Ed Volker AKA Zeke Fishhead AKA Trio Mollusc
Chickie Wah Wah
2828 Canal St, New Orleans, LA
8:00 PM, Thursday, January 17, 2013

1. (missed the first tune due to inattention)
2. [7:57 PM] Gotta Find Somebody to Treat Me Right
   

[done by 8 PM]

[8:27 PM, lights down, go!]

1. Somebody to Love
2. Stop That Train » Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right » Hwy 61 (fragment) » Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
3. the Cuckoo » Junko Partner » Man of Constant Sorrow » the Cuckoo
4. Oh Beautiful Loser
5. City Lights
6. Zig-Zagging Through Ghostland
7. Ain't No Grave » Free Little Bird » Ain't No Grave
8. Money (That's What I Want)
9. Every Dog's Got His Day
10. Party 'Til the Money Run Out
11. Blackjack
12. Whinin' Boy
13. Let the Red Wine Flow » Finger-Popping Time » Keep on Popping That Shine
14. Alabama Song »
15. Madison Time
16. Girl »
17. the Word »
18. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey » Living in the USA (coda)
19. Ling Ting Tong »
20. Heart Attack and Vine »
21. Stiletto »
22. Big Chief »
23. Mezze: City of Refuge / Red Dress / Somebody to Love

[set ends 10:16 PM]

[10:45 PM, lights, ready, go!]

1. Mezze: Junko Partner / Jumpin' Jack Flash »
2. Fishhead Man
3. Mezze: (unidentified tune)/Doctor Doctor/I Heard It Through the Grapevine »
4. Bad Taste of Your Stuff » Whole Lotta Love † » Doctor Doctor
5. New Dark Ages »
6. Cannibal Girls
7. Train Is Off the Track
8. Did My Part » When the Battle Is Over » Did My Part » When the Battle Is Over » Africa » All Meat
9. Grief Snafu
10. Stone Cold Dead in the Market
11. Dontcha Leave Me Here
    [set ends 11:51 PM]
     
    Encore
12. Coup de Grâce »
13. Jump Back »
14. Stiletto coda

[show ends 11:58 PM]

• Joe Cabral: baritone saxophone;
• Mike Skinkus: percussion;
• Ed Volker: upright piano, vox.

Eric Vandercar's recording of the gig is available for purchase. Buy a copy for yourself. Buy another for a friend!

In the segments marked mezze, Ed plays the melody and/or changes of the first tune, while singing the lyrics of the second and later tunes on top. I don't recall that the lyrics of any of the first tunes of these arrangements were sung, but I might have missed them. It was a strange experience of cognitive dissonance, a good mind-fuck! It's possible that some of the tunes not listed in this fashion were nonetheless performed that way – my cue for writing down a tune usually comes from the lyrics rather than the music.

† Screaming way in the background courtesy of Dave Malone.

The soundcheck was super short, and as far as I could tell, both Joe and Mike were working mainly off musical intuition – following Ed's cues as best they could, and laying out when they got lost.

There was quite a crowd for the first set – a very dense and thirsty school of fish! And Ed rewarded us with a really long set.

Attendance for the second set was noticeably sparser, but it made for a better show experience, since there was now plenty of room to dance, and walk-up service at the bar.

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