John Mellencamp Setlist Debate

Since the 1994 Dance Naked Tour, John has been playing shorter (around 90 minutes) shows that have consisted primarily of remixes of his greatest hits. This has generated lots of debate about what people would like to see. This page is not a discussion forum, but where I've documented my position.

I have expressed my opinions (play longer and play other songs) over the years in postings to the John Mellencamp Fan Mailling List on January 16, 1997, February 10, 1997, February 27, 1997, April 25, 1999, April 26, 1999, April 27, 1999, and April 27, 1999 (my final post on the topic). After the Good Samaritan Tour stop in Chicago, I added this post on August 21, 2000.

In October, 1998, to have some fun and challenge with this topic, I conducted a Setlist Contest in which fans could submit their proposed setlists.

My 1/16/97 posting to John Mellencamp List:

My thoughts regarding a tour:

1) John would have more fun playing his newer stuff. Besides the travel, etc., John had to get tired of touring because he played the same stuff over and over. While its great stuff, and he made the choice to do that, we'd all get tired of doing the same thing, over and over and over and over (unless that thing was...;)

2) John would have more fun if he played with the types of show he performed. Some years back, Elvis Costello had a tour of small venues where every night was a different kind of show. If I remember correctly, this include a "wheel of songs" show in which a wheel, with song titles, was spun to determine what songs would be played, an audience request night, an acoustic night, etc.

3) My backyard would make a great venue- no Hard Rock, no VH1, no Martha Stewart. Just John Mellencamp, his band, and you know, chips, dips, chains and whips. I'm not talking candle wax on the nipples, or witchcraft, or anything like that. Just a couple of hundred mailing-list fans (or JM music video cast members) running around in their underwear acting like complete Mellenheads.

My 2/10/97 posting to John Mellencamp List:

I saw the VH1 Tickets First special interview where John hinted that he's going to do something of a greatest hits/MHGL style for this tour. This sounds like the BBQ, SF & LA shows. And wasn't his last, abreviated tour really a remixed greatest hits? He thinks that's what his fans want. Someone should let his management know that, as has been discussed frequently on this list, many of his fans want to hear his newer stuff live as much, if not more, than his older stuff.

If he REALLY wants to make the audience happy, he should reconsider what it is that they want. John should give us some credit and realize that we're not still buying his albums and going to his concerts because of Pink Houses and Jack & Diane. If that were the case, we'd have stopped buying his stuff after Lonesome Jubille. I don't believe the audience's are paying the $$ they do these days to scream "Oh yeah life goes on" with thousands of others. I can do that at home a whole lot cheaper.

I think that this tour, in a theater setting, is a perfect opportunity for John to play the kind of show HE would want to play, not what he THINKS we want. He'll have more fun...and I believe we will too.

My 2/27/97 posting to John Mellencamp List:

I was one of those who said stuff earlier that caused some of you to get on this "true fan" kick. Maybe, I can help us end this.

First, I agree with Bryon.

Second, some people are missing the point.

I don't believe this discussion intended to define "true" fans. I think it has been about John being true to himself in designing his shows- What does John want to play? What music and songs excite John now? What's important to John now?

In numerous interviews...

1) John has said that some of his latest work being his best work (even without being a commercial success)

2) John has said that he is tired of his old stuff and questions the quality of some of the older work

3) John has said he plays lots of his older stuff because his fans want it and when they have fun, he has fun.

4) John has said he thinks when fans shell out the $$, he should show them a good time.

With this in mind, I (and I think Bryon and some others) believe that John doesn't "know" what all his fans want anymore. And while he can't please everyone, I think he'd be surprised how much support there is for his latest stuff. I worry that while John is playing the hits, he's holding it against us that he still has to play those songs. I'd rather feed off John's excitement of his performance than have John have to feed off us. Otherwise, maybe John should pay us each $100 for being his entertainment.
Maybe, playing the old hits is just the whole "artist thing" of strugling with personal satisfaction with one's work and the acceptance of that work by others.

Regardless, I think John is great, I've spent the $100/seat, plan to go to multiple shows, and I will have a GREAT TIME! But, there's nothing wrong with wishing and hoping things would be different- it doesn't make me more or less of a fan! And, for those who wish to "hold on to sixteen as long as you can", it doesn't make you more or less of a fan either!

My 4/25/99 posting to John Mellencamp List:
This is still available in the Yahoo!Groups history at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/human-wheels/message/5471

I hope everyone had a blast! Regardless of the setlist, I wish I had been there. But I will, say, not surprisingly to those who have heard me 2 cents, I'm disappointed.

This is not to knock John and the band. They work hard at this and put in the sacrifice to go out on the road and entertain us.

But I will eternally disappointed in his belief that he has to play his hits for us and even the non die-hard fans all the time. I actually believe its harder to justify the $$ when its practically the same thing each time.

Opening night or the RET tour is the Greatest Hits with a little twist or two...which was the Dance Naked Tour...which was the MHGL tour. Its fun to see them on tour, and great to know that some of these hits can be done half-a-dozen different ways, but I still wish it was different.

I still think John and the band are awesome, but I will eternally dream of other setlists.

My 4/26/99 posting to John Mellencamp List:
This is still available in the Yahoo!Groups history at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/human-wheels/message/5510

I know at anytime he won't remember all the lyrics to all his songs. But if that is the problem, I don't see what is so hard about picking 20-25 songs and spending 1-2 months practicing them. What did he say in Storytellers?- he's tenacious, if you put enough time towards anything you should be able to be good at it.

I don't think memory is the problem. He has said repeatedly in interviews that he thinks the paying customer "expects" to hear the hits (whether his or someone else's). I don't claim that he is wrong about that. I just claim that I'm not one who feels that way.

My first 4/27/99 posting to John Mellencamp List:
This is still available in the Yahoo!Groups history at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/human-wheels/message/5531

From the person who "started this" (again?), some comments

< as long as John is HAPPY and ENJOYING himself, more power to him...... >

I'd claim that this is debatable. John has said in interviews that he does this not because he wants to, but because the fans want it. He then feeds off their energy. He says the fans make it great, not him. I think if he could choose his own show, regardless of fan response, it wouldn't be this that makes him happy. Remember, he was very disappointed by the acceptance of Human Wheels.

< I feel as fans of John's we should all be very thankful that there even is another tour......THIS COULD BE THE LAST!!!!! >

Didn't I hear this about the MHGL tour? Haven't the Rolling Stones kept saying that? Sorry, I am NOT putting John in the same category as them. In my opinion, the last tour argument doesn't fly. And if it was ME, I'd make the last tour what I wanted it to be...it would be my last chance. And since I wouldn't have to worry about filling an arena again, it wouldn't bother me to tick off a few people.

As for me, I even put my "money" where my mouth is and distributed a guitar pick, 45s and bootlegs to folks who took the time to come up with their own proposed setlist. Having tried it myself, I don't claim its easy. I know John and the band probably struggle with it themselves especially since they have to "live" with the decision. As I said before, I'm thankful that they make the sacrifice to come out on the road for us, I just continue to hope for something a little different.

My second 4/27/99 posting to John Mellencamp List:
This is still available in the Yahoo!Groups history at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/human-wheels/message/5554

...until there are some changes or another tour.

Since I started this latest round of debate (and have kept with it), I'll provide my closing, summary points/comments:

1) I agree that people have a good time at John's shows...its obvious. He wouldn't keep selling out the shows if they weren't having a great time. However, I believe he would STILL SELL OUT shows and everyone would STILL HAVE A GREAT TIME if he used a different "formula" than his greatest hits approach. Look at past tours- an acoustic "Chain Gang", "Hotdogs and Hambugers", "Empty Hands", "Rumbleseat", "The Real Life", etc. They were still GREAT shows even though all the songs weren't mega-hits.

2) Based on all the things I've heard/read him say, I believe John would PREFER to do a different kind of show. I wish he'd do the show HE WANTS to do, not what he thinks we want. I think it would be INCREDIBLE, for everyone, to see what that show looks like (probably covers, pace changes, some deep acoustic stuff, digging stuff from the archives all along with some real ROCKIN'). Unfortunately, I think he fears that it wouldn't be accepted and he wouldn't want to deal with that dissapointment. This might explain why he thinks "Human Wheels" was his best album but there aren't any "Human Wheels" songs on this tour- it didn't make its mark at the cash register.

OK...that's it for me on this topic.

My 8/21/00 posting to John Mellencamp List after his Chicago Good Samaritan Tour apprearance:
This is still available in the Yahoo!Groups history at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/human-wheels/message/13990

Believe it or not, this was better than being on stage with John. For those of you familiar with my position on his shows/setlist (see http://www.ticsay.com/mrticsay/JohnMellencamp/JM-SetlistDebate.htm), you'll know why I'm a happy guy. I got to see a show that I think John REALLY enjoyed doing. He looked like he was having a GREAT time today.

The Setlist Contest

The original contest notice:

I'm on a mission to get John to play some different stuff live. It's a personal mission and everyone doesn't have to agree with it. But I'm going to put some "skin" into this one. Here it is:

I will be giving a way a choice of JM prizes to the top proposed setlist submissions. The prizes have yet to be determined, but will come from extras in my JM collection and probably will include some CDR boots, tour programs, promo flats/posters, maxi CD's, 45s, etc. I'll announce the pool of items later when I've had a chance to go through it all.

The rules are:

1) You can only use 2 of the following songs (Small Town, ROCK in the USA, Pink Houses, Authority Song, Hurt So Good, Jack and Diane, Crumbin Down, Lonely Ol' Night and Check It Out). Hint: Bonus points awarded for using less than 2 and anyone who does not use ANY of these songs WILL make the finalist list.

2) You must include 2 covers. They can be done either by themselves or included in a JM mix. Please list the original artist or an artist with a well-known version of the song.

3) You must pick 1 acoustic song and it cannot be Jackie Brown or Human Wheels.

4) Bonus points added for a guest appearance, but only one guest singing one song is allowed.

5) The show must contain at least 25 songs.

In addition to handing out awards, I intend to try to forward this to John's team for review. That is my real goal- to get John to see that we're interested in his other music live too! I don't claim they'll do anything more than throw it away, but at least I've tried. Maybe, just maybe, when he tours and "Real Life" or something else is played, you can think "Hey, maybe I helped convince him to play that!"

The contest results:
(For some reason, the email addresses our out-of-wack but I'm not going to try and straighten them out.)

Coincidence, or a sign?- While compiling all the entries, YLIN starts to play on the radio!

Here are the entries I received in the setlist contest. Not as many as I expected, but I'm kind-of glad I didn't have more. It's a challenge to review and decide between even these. I don't think I had a single bad entry. Of course, I'm a biased Mellenhead. So unless you violated the rules and put in Pink House or tried to pass French Shoes off as a viable live tune, it couldn't have been too bad a set.

Some personal observations:

Most of the folks who entered commented on both how much fun it was and also how hard it was. Picking songs, making them work, etc. isn't easy. Imagine what John has to go through (he has to put his name behind it all).

There's lots of interest in early Mellencamp (Sugar Marie, Taxi Dancer)

Lonesome Jubilee is a hit including lots of picks for Hotdogs and Hamburgers (one of my favorites)

Melissa Etheridge is popular. Four of you picked her for the guest appearance. Of course, guest appearances would vary throughout the tour.

Some people just couldn't help the urge to put a restricted song in the set. It says a lot about how great the songs are (I don't disagree with that), but it will probably cost them in the contest (I need any tiebreakers I can find)

THIS IS HARD. Try to narrow down the number of songs. Try to have enough well known stuff. Try to slip in some less known stuff. Try to decide if its old, new, or both. Try to make it flow.

I'll announce the winners either late today or Wednesday since I got some last minute entries to consider.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

- Michael

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From: "mellencamp-uk" mellencamp.u-@virgin.net
perry, uk ( keepin' my fingers crossed ).

WHERE THE WORLD BEGAN
THE FULL CATASTROPHE
THIS MAY NOT BE THE END OF THE WORLD
CHANCE MEETING AT THE TARANTULA
THE BIG JACK
MR BELLOWS
JUST ANOTHER DAY
EDEN IS BURNING
(acoustic part of show)
YOUR LIFE IS NOW
LIKE A ROLLING STONE (Dylan cover)
POSITIVLY CRAZY
BREAK ME OFF SOME
short break...second part of show
SUMMER OF LOVE INTRO...fade into
KEY WEST INTERMEZZO
IM NOT RUNNING ANYMORE
DAYS OF FAREWELL
GET A LEG UP
IT ALL COMES TRUE
SWEET JANE (Lou reed cover)
John then introduces Lou Reed...
LAST GREAT AMERICAN WHALE (JOHN + LOU AS SPECIAL GUEST)
L.U.V
band introductions
LET IT ALL HANG OUT
LIFE IS HARD
encores
MISS MISSY
LARGE WORLD TURNING

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From: mellen75-@aol.com

Now More Than Ever
Dance Naked (accoustic)
Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
Taxi Dancer
Close Enough
Paper In Fire
Tonight
When Jesus Left Birmingham
Breakout
Rumbleseat
To M.G. Wherever She May Be
Without Expression (Terry Reid)
China Girl
Sugar Marie
Beige to Beige
Life is Hard
Sometimes A Great Notion
I'm Not Running Anymore
The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)
Whenever We Wanted
Down & Out in Paradise
Sad Lady
Eden is Burning
Kid Inside
Crazy Ones

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From: "Rick Heitmeyer" 347t2x-@cmich.edu

30 Days in the Hole (Humble Pie cover tune to start things off)
Thunderin' Hearts
Can You Take It?
Sugar Marie

Dialogue: "Hey, I bet you like these old songs ... So, I'll play a couple more. I know my fans here in Detroit want the old stuff. I'll play the new shit, too, but let's go back and slow things down. This is from Uh Huh.
Golden Gates (Acoustic version)
Taxi Dancer (Keeping the acoustic music going)
Get A Leg Up
Rooty Toot Toot
LUV
Sweet Suzanne
What If I Came Knocking
Brothers
I'm Not Running Anymore
Miss Missy
Just Another Day
It All Comes True
Hand To Hold Onto
Play Guitar
Sometimes A Great Notion
Eden is Burning
Paper in Fire
Wild Night (Van Morrison cover)
Cheap Shot (Talk about his move from Mercury to Columbia and how great it is.)
Pop Singer (Talk about how eight years ago he went on a tirade about the song. Do we remember? He mentions that he talked about advertising for a motor company. He said he slammed one of his contemporaries ...)
Introducing Bob Seger
Like A Rock (an ironic song, showing John's mellowed with age and sung with Bob Seger)
This Is Your Time (a Bob Seger song sung to his own son. John sings a cover of it without Bob after thanking Bob for coming on stage and singing "that truck song."
I Saw You First
Your Life is Now

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From: Brian & Lori Hoag spiderz2-@pacificnet.net
Lori, CA

L.U.V.
Hotdogs & Hamburgers
Martha Say
Theo and Weird Henry
Void in My Heart
Rumbleseat
Minutes to Memories
What if I Came Knocking
The Full Catastrophe
Circling Around the Moon
Justice and Independence '85
Get a Leg Up
Again Tonight
Melting Pot
When Jesus Left Brimingham
Check it Out (had to)
Cherry Bomb
Large World Turning
Life is Hard
Between a Laugh and a Tear (with Melissa Etheridge)
Another Sunny Day 12/25 (ACOUSTIC)
Suzanne and the Jewels
The Face of the Nation

COVER TUNES
Sweet Virginia (Rolling Stones)
Without Expression (Terry Reid; you know, the one he already recorded)

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From: Brian Shane bshan-@haverford.pvt.k12.pa.us

a little night dancin'
small paradise
i need a lover-w stevie nicks,guest app.
sugar marie
taxi dancer
ain't even done w the night
this time
8.cheap shot
don't misunderstand me
hand to hold onto
can you take it
12 .minutes to memories
rumbleseat
face of a nation
15, down and out in paradise
the real life
empty hands
hard times for an honest man
we are the people
theo and weird henry
void in my heart
country gentleman
to live-acoustic
martha say
what if i came knockin'
dance naked
brothers
jerry
life is hard
just another day
like a rolling stone-cover
under the boardwalk-cover-- end w this like he did on scarecrow tour, he finished w covers

brian shane- that is rock n roll--jack and diane is my fav. song but i'm so sick of the hits-hearing these would be a gig! it's a pipe dream-
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From: dcarney6-@aol.com
ursella

Some visual to start..

John is wearing a sexy pair of baggy black pants and a white tee v neck shirt..ohhhh god..with a black jacket...

I'M NOT RUNNING ANYMORE (have to start off with a new song since its a new album ya know )
L.U.V (dedicates this song for the cherrybomb gals )
HARD TIMES FOR AN HONEST MAN (shakes hands while singing )
PLAY GUITAR (ohhhhh lord this would be a great time for him to rip off that jacket )
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT (sings this with passion )
MISS MISSY (sneaks in another new one )
SWEET JAYNE ( by Lou Reed)
LET THEM RUN YOUR LIVES (he sits on stole some of the time during this and makes faces of intensement while singing )
THE BIG JACK (grabs himself a few times and then says is this some girly fashion show or what LOL LOL )
DREAM KILLING TOWN (has the map of New Jersey with Lawrenceville circled behind him )
SUMMER OF LOVE (ahhh another new one )
GOLDEN GATES (not golden arches LOL )
RUMBLE SEAT (has a video in background of dina's wild ass life )
JACKIE O (ACUSTIC )
JM talks to the fans for a few minutes while he sips some water
TAXI DANCER (dina turns to mush at this point )
LIKE A ROLLING STONE ( by Bob Dylan)
YOUR LIFE IS NOW (he lets all the mellenheads sing with him )
LEAVE YOUR HAT ON (with a special appreance of Joe Cocker)
WILD NIGHTS (john is dancing all over the place for this one and follows dina's hand motions to this )
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME (he kinda dancewalks across the stage during this number )
BETWEEN A LAUGH AND A TEAR (he sits on the edge of the stage in front of Dina, Marisa, Lynduh, Cabrina, Marianne and Susan )
TONIGHT (he points down at Dina who is front and center )
AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT (he even wets his hair for this one like the video )
EDEN IS BURNING ( those new ones fit right in don't they )
DANCE NAKED (with Dina up there dancing with John )

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From: therese6-@aol.com

I Need A Lover
Play Guitar
Scarecrow
Empty Hands
Dance Naked
Another Sunny Day 12/25
Real Life
Minutes To Memories
Rumbleseat
Sometimes A Great Notion
Junior
Golden Gates
Let It Bleed (original artist: Rolling Stones) with guest appearance by Keith Richards
I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Get A Leg Up
Forever Young (original artist: Rod Stewart)
What If I Came Knocking
Beige To Beige
We Are The People
Hot Dogs And Hamburgers
Emotional Love
This Time
To Live
Rave On
Under The Boardwalk
Encore: Rooty Toot Toot

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From: "Brookbank, Tracey A." tbrookb-@brightpoint.com

Play Guitar
I Need A Lover
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
China Girl
Serious Business
Love And Hapiness
Wild Night
Your Life Is Now
The Real Life
Scarecrow
Paper In Fire
Eden Is Burning
Without Expression
Rumbleseat
Hand To Hold Onto
Again Tonight
Minutes To Memories
Where the World Began
Get A Leg Up
Hamburgers And Hotdogs
Just Another Day
Key West Intermezzo
Cherry Bomb

Encore:
Big Daddy Of Them All (Acoustic)
Gloria (Van Morrison)

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From: Attwoods attwoo-@iquest.net

I'm Not Running Anymore
Fruit Trader
When Jesus Left Birmingham (extended version with Moe's rap in the middle
Break Me Off Some
Pop Singer
Emotional Love (Toby Myers sings)
Rain On The Scarecrow
Rooty Toot Toot
Miss Missy
Where the World Began
Paper In Fire
What If I Came Knockin'
The Full Catastrophe
Just Another Day
Rave On (Buddy Holly)
Eden Is Burning
It All Comes True
Minutes To Memories (acoustic)
I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Again Tonight
Real Life
Play Guitar/Gloria/Wild Thing Mix
Serious Business
Your Life Is Now (extended version)
Cherry Bomb

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From: "lynda" wizfa-@toledolink.com
Lynda-Toledo, OH

Minutes To Memories
Theo and Weird Henry
I'm Not Running
Cherry Bomb
Don't Misunderstand Me
Sugar Marie
Miss Missy
Baby Please Don't Go-mmmmm, I can' t remember!!
Twentieth Century Fox-The Doors
Jackie Brown
Popsinger
Beige to Beige
Again Tonight
Mansions in Heaven
Martha Say
Your Life Is Now
Break Me Off Some
Play Guitar
Serious Business
Scarecrow
Between a Laugh and A Tear- with Ricki Lee Jones..I love her voice!!
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
I Need A Lover
Thundering Hearts
Full Catastrophe

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From: "joe schaefer" jschae-@hotmail.com
Joe Schaefer,
Chesaning, Michigan

I Need A Lover (with instrumental intro)
Love and Happiness
Paper In Fire
I'm Not Running Anymore
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix)
Eden Is Burning
The Real Life
The Full Catastrophe
Miss Missy
Your Life Is Now
Rain On The Scarecrow - Acoustic
Minutes To Memories - Acoustic
Pink Houses - Acoustic

INTERMISSION
Ain't Even Done With The Night
You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)
Chance Meeting At The Tarantula
Wild Night (Van Morrison)
Pop Singer
What If I Came Knocking
Play Guitar/Gloria (Van Morrison)
(I'm counting Play Guitar/Gloria medley as 2 songs)
Authoriy Song/Land Of A Thousand Dances (Wilson Pickett)
Devil With A Blue Dress (Mitch Ryder)

ENCORE
Cherry Bomb
Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) w/ guest Melissa Ethridge

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From: "Brian Bruner" bbrune-@dmrtc.net

Pop Singer
Play Guitar
Miss Missy
Your Life Is Now
Wild Night
Justice & Independence '85
L.U.V.
Human Wheels
Again Tonight
Rumbleseat
Just Another Day
Now More Than Ever
Sweet Suzanne
Minutes To Memories
Sweet Evening Breeze
Positively Crazy
I'm Not Running Anymore
Gambling Bar Room Blues (Cover and Acoustic)
Pray For Me
What If I Came Knocking
Love & Happiness

ENCORE!!
Full Catastrophe
Real Life
Scarecrow
All Along The Watchtower W/ Bob Dylan (will not happen, but just what if!) (Cover with guest)

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From: jcougar-@aol.com
Shari Jardina, Indy

What if I Came Knocking
Love and Happiness
Golden Gates
Tonight
Thirty Days in the Hole (Humble Pie) with guest Melissa Etheridge
Human Wheels
Ain't Even Done with the Night
Play Guitar
Don't Misunderstand Me
Taxi Dancer
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Weakest Moments
Warmer Place to Sleep
Under the Boardwalk
Empty Hands
Rooty Toot Toot
Sweet Evening Breeze (acoustic)
Between a Laugh and a Tear
Mansions in Heaven
Now More than Ever
Get a Leg Up
Again Tonight
I Ain't Ever Satisfied
To the River
Real Life
Minutes to Memories
Im' Not Running

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From: horfis-@aol.com

JUST ANOTHER DAY
I AIN'T EVER SATISFIED
L.U.V.
BEIGE TO BEIGE
SMALL PARADISE
JAILHOUSE ROCK (COVER VERSION FROM ELVIS P.)
COLD SWEAT ( COVER VERSION FROM JAMES BROWN) JAMES BROWN IS SPECIAL GUEST
MANSIONS IN HEAVEN
DOWN AND OUT IN PARADISE
J.M.'S QUESTION ( ACOUSTIC VERSION)
WEAKEST MOMENTS
CHEAP SHOT
MR. BELLOWS
WHENEVER WE WANTED
BROTHERS
CHANCE MEETING AT THE TARANTULA
THE FULL CATASTROPHE
EMPTY HANDS
THEO AND WEIRD HENRY
DANGER LIST
THE KIND OF FELLA I AM
GOLDEN GATES
FRENCH SHOES
FACE OF THE NATION
AGAIN TONIGHT

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From: "Tom Burk" burk-@hotmail.com
Tom Burk, Pasadena, CA

Overture / Key West Intermezzo
Your Life Is Now
Play Guitar
Rumbleseat
Martha Say
Hot Night In A Cold Town
Rain On The Scarecrow
Just Another Day
Love and Happiness
Real Life
Get A Leg Up
Dance Naked
Eden Is Burning
Human Wheels
Cherry Bomb
What If I Came Knocking
Big Daddy
Junior
To Live
Miami
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Hotdogs and Hamburgers (Acoustic Song)
Jackie Brown
Paper In Fire
I Need A Lover
Between A Laugh And A Tear (Guest Appearance: Rickie Lee Jones)
Again Tonight
Cover: Without Expression (Terry Reid)
Cover: Back In The USSR (Lennon/McCartney)
Cover: Under The Boardwalk (The Drifters)
Cover: Blue Sky Mine (Midnight Oil)
Cover: Gloria (Van Morrison)

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From: zybel-@webtv.net (Marisa Zybell)

Play Guitar!!!
Get a Leg Up
Melting Pot
ACOUSTIC Cherry Bomb
Rumbleseat
The Full Catasrophe
Where the World Began
Miss Missy
Chance Meeting at the Tarantula
Break Me Off Some
Summer of Love
Eden is Burning
I'm Not Running Anymore
Your Life is Now
Fruit Trader
It All Comes True
Days of Farewell
Dance Naked
Junior
Serious Business
I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Circling Around the Moon
Small Paradise
Bad Moon Rising- Fogerty
Last Dance with Mary Jane- Petty GUEST APPEARANCE AND COVER

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From: MKohanMol.com

Rumbleseat
Hot Dogs and Hamburgers
Hand to Hold Onto
Your Life Is Now
Love and Happiness.......acoustic
Not Running Anymore
Big Jack
Suzanne and the Jewels
Martha Say
Empty Hands
Carolina Shag
Get A Leg Up
Miss Missy
30 Days in the Hole - cover Mr. Big
Play Guitar
Pop Singer
Crazy Ones
A Little Night Dancing
Lepardskin Pillbox Hat - cover Bob Dylan
Chance Meeting at the Tarantula
Taxi Dancer.........acoustic
A Case of You........acoustic duet with guest Joni Mitchell (this is one of JM's favorite songs, just in case you didn't know this!)
Eden is Burning
Key West Intermezzo
Cherry Bomb

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From: "beata telkamp" bgryg-@worldnet.att.net

Hurts So Good
Crumblin' Down
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Gloria - The Doors
Acoustic - Pink Houses
Guest - Me'Shell ndegeocello / Wild Night
Play Guitar
Rain on the Scarecrow
Rumbleseat
Paper in Fire
Cherry Bomb
Dance Naked
Pop Singer
JM's Question
Love & Happiness
Crazy Ones
When Jesus Left Birmingham
Human Wheels
What if I Came Knocking
Case 795 (the Family)
Key West
Emotional Love
Life is Hard
Your Life is Now
I'm Not Running Anymore
Break Me Off Some
Summer of Love

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From: Mad Runner mmurph0-@mailbox.syr.edu

WHen Jesus Left Birmingham
Love and Happiness
Key West Intermezzo
Your life is now
Human Wheels (album version)
Now more than ever
Pop Singer ( With or W/o saying "FUCK" in the middle)
I'm not running anymore
Paper in Fire (with harmonica from DN tour)
Eden is Burning
Theo and Weird Henry
Sweet Evening Breeze
-break-
(Start of Acoustic Set)
Positively Crazy
hand to hold onto
Minutes to Memories
All along the watchtower (Cover of the Dylan song)
Thunder Road (Special guest apperance w/ The Boss himself)
(Back to Electric)
Junior
Just another Day
Miss Missy
(First Encore)
Summer of Love
Sweet jane ( cover of the Lou Reed Song)
You Can't always get what you want. (COver of the Stones)
(Second encore)
PInk Houses
Like a Rolling Stone (Cover of the Dylan Song)

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From: Lynette Rios (lynett-@gate.net)

Your Life Is Now
Key West Intermezzo
Get A Leg Up
Paper In Fire
Eden Is Burning
Check It Out
Ain't Even Done With The Night
Human Wheels
Theo & Weird Henry
Golden Gates
The Real Life
Big Daddy of Them All (acoustic)
Love & Happiness
Warmer Place To Sleep
I'm Not Running Anymore
Rain On the Scarecrow
Empty Hands
Just Another Day
Dance Naked
Circling Around the Moon
Now More Than Ever
What If I Came Knocking
Cherry Bomb
30 Days in the Hole (guest appearance by Melissa Etheridge) - Humble Pie
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

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From: kattrea-@aol.com
Krista, Oak Forest, Illinois

I Need A Lover
I'm Not Running Anymore
Thundering Hearts
Weakest Moments
Your Life is Now
Like a Rolling Stone (B. Dylan)
Rave On (Buddy Holly)
Wild Night
Now More Than Ever
Again Tonight
Get A Leg Up
When Jesus Left Birmingham
Sweet Evening Breeze (Acoustic)
Gloria w/guest Van Morrison
Justice & Independence '85
Rumbleseat
Another Sunndy Day 12/25
Life Is Hard
Emotional Love
Play Guitar
Big Daddy of Them All (Acoustic)
Hotdogs and Hamburgers
Chance Meeting at the Tarantula
Cherry Bomb
Golden Gates

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Michael Ticsay

Opens with the music to Jack and Diane and starts singing a "little ditty" but turns it into Eden is Burning. After the song ends, he says "Now that I've got that Jack and Diane %!*$ out of the way, lets have some fun!"
Miss Missy
Serious Business
Whenever We Wanted
Large World Turning
Just Another Day
The Big Jack
Get a Leg Up
Thundering Hearts
Theo and Weird Henry
Between a Laugh and a Tear
ACOUSTIC SET
Taxi Dancer (acoustic)
Another Sunny Day (12/25) (acoustic)
Golden Gates (acoustic)
It All Comes True (acoustic)
INTERMISSION
Cover's James Brown's I Got You (I Feel Good)
When Jesus Left Birmingham
When Margaret Comes to Town
Circling Around the Moon
Martha Say
Real Life
Down and Out in Paradise
What If I Came Knocking
Pop Singer
ENCORE I
Hotdogs and Hamburgers
Minutes to Memories
Human Wheels
Your Life is Now
ENCORE II (yes, a second encore!)
Covers Bob Dylan's Sugar Marie with Bob Dylan joining him for the last verse
Bob Dylan sticks around to sing Chance Meeting at the Tranatula
Covers Bob Dylan's Knockin on Heaven's Door but has to kick Dylan off stage since he's already stretched my rules by being there for more than one song ;-)
I'm Not Running Anymore (he plays an extended version which, while introducing the band, they each add a new verse to the song)