nd lead made some valuable
contributions, but
why doesn't he take his turn to sing the odd song, his harmonies
sounded fine.
Set 2 saw the substitution of the bass player. The new
man was excellent with
his instrument, although proved to be more of a funky R&B
man rather than an
exploratory Phil type. But given the upbeat tunes that
they did he was
excellent. The other band members were, how shall I put
this, er, adequate;
perhaps they just aren't given a chance to shine. I'd seen
enough to know that
I want to see them again, provided they venture up to this end
of the M1 / M6.
Fri OCT 4th:The Consiston, Idle, BRADFORD
China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Ride/Dear Prudence/Bertha/Good Lovin'/Shakedown Street/Uncle John's Band/Deal/Eyes Of The World/Morning Dew
Review by Andy Roberts
One More Friday Night......
Friday night in Idle, a suburb of deepest Bradford is something
to be seen. Idle
even has it's own Working Men's Club (think about it!). The Conistone
pub is a
huge establishement which looks like a converted chapel, perched
on top of hill.
What the Cosmic Charlies were doing there amid the nitelife of
Bradford dog only
knows, but I sure am glad we saw them. Deadheads were few on
the ground - I
reckon eight at most, and the rest of the audience were clearly
bemused by the
whole experience. Some of them were clearly angry by what they
saw and heard.
But despite this the Charlies played a storming set …
It was all top quality stuff, Bertha almost entered Allman Brothers
territory,
Shakedown was funk frug heaven and the jam in Uncle John's Band
was long,
intense and jazzy, Uncle John would have been proud of them.
Despite the nature
of the venue and audience the Charlies had the panache to close
with a lyrical
Morning Dew. The two people we took with us were totally knocked
out by them. I
fail to see why more Deadheads don't turn up to see the Charlies.
You don't know
what you are missing. If you know they are on go and see them
- and take some
friends! If I understood Brian right the bass player had never
played with them
before (and he was *monstrously* good) and the keyboard player
was usually a
drummer and the drummer usually a guitarist - or something like
that! Thanks
chaps!
SEPT 13th: STANDARD, London
Stranger, Half Step, Queen Jane, Might As Well, Box of Rain, Speedway, BT Wind, UJB>Estimated>Eyes>Corrinna>Wharf Rat>Throwing Stones>Promised Land// Dew>Samson.
AUG 24th:Private Party, LEYSTERS, Herefordshire,
Bertha, Good Lovin, Speedway, Train to Cry, Prudence, China>Rider, Minglewood, Sugaree,
Beat It On. (24 birthday beats!)
Watchtower, UJB>Truckin>Other One>Spanish>Other One>Dark Star>Playin'>UJB>Dark Star>PLayin'>UJB>Dark Star>Playin'>Maggies/ Stephen>NFA>Stephen>Lovelight>Sat Night.
the Charlies played an invitation-only gig to a group of seventy or so heads in Herefordshire who have been holding annual twelve-hour GD parties for the last six years.
Mon August 26
COSMIC COMFY CHAIRS: Earth Spirit festival, Brighton
All-acoustic lineup: Brian K (lead), Chris Smith (bass), Patrick K (drums), Colin & John (rhythm acoustic), Bob Witchell (lounge furniture).
Set included: Bertha>Good Lovin', Deep Ellum Blues (John on lead vocals), UJB, Friend of the Devil, Me and My>River,Scarlet, Truckin', Spanish Jam, New Speedway Boogie.
This was an all-acoustic version of the Charlies: there was no
power on site and only Brian and Chris played with battery amps. Comfy
chairs were supplied for band members for that downhome unplugged feel.
The band played a one hour set round the fire to about fifty or so listeners
in the Yurt (= Big Tent).
9th August, The Standard, London E17
Bertha>Good Lovin',China Cat>Rider, Jack Straw, Mr Charlie, Masterpiece, UJB>Playin'>Dark Star>St Stephen>Lovelight>St Stephen>UJB>Playin', Feel Like A Stranger, Looks Like Rain, Shakedown St>Promised Land, The Weight>We Bid You Goodnight.
With about a hundred in attendance--unfortunately the opening
heavy metal band scared a few tie-dies away early on--early highlights
were a well-paced Bertha, a confident I Know You Rider, and a nicely melodic
Jack Straw. The obvious standout was the continuous 48-minute-megasandwich
of classics starting with Uncle John's: a bit fast maybe, but that didn't
matter once Brian headed off into the first of a series of fluent jams,
with a tasty St Stephen in the middle, my first in a long while. (Come
on lads, now bring back The Eleven....). The Dead's disco-funk side emerged
very differently tonight, with extra guitar from a US visitor on Stranger,
and Shakedown displaying (maybe despite itself) a distinctive ska beat!
The poignant wind-down of The Weight into WBYGN concluded a very
special gig...
August 2-4
RAGGED HEDGE FAYRE, Cirencester
Brian, guitar; Steve, keys; Martin, guitar and vocs; Patrick drums, Chris Smith bass
acoustic set: UJB, On the Road Again, Jack Straw, Deep Ellum Blues, Cassidy, Me and My Maggies.
Electric Set: Bertha> Good Lovin/ China>Rider/ Truckin>jam>Spanish Jam !!> Other One > Morning Dew
Is this Cosmic Charlies TNG ?!! This was a revelation !
I loved all the peformances...the Good Lovin coming where it
did was just
so in the groove and creamy.... the jams after Truckin were fascinating,
and to dump a Spanish jam on new boys like this..... whew....that
was a
highlight for me. It was also great to hear Steves keyboards
for a
change. Well done Brian ! Well done lads ! [paddy]
13 July 1996
The Last Waterhole, Amsterdam
Set 1: Cold Rain and Snow, Next Time You See Me, Bertha, They
Love Each
Other, China Cat Sunflower (abandoned!), Deal, Shakedown Street,
Good Lovin'
Set 2: New Speedway Boogie, It takes a lot to laugh..., Truckin'
> The
Other One > Spanish Jam > Playing in the Band, Morning Dew, Dear
Prudence,
GDTRFB, Loser, Lovelight, Death Don't, Promised Land
Brian Keneally (lead), Bill Giles (kbds), Greg Miles/Patrick Keneally
(drums),
Richard Henderson (bass) A. Sax Player.
The Charlies joined forces with Deadicace keyboard player Bill
Giles
for a lengthy and well-attended show at the Last Waterhole, in
the heart of Amsterdam's red light district (!) the night after Phish's
Melkweg appearance.
The crowd included a number of heads from England, and also some
Dutch heads who remembered the Charlies from their Amsterdam set in 94.
Thanks to Bill for turning up (with instrument) from Paris at
very short notice. Also to the anonymous Scottish sax player who joined
in from the audience... and the guy doing *very* strange interpretive dancing
down the front... [bp]
JUNE 8th:
Community Centre, Hanover, BRIGHTON.
Band were Brian, Mick Overy on guitar, Patrick Kenneally on drums, Chris Smith on bass.
Adventurous-sounding semi acoustic set included St Stephen, Looks Like Rain, Stella, Playing, Scarlet. 3 sets altogether. Over 100 in attendance and a successful benefit show.
26 May (evening):
PELICAN, STROUD
included LL Rain, Lost Sailor, Big Boss Man, Catfish John, Cassidy, PITB, Scarlet>Fire
26th May
BRISTOL: lunchtime pub gig:
included on the Road Again, Money and the Engineer, catfish John, Deep Ellum Blues, Big Boss Man
25th May
Ropewalk Inn BRISTOL
China>Rider/ Wst LA/Jack Straw/Sugaree/Cold Rain/Scarlet >Eyes>Stronger than
Dirt jam>spacey jam>PITB
2 hours and 5 mins !!
abrupt end as beer fell on brians equipment..washed it all out...
mix up re time audience thought finished at 12 and
pa man said 11...so
disgruntled punters etc etc... at the cut off point at that show....
they were
steaming...the plying jam was gonna be mega, and wud probably
have gone
into a full blown space before wrapping the show.....
really was shame
to see such a rocket ascent cut right off. Brian afterwards said
he felt
they didn't often reach such a peak jumping off point.. Oh well....
["P. Ladd"]
Mon 6 May
Half Moon, Putney
Samson and Delilah/Cassidy/Wang Dang Doodle/China Cat>Rider/ Loser/Minglewood/Sugaree/
West LA Fadeaway/Terrapin>China Doll
7th Feb 96
The Brewhouse (Oxford Bakery & Brewhouse), Oxford
China Cat>Rider/West LA Fadeaway/Loose Lucy/Dear Prudence/Scarlet
Begonias>
Eyes of the World> Playin>Jam>Playin/ Promised Land/Bertha
22nd Jan 96
Evening Star, Brighton
(Dark Star Brewery launch)
Band-- Brian (acoustic/electric, mandolin), Mick Overy (guitar), Patrick Kenneally (drums)
1:(set included) Loser/Monkey &the Engineer/Friend of the Devil/Russian
Lullaby/Looks Like Rain/
Lucy in the Sky
2: Spanish Jam>Terrapin>Wharf Rat>Throwing Stones>Not Fade Away>Stella
Blue/
Morning Dew>One More Monday Night/ Box of Rain (w/Rob)
1995
4th November 1995
Tudor Lodge Bromley By Bow, London
1: US Blues, Maggie's Farm, West LA Fadeaway, Don't Let
Go, Casey Jones, Scarlet Begonias> Eyes of the World, Morning Dew
2: Jack Straw, Sugaree, Minglewood, ,Good Lovin, Spanish Jam>
Terrapin>Jam> Playin' reprise
(w/ former Charlies Richard and Ian):
Box of Rain>Dark Star tease> Werewolves of London, When I Paint
my Masterpiece, Promised Land, The Weight, Mission in the Rain, Corrina>
Iko Iko
Almost four hours of music
28th September 1995
Bottom Line, Shepherds Bush, London
Opening for Jefferson Starship
Feel Like A Stranger, Bertha, Scarlet Begonias, Sugaree, Terrapin, China Doll (58 m)
Cosmic Charlies opened with short but very sweet set of Dead favourites.
They were definitely "on" tonight. The usual lightshow, Liquid Love,
also
accompanied the Starship set, projecting oil effects, slides and
film
cartoons to classic "60s" effect. (bp)
from Record Collector magazine:
COSMIC CHARLIES/JEFFERSON STARSHIP
A Grateful Dead tribute band? Surely not?
Yup. Thats what several hundred West Coast enthusiasts were greeted
with
when they turned up to pay homage to one half of the Dead's acid
rock
contemporaries Jefferson Airplane (now masquerading as Jefferson
Starship).
And the boys from the Home Counties weren't half bad.
Wisely eschewing the tendency to step into character (ie Pigpen's
leathers,
Weir's ponytail,Garcia's face-furniture) the Cosmic Charlies
let the music
do the talking: they're a tribute band in the true sense of the
word, not a
doppelganger outfit. That means
you don't get note perfect renditions of songs like Scarlet Begonias, Sugaree
or Terrapin Station,--but you do get a splendid
approximatuion of a Dead-like musical journey complete with spacy
improvisations that---eyes closed--are amazingly convincing.
9th Sept 1995
Tudor Lodge, Bromley By Bow, London
1:Cold Rain & Snow, China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider, That's
What Love Will Make You Do, Bird Song>Eyes of the World
2:Feel Like a Stranger, Scarlet Begonias, Loser, Bertha, Shakedown
St>China Doll
Playin'>Terrapin>So What, Deal One
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