2017-12-29 - The Pickle Stand - Middletown, CT
Set 1:
Wings To Fly, When I Paint My Masterpiece [1], Something Is Forming [2], My Old Friends, They Love Each Other [3], Dreams, Down By The River [4], Mirror, Last Train, I Shall Be Released [5], A Life To Lead, Scarlet Begonias [6] > Ashes
Set 2:
Workingman Blues, Can't Find My Way Home [7], It Could Be True, Stumble, To Be Frank, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [8], The Other Side, Bird Song [9], The Time is Now, Deal [10], Light Up My Sky
Show Notes:
[1], [5], & [8] Bob Dylan
[2] Max Creek
[3], [6] [9], & [10] Grateful Dead
[4] Neil Young
[7] Blind Faith
-Spigs & Mitch Duo
-Final Show of 2017
2017-12-16 - June’s Outback Pub - Killingworth, CT
Set 1:
Minglewood Blues [1], Dreams > Ohio [2] > A Life To Lead%, To Be Frank, The Last Straw
Set 2:
The Same Things [3] > Shakey Ground [4], Tangled Up In Blue [5], Light Up My Sky, Broken Record, Bird Song [6], Questions > Werewolves Of London [7]
Show Notes:
[1] Noah Lewis/Grateful Dead
[2] Neil Young
[3] Max Creek
[4] The Temptations
[5] Bob Dylan
[6] Grateful Dead
[7] Warren Zevon
2017-12-08 - Strange Brew Pub - Norwich, CT
Opening For Big Words
1 Set.
You Write The Book [1] > The Last Straw, Broken Record, Tangled Up In Blue [2], Light Up My Sky, Something Is Forming [3]
Show Notes:
[1] & [3] Max Creek
[2] Bob Dylan
-Thom Guthrie & Matt Alling were not at this show. Evan Tosi filled in on Bass, Bill Carbone (Max Creek, The Z3, Zach Deputy, etc.) filled in on Drums.
2017-12-01 - Toad’s Place - New Haven, CT
Opening For Shakedown CT - The Grateful Dead & Beyond
1 Set.
Light Up My Sky, Broken Record, Who I Am, Just A Rose [1] ^
Show Notes:
[1] Max Creek
^ = Greg Deguglielmo (Former Max Creek Drummer) on Second Drums
-Toad’s Place Debut
2017-11-18 - E. McHenry’s Irish Pub - Branford, CT
Set 1:
To Be Frank, Bertha [1], Mirror, Shady Grove [2], My Old Friends, Stumble, Wings To Fly%, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [3], The Last Straw, Something Is Forming [4]
Set 2:
Broken Record, Down By The River [5], A Life To Lead, I Shall Be Released [6], Light Up My Sky, When I Paint My Masterpiece [7], Workingman Blues, Bird Song [8] > The Same Things [9] > Bird Song [8], It Could Be True, Eyes Of The World [10]
Show Notes:
[1], [8] & [10] Grateful Dead
[2] Traditional
[3] & [6] Bob Dylan
[4] & [9] Max Creek
[5] Neil Young
[7] The Band
% = Debut
-Spigs & Mitch Duo
2017-11-10 - Riddle’s Pub - Naugatuck, CT
Set 1:
You Write The Book [1] > The Last Straw, My Old Friends %, Ohio [2], Light Up My Sky, The Thrill Is Gone [3], The Other Side, Eminence Front [4]
Set 2:
To Be Frank, Shakey Ground [5], It Could Be True % > Workingman Blues, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [6], Questions, One Way Out [7]
Show Notes:
[1] Max Creek
[2] Neil Young
[3] BB King
[4] The Who
[5] The Temptations
[6] Bob Dylan
[7] The Allman Brothers
% = Debut
-Thom Guthrie’s Debut (Bass)
-Percussionist Andres Wullaert was not at this show.
2017-10-07 - Benstock | Nuzzo’s Farm - Branford, CT
1 Set.
Tangled Up In Blue [1], Broken Record, The Time is Now, The Last Straw
Show Notes:
[1] Bob Dylan
-Benefit For Ben Callahan (2006-2017)
-Bob LaCroix’s Final Show
2017-09-20 - Unbound Glory Farm Share - Branford, CT
1 Set.
In Harmony [1], St. James Infirmary [2], Dreams, California Earthquake [3], Bird Song [4], Loser [5], A Life To Lead, Mirror, Down By The River [6], Walk On [7] > The Last Straw, Brown-Eyed Women [8], Tangled Up In Blue [9], Stealin' [10] > The Monkey & The Engineer [11] > The Race Is On [12], Something Is Forming [13], Burn, Eyes Of The World [14]
Show Notes:
[1] & [13] Max Creek
[2] Cab Calloway
[3] Rodney Crowell
[4], [5], [8], & [14] Grateful Dead
[6] & [7] Neil Young
[9] Bob Dylan
[10] Original
[11] Jesse Fuller
[12] George Jones
-Spigs & Mitch Duo | First Show Debut
2017-08-31 - The Back Porch - Old Saybrook, CT
Set 1:
Cissy Strut [1], Shakedown Street [2], Broken Record, I Shall Be Released [3], Dreams, Sugaree [4]
Set 2:
They Love Each Other [5], Can't You See [6], Questions, Shakey Ground [7], Tangled Up In Blue [8], Long Train Runnin' [9], You Write The Book [10] > The Last Straw, I Know You Rider [11]
Show Notes:
[1] The Meters
[2], [4], & [5] Grateful Dead
[6] Marshall Tucker Band
[7] The Temptations
[8] Bob Dylan
[9] The Doobie Brothers
[10] Max Creek
[11] Traditional
-Percussionist Andres Wullaert was not at this show.
-Bob LaCroix was not at this show. Delbert Perez filled in on Bass.
-Before “Shakey Ground,” Spigs had the crowd yell, “Hi Bob” for bassist, Bob LaCroix who was watching the live stream.
2017-08-13 - Chewy Fest | June’s Outback Pub - Killingworth, CT
1 Set.
Light Up My Sky, Broken Record, Long Train Runnin' # [1], The Last Straw, Tangled Up In Blue [2], Just A Rose $ [3]
Show Notes:
[1] The Doobie Brothers
[2] Bob Dylan
[3] Max Creek
# = Bobby Pickett (Someone You Can X-Ray) on Harmonica
$ = Shawn "Chewy" Chua (The Grateful Friends/FunHouse) on Guitar
-Bob LaCroix & Andres Wullaert were not at this show. Ed Soufer (The Syndciate/Sin Sisters Band) filled in on Bass.
-Robert Engengro (Off the Dome/Knot A Band) joined on a second drum kit.
2017-08-10 - The Back Porch - Old Saybrook, CT
Set 1:
You Write The Book [1] > The Last Straw, The Time Is Now, Down By The River [2], Somebody To Love [3], The Other Side > Deal [4]
Set 2:
The Harder They Come [5], Broken Record, Get Up, Stand Up [6] > Ohio [7], Light Up My Sky, Who I Am > Drums > Who I Am, Tangled Up In Blue [8], Shakedown Street [9], Just A Rose [10]
Show Notes:
[1] & [10] Max Creek
[2] & [7] Neil Young
[3] Solomon Burke
[4] & [9] Grateful Dead
[5] Jimmy Cliff
[6] Bob Marley
[8] Bob Dylan
-Matt Alling was not at this show. Robert Engengro (Off the Dome/Knot A Band) filled in on Drums.
2017-07-15 - Donovan’s Reef - Branford, CT
1 Set.
Shakedown Street [1], Shakey Ground [2], Broken Record, Down By The River [3] > They Love Each Other [4], Dreams, Tangled Up In Blue [5], The Last Straw > Drums > Jam > The Last Straw, Light Up My Sky, Who I Am, All Along The Watchtower [6], Just A Rose [7]
Show Notes:
[1] & [4] Grateful Dead
[2] The Temptations
[3] Neil Young
[5] [6] Bob Dylan
[7] Max Creek
-Matt Alling was not at this show. Mike Ryan (The Highland Rovers/Creamery Station) filled in on Drums.
2017-07-13 - The Back Porch - Old Saybrook, CT
Set 1:
Long Train Runnin' [1], Dreams, Light Up My Sky, One Way Out [2], To Be Frank, The Thrill Is Gone [3], Questions > Shakedown Street [4] > Questions
Set 2:
Feelin' Alright [5], The Other Side %, Can't Find My Way Home [6] > Sugaree [7] > The Time Is Now > Drums > The Time is Now, After Midnight [8] > Whipping Post [9]
Show Notes:
[1] The Doobie Brothers
[2] & [9] The Allman Brothers
[3] BB King
[4] & [7] Grateful Dead
[5] Joe Cocker
[6] Blind Faith
[8] JJ Cale
% = Debut
-Indoor Show
2017-06-22 - The Back Porch - Old Saybrook, CT
Set 1:
Cissy Strut [1], Who I Am, The Harder They Come [2], Workingman Blues, Shakey Ground [3], Dreams, Ohio [4], The Last Straw
Set 2:
Light Up My Sky, They Love Each Other [5], Questions, Soul Sacrifice [6], Shakedown Street [7], Can't You See [8]
Show Notes:
[1] The Meters
[2] Jimmy Cliff
[3] The Temptations
[4] Neil Young
[5] & [7] Grateful Dead
[6] Santana
[8] Marshall Tucker Band
-”The Time Is Now” CD Release Party
-Ace Tone Engineer, Matt Terribile, was in attendance
2017-06-15 - Pacific Standard Tavern - New Haven, CT
1 Set.
1.) You Write The Book > [1] The Last Straw, Broken Record, One Way Out [2], To Be Frank %, Down By The River [3], The Time Is Now > Drums > The Time Is Now, After Midnight [4]
Show Notes:
[1] Max Creek
[2] The Allman Brothers Band
[3] Neil Young
[4] JJ Cale
-Opener: The Notch
2017-04-30 - The Stand - Branford, CT
1 Set.
All Along The Watchtower [1], Dreams, Can't Find My Way Home [2], The Last Straw
Show Notes:
[1] Bob Dylan
[2] Blind Faith
-ACLU Benefit
-Billed as “Spigs & Friends”
2017-03-29 - Robert Frost’s Less Traveled Road - Branford, CT
1 Set.
Bird Song [1], Long Train Runnin’ [2], The Last Straw
Show Notes:
[1] Grateful Dead
[2] The Doobie Brothers
-John Spignesi & Andres Wullaert
2017-03-17 - The Ballroom At The Outer Space - Hamden, CT
Opening For Legion Of Jerry
1 Set.
Broken Record, The Time Is Now, Questions, Ohio [1], Just A Rose [2] ^
Show Notes:
[1] Neil Young
[2] Max Creek
^ = Jeff Martinson (Legion Of Jerry/Dead Show) on Guitar
-Matt Alling was not at this show. Chris Andrews (Desert Rain/CAB/The Sticky Greens) filled in on Drums.
2017-02-11 - June’s Outback Pub - Killingworth, CT
Set 1:
Workingman Blues, Questions, The Thrill Is Gone [1], Light Up My Sky, They Love Each Other [2], The Last Straw
Set 2:
The Harder They Come [3], Get Up, Stand Up [4], Broken Record, Dreams, The Time Is Now > Drums > The Time Is Now, Shakedown Street [5], Whipping Post [6]
Show Notes:
[1] BB King
[2] & [5] Grateful Dead
[3] Jimmy Cliff
[4] Bob Marley
[6] The Allman Brothers
-Joe Stein & Leah Stone’s Final Show
2017-02-10 - Donovan’s Reef - Branford, CT
1 Set.
Who I Am, You Write The Book [1] > The Last Straw, They Love Each Other [2], Ohio [3] > Feelin' Alright [4], Broken Record, Sugaree [5], Long Train Runnin' [6] > Drums > Jam > Light Up My Sky, Just A Rose [7]
Show Notes:
[1] & [7] Max Creek
[2] & [5] Grateful Dead
[3] Neil Young
[4] Joe Cocker
[6] The Doobie Brothers
-Two Year Anniversary Show
-JSB did not play an encore due to technical difficulties.
2017-02-03 - La Boca - Middletown, CT
Set 1:
The Harder They Come [1], Broken Record, You Write The Book [2] > The Last Straw, Blue On Black [3], Workingman Blues, Tangled Up In Blue [4]
Set 2:
Questions %, The Thrill Is Gone [5], After Midnight [6] > Dreams, Long Train Runnin' [7] > Drums > Jam > Shakedown Street [8], Feelin' Alright [9], The Time Is Now
Show Notes:
[1] Jimmy Cliff
[2] Max Creek
[3] Kenny Wayne Shepherd
[4] Bob Dylan
[5] BB King
[6] JJ Cale
[7] The Doobie Brothers
[8] Grateful Dead
[9] Joe Cocker
-Bobby Pickett on Fiddle for the entire second set
-During “The Time Is Now,” Spigs showed off his dance moves and spoke about winning dance competitions. Whether that information is true is uncertain…
2017-01-06 - The Outer Space - Hamden, CT
1 Set.
Who I Am, Broken Record, Ohio [1] > Dreams, Light Up My Sky
Show Notes:
[1] Neil Young
-First show of 2017.
-Oberon Rose & Someone You Can Xray were also on the bill.