Graham Parker - 2008-09-06 - Bowling Green, OH (SBD)

Graham Parker
2008-09-06
Black Swamp Arts Festival
Bowling Green, OH
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. intro
02. Watch The Moon Come Down
03. I Discovered America
04. Hard Side Of The Rain
05. intro to "Guillotine..."
06. Guillotine Of Guadalupe
07. Pollinate
08. Sugaree
09. That's What They All Say
10. Next Phase
11. stage banter and tuning

CD 2
01. Devil's Sidewalk
02. Signed, Sealed, Delivered
03. Fool's Gold
04. Passion Is No Ordinary Word
05. White Honey
06. Don't Ask Me Questions
07. Get Started, Start A Fire
08. encore applause and tuning
09. Nation Of Shopkeepers
10. Local Girls

Graham Parker - 2008-09-06 - Bowling Green, OH (SBD)

We mentioned in our post announcing this month's theme that we would have some surprises when it came to bands connected to the Grateful Dead, and this post qualifies as one of them. I consider Graham Parker one of the 3 original Angry Young Men of the Punk and New Wave era, along with Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson. It's hardly surprising then, as Parker readily admits in this video, that he wasn't really a fan of the Grateful Dead. That said, he did take a liking to one particular song by Jerry Garcia, namely Sugaree, recording the tune for the album Your Country and adding it to his live performances.  This soundboard recording captures Parker on September 6, 2008, 6 years ago today, in Bowlong Green playing a set that includes Sugaree alongside such 1970s classics as Local Girls, Passion Is No Ordinary Word, and Don't Ask me Questions.