Set List – 12/27/2012
December 28, 2012
Band: S-Bone, The Rippah, Mike, Bronky, Uncle Pete, Uncle Dicky
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues—What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding—Just My Imagination; Live With Me; Drive My Car; Ticket to Ride; What’s Goin’ On; You Wear it Well; Tequila Sunrise; Mother and Child Reunion; Pinball Wizard; The Letter; It’s Up to You; Wish You Were Here; Story in Your Eyes; Round and Round—Blue Suede Shoes—Kansas City; Cocaine; Melissa; Were’ an American Band; People Get Ready; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed—Rock and Roll (encore)….
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Set List – 12/21/2012
December 23, 2012
Band: Heavy Hands, The Rippah, Bronky, Zak, Uncle Pete, Uncle Dicky
The Last Gig Before The World Was Supposed to End
Miss You; Happy Together; Badge; Caravan; Casey Jones; The Seeker; Everybody Knows this is Nowhere; Comfortably Numb; Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay; I Saw her Standing There; Politician; Whipping Post; Darling Be Home Soon; Groovin’; Get Together; Nobody Know You When You Down and Out; I Heard it Through the Grapevine; Fortunate Son; The Harder They Come; Behind Blue Eyes; Southern Man (encore)…..
And the last song was? Southern Man? Not Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door as usual, and in this case a no-brainer? Guess the PPB didn’t think the world was really gonna end, although the other PPB members did play it the night before. They were right though. The world did not end. But, even if it did, the PPB Lives Forever!
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Set List – 12/20/2012
December 21, 2012
Band; S-Bone, Slowhand, Jon, Bob, Uncle Dicky
Key to the Highway; Bertha; Dear Mr. Fantasy; Hello Mary Lou; Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; The Last Time; Six Days on the Road; Love in Vain; Glendale Train; Crossroads; Badge; Stand By Me; Sugaree; I Shall Be Released; The Weight (encore)…..
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121212 The Concert For Sandy Relief
December 13, 2012
PPB Newswire, December 13, 2012. New York, NY. As the concert tonight for Superstorm Sandy relief ends, and the people file out of Madison Square Garden at 1:21am on 12.13.12, here are my thoughts about this semi-great event:
The Boss Came on Too Early!
He had to start the show, of course. Who else could? But, at 7:30 it was just too early. He should have come back after 10:00pm; after the amazing performance by The Who. But, he still was The Boss, performed as such, and spoke from his heart as only he could about Asbury Park (his adopted home) and the Jersey Shore. I’m sure Bruce thought of singing Fourth of July Asbury Park (Sandy), and many probably begged him to, but if he did, he made a wise decision not to. That just shows how smart and classy he is.
The Fat Cats On The Floor
It was sad and depressing to watch all the Fat Cats on the floor in front of the stage that they kept showing in droves. Was there anyone there under 50? Did 10% of these people even know the words to Born to Run? These so called Rock and Roll fans paid tons of money to stand there and feel as though they were doing something good for the Sandy victims, but they weren’t. They were only soothing their incredible egos so they could talk about it at the water cooler tomorrow or on Shitter or Wastebook!
The Mic Stupid
Bon Jovi, the other Jersey representative (where was Southside Johnny?) came out to sing Born to Run with Bruce but they didn’t have his microphone working properly until at least half way through the song. They messed that one up pretty good. Then Bruce came out to sing a song with Bon Jovi, but that was all for The Boss.
Twinkie Factory
As usual, Billy Crystal was great and started off the festivities with some very witty comments including jabs at Bloomberg and Chris Christie. Then later they showed Governor Christie with his family in the stands. I wonder what he paid for the 3 seats he needed just for himself? Do they charge him more on an airplane? If not, they should! And, kudos to Jon Stewart for saying “This is the greatest Chanukah party ever!”
Just Another Brick in the Wall
After Bruce, Roger Waters came out and absolutely stole the show, if you can do that before 8:30pm. He played and sang The Wall, Money, Us and Them, and then finished with the classic, Comfortably Numb with Eddie Vedder singing the lead. Shouldn’t there be a law that Comfortably Numb can only be performed and played after 11:00pm? An incredible performance, and the best of the night until Daltry and Townshend showed up.
Keith, Mick, and the Gravedigger
As hard as this is to say, it was sad to see my old neighbor Keith and his boys looking so old and decrepid. It sure wasn’t a Gas, Gas, Gas to me. In fact, it looked like they needed some Gas, Gas, Gas to fuel themselves up, or had some Gas, Gas, Gas, and needed to go to the bathroom after just 2 songs. Listen to the Pleasure Palace Band and S-Bone himself do Jumpin’ Jack Flash on this website and you’ll understand what I’m talking about. The end is here boys. Face it. It’s very, very sad for everyone, but you need to stop playing.
Bell Boy Lives!
WOW! DOUBLE WOW!! While Mick and Keith can’t bring it any more, Roger and Pete certainly still can. Bell Boy with Keith Moon singing it with them on the screen behind them? Pure Genius! Maybe the London Olympics Committee wasn’t that nuts after all. This past spring they called Keith Moon’s agent to see if he would appear at the closing ceremonies. The fact that he’s been dead for 35 years didn’t seem to faze them. But, hey, maybe he’s not dead after all. Maybe that was him really singing tonight and he’s alive in Paris with Jim Morrison! That was spectacular, but it got even better. Baba O’Riley (Teenage Wasteland) took me right back to 1972, college, and The Spectrum where the “Cool One” and I saw The Who with some new group no one had ever heard of before named Lynryd Skynyrd. Then Love Reign O’er Me and Roger unbuttoning his shirt and swinging the microphone around? Man, it was 40 years ago if it was yesterday! Simply amazing and worth the price of admission alone. Age hasn’t gotten them, but death has. However, bringing The Moon back to life was fantastic! Bravo! Ole! Keith Moon and The Who Lives Forever!
My Wife Nancy?
Sir Paul McCartney exists in our lives for one reason these days. To end shows like these. He really looked extra thin. He must be working out with Bon Jovi who also looked incredibly skinny. But, good thing Bon Jovi didn’t give Paul one of his shiny black jump suits. If he did, they could have lip synched and performed as Milli Vanillli. Sir Paul played some interesting tunes for the event, but the strangest was a Valentine’s song he said he wrote for his wife Nancy (they call her McGill you know). His wife Nancy? Valentine’s song for Sandy victims in December? What about his long time wife and love of his life Linda who died of cancer? Very strange choice of words and song. He should have brought out Ringo to sing “It Don’t Come Easy” and “I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends”. That would have been much more appropriate and entertaining than Paul singing “Live and Let Die”. Don’t ya think?
Nirvana
A fantastic Nirvana reunion with McCartney playing Curt Cobain, but couldn’t they have picked a better song like Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium, or Come as You Are?
New York
A nice ending with Alicia Keys singing New York, but then she just thanked New York and gave best wishes to New York with no final mention of New Jersey. Still not a bad ending though to a very long show and evening that went pretty well for a live TV show.
Notables Missing In Action
Southside Johnny, Blue Oyster Cult, Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Neil Young, B.B. King, Leon Russell, Elton John, Jerry Garcia, 50 Cent, Snoop Dog, Nikki Minaj, Lil’ Kim, Spike Lee, The Donald, Tom Seaver, Mookie Wilson, Bill Buckner, R.A, Dickey, David Wright, Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin, Whitey Ford, Joe Namath, Wellington Mara, Eli Manning, Lawrence Taylor, Cazzie Russell, Earl The Pearl, Muhammad Ali, Ed Koch, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Son of Sam, and Son of God himself, Jesus Christ!
– Moe Joe Vak
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Set List – 12/6/2012
December 7, 2012
Band: S-Bone, Slowhand, David, Santi, Jon, Uncle Dicky
Time Waits for No One; Up on Cripple Creek—Franklin’s Tower; Lay Down Sally; Red House—Steamroller; One Way Out; Miss You; It’s All Over Now Baby Blue; Won’t Get Fooled Again; What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding—Just My Imagination; Day Tripper; People Get Ready; Viola Lee Blues; Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door—So Many Roads (encore)…..
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Set List – 11/30/2012
December 1, 2012
Band; Heavy Hands, The Rippah, Bronky, Uncle Dicky
Two of Us; Melissa; Friend of the Devil; Can’t Find My Way Home; Story in Your Eye; After Midnight; I Saw her Standing There; Hungry Heart; It’s Not Unusual; Suspicious Minds; Everybody Know this is Nowhere; Dead Flowers; Wild Horses; Mother and Child Reunion; Outside Woman Blues; Nobody knows You When Your Down and Out; Low Sparks of High Heeled Boys; Folsom Prison Blues; Watching the Wheels; The Weight; Get Together; The Boxer; Sarah Smile; Tequila Sunrise; Peaceful Easy Feeling (encore0…..
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Set List – 11/15/2012
November 16, 2012
Band: S-Bone, Slowhand, Da Rippah, Junno, Uncle Dicky
[audio:UseMe11-15-12.mp3] Use Me (The Rippah)
All Along the Watchtower; Live With Me; I Shot the Sheriff—Miss You; Use Me; King of the Road; Black Magic Woman; Casey Jones—I’ll Take You There—You Can’t Always Get What You Want; Werewolves of London—Sweet Home Alabama; Dead Flowers; What’s Goin’ On; Friend of the Devil; Killing Floor; Stormy Monday; Johnny B. Goode; I Shall Be Released (encore)……
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Set List – 11/9/2012
November 11, 2012
Band: Heavy Hands, Da Rippah, Junno, Uncle Dicky
Post Superstorm Sandy Session – “Benefit Concert for the Victims”
Red House; Change My Mind; Voodoo Child; Friend of the Devil; Feelin’ Alright—I’ll Take You There—You Can’t always Get What You Want; Gotta Serve Somebody; 40,000 Headmen; Walk On; The Weight; Higher Ground; Don’t let me Down; One Way Out; What a Day for a Daydream; What’s Goin’ On; I Shot the Sheriff; Dead Flowers; Oye Como Va; Folsom Prison Blues; Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door—So Many Roads; The Thrill is Gone; Badge; Southbound (encore)…..
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Set List – 10/25/2012
October 27, 2012
Band: S-Bone, Slowhand, Santi, Jessy, Uncle Dicky
I Know You Rider; Dead Flowers; Kiss; One Way Out; Melissa; Simple Twist of Fate; Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay; Sympathy for the Devil; Tangled Up in Blue; Good Lovin’; Down By the River; Because the Night; Behind Blue Eyes—Won’t Get Fooled Again (encore)…
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Set List – 10/20/2012
October 22, 2012
Band: Heavy Hands, Da Rippah, Raphael, Uncle Dicky
Dead Flowers; Cripple Creek; Southbound, Black Magic Woman; Come Together Badge; Ramble On; Wicked Game (Chris Isaac); I Shall Be Released; Friend of the Devil; Little Wing; Reelin’ and Rockin’—Blue Suede Shoes—Kansas City; Cocaine; Thank You; Sara Smile; The Weight; What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding—Just My Imagination; Werewolves of London; One Way Out; What’s Goin’ On (encore)…..
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