Not that we’re counting, but this was gig 47! Eamon knows a guy in Lowell at the Backpage club, so party! Also, 14 more months and we will have been together as long as The Beatles! Surely you’ve heard of them.
And so, the Backpage Lowell, usually reserved for jazz on Thursday nights, was graced with the presence of 70s and 80s rock, courtesy of yours truly (minus Erik, who spent his Thursday night prepping to teach his patent law class in Maine, which explains the severe lack of keys).
Set1
- Good Lovin’ (C) – Grateful Dead
- Stray Cat Strut (Cm) – Stray Cats
- Centerfield (G) – John Fogerty
- The Old Man Down the Road (E) – John Fogerty
- No Matter What (A) – Badfinger
- Bang a Gong (Get It On) (E) – T. Rex
- The Last Time (E) – The Rolling Stones
- Spooky (Em) – Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Sultans of Swing (Dm) – Dire Straits
- Back In the U.S.S.R. (A) – The Beatles
- Tush (G) – ZZ Top
- Lonely Boy (E) – The Black Keys
- Psycho Killer (Am) – Talking Heads
Set 2
- Brown Eyed Girl (G) – Van Morrison
- House of the Rising Sun (Am) – The Animals
- Cover Me (Bm) – Bruce Springsteen
- Honky Tonk Women (G) – The Rolling Stones
- Brown Sugar (C, sax) – The Rolling Stones
- Learn To Fly (B) – Foo Fighters
- Should I Stay or Should I Go (D) – The Clash
- I Fought the Law (D) – The Clash
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (E) – The Proclaimers
- Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room (recorded in D, play in A) – The Brownsville Station
- Can’t Get Enough (C) – Bad Company
- Sunshine of Your Love (D) – Cream
- Flagpole Sitta (D) – Harvey Danger
Set 3
- Smoking Gun (Em) – Robert Cray
- Victim of Love (G) – Eagles
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl (A) – Jet
- *You Wreck Me (D) – Tom Petty
- 867-5309 (Jenny) (F#m) – Tommy Tutone
- (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (G) – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
- I Wanna Be Sedated (E to F#) – The Ramones
- White Room (D) – Cream
- Summertime Blues (A) – The Who
- Takin’ Care of Business (C) – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- What I Like About You (E) – The Romantics
- The Boys Are Back In Town (A) – Thin Lizzy
- (Ain’t Nothin’ But a) House Party (E) – The J. Geils Band
Encore
- Love Shack (C) – The B-52’s
- Runnin Down A Dream (E) – Tom Petty
- You Really Got Me (G) – The Kinks
- Dirty Water (E) – The Standells
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