Setlists for July so far

With the big imbroglio last week taking far too much of my online time and attention,
I never got to post my setlists.

Here they are for July so far:

Clipper City 07/16/06

01) (inst) Polka Set
02) (inst) Dressed Ship
03) (inst) Smash The Windows
04) Adieu Sweet, Lovely Nancy
05) Leavin' Of Liverpool/Sailors' Hornpipe/Off To California
06) Away, Rio!
07) Polly Oliver's Dillema
08) Cape Cod Girls
09) Peter Street (debut)
10) I Courted A Sailor
11) Strike The Bell
12) Dark-Eyed Sailor
13) For My Lady
14) Into The Mystic
15) Calypso
16) Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
17) Honey Pie
18) Dance Band On The Titanic
19) Southern Cross
20) A Pirate Looks At Forty
21) Brandy
22) Sloop John B
23) A Health To The Company
24) Sailors' Hymn

Comments: I got the song "Peter Street" thanks to graniawench whom I met at the Western PA Faerie Fest. Thanks, hon. I'd heard of this song and always wanted to learn it.

New Deal 7/20/06

01) Handbags & Gladrags
02) Jamaica Farewell
03) Best Of All Possible Worlds..........req-John
04) Southern Cross
05) Queen Jane Approximately.............req-Cat
06) Dead Flowers.........................req-John
07) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.......req-Sonya
08) Valley Of Strathmore.................req-Sonya
09) Greensleeves.........................req-Melinda
10) ? (The Mystery Song)
11) If I Had A Boat......................req-Sonya
12) The Gnome
13) The Scarecrow
14) Bike
15) Frog Kissin'
16) Waltzing Mathilda....................req-Melinda
17) The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
18) Joy To The World.....................req-Cat
19) Deja Vu All Over Again...............req-Dan
20) New Speedway Boogie..................req-John
21) (I'm Being Swallowed By A)Boa Constrictor...req-Julie
22) Parcel Of Rogues.....................req-Jen
23) The Minstrel Boy.....................req-Dan
24) When I Paint My Masterpiece..........req-Sonya

In Attendance:
Mike
katrinb
thelongshot
jmax315
patches023
Steve
Jen
Dan
Julie
Melinda
Alex

Comments: This set started out kind of annoying. Lots of gremlins making stuff not work, including needing to run over to the store and buy a battery for my mic. That and also the very bad mood of dealing with last week's drama. However, it turned out to be a very cool and interesting set. Four brand new people came, as well as Cat & Jason. Also, check out the request/songs I picked ratio. I LIKE that much participation in my set. Alot of great stuff gets asked for that I wouldn't ordinarily think of playing. Another thing I liked in this set was my mini-set in honor of Syd Barrett's passing. Syd's stuff has always had a special appeal to me, not just for it's psychedelic aesthetic, but also from the point of view of having been a real British Schoolboy when I was young, there's alot of very tangibly British elements in Syd's faerie tales that really resonates with that part of myself.
So having made sure that some of his songs are in my repertoire, I always have some of those feelings and elements to share when I sing too.

Clipper City 7/23/06

01) (inst) Polka Set
02) Come Thee Old One
03) Polly Oliver's Dillemma
04) It Must Have Been The Roses (req-by captain for some Grateful Dead)
05) Jack-A-Roe
06) Away, Rio!
07) Adieu, Sweet, Lovely Nancy
08) Boots Of Spanish Leather
09) Cape Cod Girls
10) Bully In The Alley
11) Rolling Down To Old Maui
12) Fiddler's Green
13) Peter Street
14) For My Lady
15) I Courted A Sailor
16) Back Home In Derry
17) Into The Mystic
18) Calypso
19) Octopus' Garden
20) Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
21) Sloop John B
22) Across The Universe (req- crewmate)
23) Sailors' Hymn

Comments: I'm really getting to like this gig alot, even tho it's a hot one lately.
My tips and occasional CD sales are pushing this gig's pay up into the range of my typical good days in Old Town, and the crew are getting comfortable asking for songs they want. The owner keeps grinning every time he sees me and I even caught him talking me up to one of the customers last week. AND they send me home with SO MUCH brunch leftovers that I can barely get it to the car and rarely finish it all during the week.


Clipper City 7/30/06

01) (inst) Row Well, Ye Mariners
02) (inst) Kesh Jig
03) (inst) Polka Set
04) Leavin' Of Liverpool/Sailor's Hornpipe/Off To California
05) Haul Her Along
06) Away, Rio!
07) Farewell, Nova Scotia
08) Boots Of Spanish Leather
09) The Mermaid
10) Polly Oliver's Dillema
11) Cape Cod Girls
12) Peter Street
13) Fiddler's Green
14) Rolling Down To Old Maui
15) Bully In The Alley
16) General Taylor
17) For My Lady
18) Sloop John B
19) A Pirate Looks At Forty
20) Brandy
21) A Drop Of Nelson's Blood
22) Sailors' Hymn
23) Dear Prudence (req-crewmate)

Comments: This week was extra cool. The boat was PACKED because of a big group on an outing from the Washington Ski Society. I got LOTS of complements, especially for my voice (YAY!) and one lady who really stood out who said she was dreading that the "live music" would be over amplified and not stuff she liked and was so happy that I was neither.
It's turning out that I was very wise to add "Brandy" to my repertoire. 70's Bubblegum Pop song that it may, (as I mentioned before), I like the story and, well, there's a reason why it was a big hit. Like "Jamaica Farewell", this song pushes alot of nostalgia buttons, and while alot of what I do in this gig is mostly background, more and more often, I'm getting actual attention and applause for this song (and more people singing along than the Jimmy Buffet, Beatles or even "Sloop John B"). And just like "Jamaica Farewell", almost every time I play it, I'll have someone come up and want to talk to me about it later, sharing memories of where and when they heard it and memories that the song brings up.

I like that part of my job alot.