2022-12-18 - Stony Creek Brewing - Branford, CT
Set 1:
Pickle Jar, I Found My Hero, On Your Way Down [1], I Will Shine, Yes We Can Can [2], Up And At 'Em > Two Faces, Asleep In The Clouds > Summertime [3], Short Beach
Set 2:
The Time Is Now, Double Dare > [4], This Is Home, Melissa* [5], One Way Out* [6], Mystery Man, The Weight [7], Growing Pains, Get Up, Stand Up [8], Questions > Werewolves Of London [9]
Encore:
Last Train
Show Notes:
[1] & [2] Allen Toussaint
[3] George Gershwin
[4] Max Creek
[5] & [6] The Allman Brothers
[7] The Band
[8] Bob Marley
[9] Warren Zevon
*= Bob LaCroix (Former JSB Member on Bass)
-J2 Duo
2022-12-04 - Timberyard Brewing Company - E. Brookfield, MA
Set 1:
Back On The Train [1], Blank Canvas, Summer Day, You're The Only One For Me [2], Dreams, Continual, Shakey Ground [3], We Are The Freaks
Set 2:
Asleep In The Clouds > Summertime [4], The Sailing Wind, Ain't No Rest For The Wicked [5], Prepare For Liftoff, Heartbeat [6], Workingman Blues, K.I.D.S, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [7]
Show Notes:
Spigs' Picks:
[1] Phish
[2] & [6] Max Creek
[3] The Temptations
[4] George Gershwin
[5] Cage The Elephant
[7] Bob Dylan
-J2 Duo
2022-11-26 - Newburyport Brewing Company - Newburyport, MA
Set 1:
Gone So Long [1], Up And At 'Em > Two Faces, You Can't Always Get What You Want [2], A Life To Lead, Hero's Theme, I Wish I Could Run, Mojo Workin' [3]
Set 2:
Drivin' My Life Away [4], My Old Friends, I Found My Hero > Down By The River [5], Make It Count, Questions, Seminole Wind [6], Mind Games, Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [7], The Doctor, Friend Of The Devil [8], We Are The Freaks, I Will Shine, Midnight Rider [9], Be Fair
Encore:
Can’t You See [10]
Show Notes:
[1] Tony Rice
[2] The Rolling Stones
[3] Muddy Waters
[4] Eddie Rabbitt
[5] Neil Young
[6] John Anderson
[7] Traditional
[8] Grateful Dead
[9] The Allman Brothers
[10] Marshall Tucker Band
-J2 Duo
2022-11-19 - Cans N’ Jams | Hoops N’ Hops - Simsbury, CT
1 Set.
Sugaree [1] > Blank Canvas > Sugaree, The Scat Song > Last Train, Ohio [2] > Growing Pains, Come What May > The Shallows >, Tangled Up In Blue [3], Mirror*%, Seminole Wind% [4], We Are The Freaks#, It Could Be True > Keep The Wolves Away [5], For You > Short Beach, I Wish I Could Run > Something Is Forming [6]
Encore:
I Shall Be Released [7]
Show Notes:
[1] Grateful Dead
[2] Neil Young
[3] Bob Dylan
* = Chris Mitchell Original
% = Spigs Solo Acoustic
# = New Original Debut
[4] John Anderson
[5] Uncle Lucius
[6] Max Creek
[7] The Band
2022-10-29 - Froggy Daze Halloween Festival | Hudson Valley Resort & Spa - Kerhonkson, NY
1 Set.
Feelin’ Free#, The Bottom Line > Hero’s Theme, Shakey Ground [1], The Other Side > Gangsta’s Paradise [2] > The Other Side (Reprise), Mystery Man > Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked [3], The Doctor > K.I.D.S
Show Notes:
#= w/ “WIIIILLLMMAAA” scream!
[1] The Temptations
[2] Coolio
[3] Cage The Elephant
2022-10-14 - Glastonbury Apple Harvest Festival | Riverfront Park - Glastonbury, CT
1 Set.
Come What May, Beautiful Dream > Growing Pains, The Shallows > Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked [1], Short Beach
Show Notes:
[1] Cage The Elephant
-John Spignesi’s Wedding Eve!
2022-10-01 - Ganja Grail | Harry Brown’s Farm - Starks, ME
1 Set.
Broken Record, Make It Count, Mojo Workin' [1], The Time Is Now, Hero's Theme, Days Gone By, Long Tall Sally [2]
Show Notes:
[1] Muddy Waters
[2] Little Richard
2022-09-10 - Camp Creek | Odetah Camping Resort - Bozrah, CT
1 Set.
Up And At 'Em >, Two Faces, Long Train Runnin' > [1] Beautiful Dream, It Could Be True* > Last Train*, Eminence Front [2], Growing Pains, The Other Side > The Scat Song > The Other Side, Willin' [3]
Show Notes:
[1] The Doobie Brothers
[2] The Who
[3] Little Feat
* = Scott Murawski (Max Creek/Mike Gordon Band) on Additional Guitar
2022-08-27 - Silk City Festival - Manchester, CT
1 Set.
The Doctor, Don’t You Wanna Go [1], Broken Record, For You, Growing Pains, Hurricane [2]
Show Notes:
[1] The Meditation Singers
[2] Band Of Heathens
2022-08-21 - RiverQuest Vessel - Connecticut River
1 Set.
Summer Day, Mary Jane's Last Dance [1], The Sailing Wind, A Life To Lead, Big Boat [2], Growing Pains, Back On The Train [3], Seminole Wind [4], The Shallows, Short Beach, Shanty [5], Two Faces, The Harder They Come [6], My Old Friends, I Will Always See Your Face [7], The Annex Man, I Found My Hero, Whitehouse Road [8], Be Fair
Show Notes:
[1] Tom Petty
[2] Peter, Paul, & Mary
[3] Phish
[4] John Anderson
[5] Jonathan Edwards
[6] Jimmy Cliff
[7] Max Creek
[8] Tyler Childers
-J2 Duo
2022-08-20 - Granite Roots Brewing - Troy, NH
Set 1:
Up And At' Em, Gone So Long [1], Blank Canvas > I Will Shine, Who Do You Love > [2] The Scat Song, The Bottom Line > Eminence Front [3], To Be Frank
Set 2:
Come What May > Prepare For Liftoff, Mind Games > Heartbeat [4], Workingman Blues, Down By The River > [5] I Wish I Could Run > Mojo Workin' [6], The Other Side
Show Notes:
[1] Tony Rice
[2] Bo Diddley
[3] The Who
[4] Max Creek
[5] Neil Young
[6] Muddy Waters
2022-08-15 - Branford Town Green - Branford, CT
Set 1:
1.) Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [1], Blank Canvas, Asleep In The Clouds > Bird Song [2], I Found My Hero, A Life To Lead, Yes We Can Can [3], Growing Pains, Short Beach
Set 2:
Mystery Man, Hero's Theme, War/No More Trouble [4], The Sailing Wind, Shakey Ground [5], Days Gone By, You're The Only One For Me [6], This Is Home
Show Notes:
-J2 Duo w/s/g Andres Wullaert on Percussion
2022-08-13 - Yasgur’s Farm - Bethel, NY
1 Set.
Hero's Theme, Come What May*, Up And At' Em, Two Faces, Ohio [1], It Could Be True > Tough Guy, The Shallows > Long Tall Sally [2]
Show Notes:
% = New original debut
[1] Neil Young
[2] Little Richard
2022-08-07 - Stewards Of The Land Brewery - Northford, CT
Set 1:
Last Train, Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone [1], Dreams, A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave [2], I Wish I Could Run, Friend Of The Devil [3], Continual, Days Gone By
Set 2:
Blue Jean Blues [4], The Shallows, Summer Day, Shanty [5], Deal [6], Light Up My Sky, Gone So Long [7], I Will Shine, You Can't Always Get What You Want [8], The Annex Man, Prepare For Liftoff, Yes We Can Can [9], Make It Count
Show Notes:
[1] & [7] Tony Rice
[2] Ralph Stanley
[3] & [6] Grateful Dead
[4] ZZ Top
[5] Jonathan Edwards
[8] The Rolling Stones
[9] Allen Toussaint
2022-07-21 - Connecticut River Museum - Essex, CT
Set 1: (Acoustic)
*=w/ Steve Cryan on Harmonica
Drivin’ My Life Away [1], Blank Canvas, Beautiful Dream > Growing Pains, The Weight [2], After Midnight* [3], Summer Day > Mojo Workin’ [4], Days Gone By
Set 2: (Electric)
For You > Short Beach, Sailin’ Shoes [5], I Wish I Could Run > Spanish Moon [6], Folsom Prison Blues [7], Be Fair
Encore:
Long Tall Sally [8]
Show Notes:
[1] Eddie Rabbitt
[2] The Band
[3] JJ Cale
[4] Muddy Waters
[5] & [6] Little Feat
[7] Johnny Cash
[8] Little Richard
-Entire show featuring Mark Mercier (Max Creek) on Keys & Ryan Lizotte (Sweet ‘Stache/Something Is Forming) on Percussion
2022-07-17 - Oakholm Brewing Company - Brookfield, MA
Set 1:
I Found My Hero, The Sailing Wind, Sitting On Top Of The World [1], I Will Shine, Hero's Theme, Seminole Wind [2], Mystery Man, The Last Straw, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [3]
Set 2:
Blood Red Roses > [4], Growing Pains, Blue On Black [5], Last Train, Keep The Wolves Away [6], Two Faces, Catch Yourself Before You Fall, The Shallows, Up And At 'Em > War/No More Trouble [7], Melissa, The Doctor > Whitehouse Road [8], Bertha [9]
Show Notes:
[1] Mississippi Sheiks
[2] John Anderson
[3] Henry Whitter
[4] Max Creek
[5] Kenny Wayne Shepherd
[6] Uncle Lucius
[7] Bob Marley
[8] Tyler Childers
[9] Grateful Dead
-J2 Duo
2022-07-08 - Concerts In The Courtyard | Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT
Set 1: (Acoustic)
Last Train, Summer Day > After Midnight [1], A Life To Lead, Back On The Train > [2], Two Faces, Days Gone By
Set 2: (Electric)
Tangled Up In Blue [3], Tough Guy > Mind Games > Life During Wartime [4], I Wish I Could Run > The Other One > [5] Make It Count
Show Notes:
[1] JJ Cale
[2] Phish
[3] Bob Dylan
[4] Talking Heads
[5] Grateful Dead
-Matt Alling was not at this show. Chris Andrews (Something is Forming/Desert Rain) filled in on Drums.
2022-07-03 - Summer Jam Campout | Thomas Point Beach & Campground - Brunswick, ME
1 Set.
Pickle Jar*, Hero's Theme, The Scat Song > Don't You Wanna Go [1], The Doctor > K.I.D.S, Be Fair, Growing Pains, Up And At 'Em, Another Brick In The Wall [2] > Questions
Show Notes:
* = Improvised Set Intro
[1] The Meditation Singers
[2] Pink Floyd
2022-07-02 - Granite Roots Brewing - Troy, NH
Set 1:
Broken Record, Feelin' Free > Midnight Rider [1], I Will Shine > Ashes, Hurricane [2], A Life To Lead > This Is Home
Set 2:
Season Of The Witch [3] > Beautiful Dream > Prepare For Liftoff, War/No More Trouble [4], Mystery Man > The Shallows, To Be Frank > Keep The Wolves Away [5], Short Beach
Show Notes:
[1] The Allman Brothers Band
[2] The Band Of Heathens
[3] Donovan
[4] Bob Marley
[5] Uncle Lucius
2022-06-25 - Three Saints Park - Bethany, CT
1 Set.
Mystery Man%, Dark Star Jam [1], You're The Only One For Me [2], They Love Each Other [3], Beautiful Dream, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [4], Heartbeat [5], Friend Of The Devil [6], The Sailing Wind
Show Notes:
% = Instrumental Version
[1],[3],&[6] Grateful Dead
[2] & [5] Heartbeat
[4] The Four Tops
-Harry And Malana’s Wedding
-J2 Duo
-Cocktail Hour Reception Music
2022-06-24 - Urban Lodge Brewing - Manchester, CT
Set 1:
Wings To Fly > I Found My Hero, After Midnight [1], Mind Games, A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave [2], Summer Day, Keep The Wolves Away [3], The Time Is Now > Last Train
Set 2:
Days Gone By, Shady Grove, The Shallows, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [4], Catch Yourself Before You Fall, Back On The Train [5], Up And At 'Em > One On One, Midnight Rider [6], Workingman Blues, Heartbeat [7], Continual, You Can't Always Get What You Want [8], Broken Record, Whitehouse Road [9]
Show Notes:
[1] JJ Cale
[2] Ralph Stanley
[3] Uncle Lucius
[4] Bob Dylan
[5] Phish
[6] The Allman Brothers
[7] Max Creek
[8] The Rolling Stones
[9] Tyler Childers
-J2 Duo
-Outdoor Show
2022-06-18 - Nick-A-Nees - Providence, RI
Set 1:
Beautiful Dream > Don’t You Wanna Go [1], The Sailing Wind, Keep The Wolves Away [2], For You, Magic Carpet Ride [3], Make It Count
Set 2:
Short Beach, Light Up My Sky > Spanish Moon [4], The Doctor > K.I.D.S, Mystery Man, Gone So Long [5], The Bottom Line, The Thrill Is Gone [6], Tough Guy, Growing Pains, Be Fair
Encore:
Can’t You See [7]
Show Notes:
Spigs’ Picks:
[1] Meditation Singers
[2] Uncle Lucius
[3] Steppenwolf
[4] Little Feat
[5] Tony Rice
[6] Roy Hawkins/BB King
[7] Marshall Tucker Band
2022-06-17 - Hoops N’ Hops - Simsbury, CT
1 Set.
Hero’s Theme, Turn Me Loose [1], Up & At' ‘Em > Two Faces, 30 Days In The Hole [2], To Be Frank > It Could Be True > Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms [3], Eminence Front [4], My Old Friends#, The Harder They Come# [5], The Scat Song, Continual, The Last Straw, Who I Am
Encore:
Willin’ [6]
Show Notes:
[1] The Record Company
[2] Humble Pie
[3] Traditional
[4] The Who
[5] Jimmy Cliff
[6] Little Feat
#= w/ Lee McAdams (The Cosmic Factory) on Additional Guitar
-The Cosmic Factory opened
2022-06-16 - Third Thursday Street Festival - Willimantic, CT
1 Set.
Dreams, Tangled Up In Blue [1], Blank Canvas >, I Will Shine, Broken Record, One Way Out [2], The Shallows%, I Wish I Could Run, Something Is Forming [3]
Spigs' Picks:
% = New original debut
[1] Bob Dylan
[2] Sonny Boy Williamson/The Allman Brothers
[3] Max Creek
Show Notes:
-Way Uptown Stage
2022-05-28 - Strange Creek Campout | Camp KeeWanee - Greenfield, MA
1 Set.
The Other Side > Don’t You Wanna Go [1], Growing Pains, K.I.D.S, For You, Short Beach, This Is Home, Eminence Front [2], Be Fair
Show Notes:
[1] The Meditation Singers
[2] The Who
-Riverworm Stage
2022-05-07 - ADK HempFest | The Pines Event Center - Gloversville, NY
1 Set.
The Doctor > Last Train, Hero's Theme, Feelin' Free > Magic Carpet Ride [1], The Scat Song > Don't You Wanna Go [2], It Could Be True > Ashes > Hurricane [3], For You, This Is Home, Comfortably Numb [4]
Show Notes:
[1] Steppenwolf
[2] The Meditation Singers
[3] Leon Everette/Band Of Heathens
[4] Pink Floyd
2022-04-30 - Fairfield Craft Ales - Stratford, CT
Set 1:
Mystery Man > Shanty [1], Workingman Blues, Growing Pains, Get Up, Stand Up [2], Asleep In The Clouds > One On One, Come Together [3], Continual, Dark Hollow [4], The Ballad Of Hollis Brown [5]
Set 2:
This set was billed as "Spigs Throughout The Years" and featured the cover songs John Spignesi learned when he began playing guitar as a teenager
Shakey Ground [6], A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave [7], Another Brick In The Wall [8], Bad Company [9], Can't Find My Way Home [10], Running Blind [11], Sugaree [12], Cissy Strut [13], No Reverse, Blood Red Roses [14], Good Lovin' [15], I Just Want To Make Love To You [16], You Write The Book [17], Ohio [18], No Woman, No Cry [19], In Harmony [20], Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [21]
Show Notes:
[1] Jonathan Edwards
[2] & [18] Bob Marley
[3] The Beatles
[4] Bill Browning
[5] Bob Dylan
[6] The Temptations
[7] Ralph Stanley
[8] Pink Floyd
[9] Bad Company
[10] Blind Faith
[11] Godsmack
[12] Grateful Dead
[13] The Meters
[14], [17], & [20] Max Creek
[15] The Young Rascals
[16] Foghat
[18] Neil Young
[21] Four Tops
-J2 Duo
2022-04-22 - Timberyard Brewing Company - East Brookfield, MA
Set 1:
Up And At 'Em, I Will Shine, Asleep In The Clouds > Two Faces, Back On The Train [1], To Be Frank > Beautiful Dream > Eminence Front [2]
Set 2:
I Wish I Could Run > Down By The River [3], Continual%, The Bottom Line > Mojo Workin' [4], Tough Guy > Heartbeat [5], My Old Friends, The Other Side > Willin' [6]
Show Notes:
% = New original debut
[1] Phish
[2] The Who
[3] Neil Young
[4] Muddy Waters
[5] Max Creek
[6] Little Feat
2022-03-19 - The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center - Middletown, CT
Set 1:
I Found My Hero, Don't You Wanna Go [1], Short Beach, Wings To Fly, Mystery Man, The Sailing Wind, The Annex Man, Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [2], Days Gone By
Set 2:
Summer Day, Last Train, Two Faces, Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone [3], Catch Yourself Before You Fall#, Be Fair%
Encore:
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door [4]
Show Notes:
[1] The Meditation Singers
[2] & [3] Traditional
[4] Bob Dylan
-Roots Album Release Party
-Entire show featuring Jimmy Jeffery on Piano
#=John Spignesi Solo
%=with Sara Marshall on additional Vocals
2022-02-18 - Urban Lodge Brewing - Manchester, CT
Set 1:
Mind Games, Melissa [1], This Is Home, Drivin' My Life Away [2], Summer Day, Don't You Wanna Go [3], Tough Guy, Growing Pains, Days Gone By
Set 2:
Double Dare [4], I Wish I Could Run, Ohio% [5], Prepare For Liftoff, Blank Canvas, Hurricane [6], Catch Yourself Before You Fall, Two Faces, I Will Shine, Down By The River [7], Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [8], I Found My Hero, Be Fair
Encore:
Can’t You See [9]
Show Notes:
[1] The Allman Brothers
[2] Eddie Rabbitt
[3] The Meditation Singers
[4] Max Creek
[5] & [7] Neil Young
[6] The Band Of Heathens
[8] Traditional
[9] Marshall Tucker Band
-J2 Duo
2022-02-12 - Hitchcock Brewing Company - Bernardston, MA
Set 1:
2.) The Thrill Is Gone [1], Last Train, I Will Shine, Shanty [2], Growing Pains, Hero's Theme, Back On The Train [3], Up And At 'Em, Two Faces, Knockin' On Heaven's Door [4]
Set 2:
Dreams, Whitehouse Road [5], Workingman Blues, Tangled Up In Blue [6], The Sailing Wind, Something Is Forming [7], Willin' [8], Bird Song [9] > The Other One [10] > Bird Song [9], The Doctor, Catch Yourself Before You Fall, Blank Canvas, You're The Only One For Me [11], Make It Count
Encore:
They Love Each Other [12]
Show Notes:
[1] BB King
[2] Jonathan Edwards
[3] Phish
[4] & [6] Bob Dylan
[5] Tyler Childers
[7] & [11] Max Creek
[8] Little Feat
[9] & [10] Grateful Dead
-J2 Duo
2022-02-11 - Froggy Daze Masquerade Ball| Hudson Valley Resort & Spa - Kerhonkson, NY
1 Set.
For You > Short Beach, Prepare For Liftoff > The Scat Song, Man In The Box [1], Who I Am, Up And At 'Em%, Ohio > [2] Make It Count
Show Notes:
[1] Alice In Chains
[2] Neil Young
2022-01-22 - Bull N’ Bear Brewery - Summit, NJ
Set 1:
Mystery Man, Shanty [1], Asleep In The Clouds > Two Faces, Dark Hollow [2], I Found My Hero, Mojo Workin' [3], The Sailing Wind, Between Heaven And Hell [4], Short Beach, Down By The River [5]
Set 2:
Last Train, Midnight Rider [6], Mind Games, Whitehouse Road [7], Broken Record, Willin' [8], Days Gone By, Get Up, Stand Up [9], A Life To Lead, My Old Friends, Season Of The Witch [10], Growing Pains, Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [11], Be Fair
Show Notes:
[1] Jonathan Edwards
[2] Bill Browning
[3] Muddy Waters
[4] Zakk Wylde
[5] Neil Young
[6] The Allman Brothers
[7] Tyler Childers
[8] Little Feat
[9] Bob Marley
[10] Donovan
[11] Traditional
-J2 Duo
-New Jersey Debut