John Cale
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John Cale setlists 2007

Glasgow 2007-01-22

Live at the ABC, Glasgow, UK - January 22, 2007.

The band:
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Michael Jerome: drums
Joseph Karnes: bass electric, upright bass

Setlist

  1. Intro Drone
  2. Reading My Mind
  3. Hey Ray
  4. Save Us
  5. Helen Of Troy
  6. Turn The Lights On
  7. Hush > Outta The Bag
  8. Model Beirut Recital
  9. Common Cold
  10. Big White Cloud
  11. Walkin' The Dog
  12. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
  13. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
  14. Ghost Story
  15. You Know More Than I Know
  16. Gravel Drive
  17. Cable Hogue
  18. Jumbo In Tha Modernworld 1 (cut disc change)
  19. Jumbo In Tha Modernworld 2
  20. / Pablo Picasso / Mary Lou

Review from The Herald:

John Cale, ABC, Glasgow
You could never accuse John Cale of resting on his now 40-year-old laurels. The creative force behind the Velvet Underground's more avant-garde moments has a new guise. The haircut told all. With close cropped sides and dyed pink tufts he looks every bit a new age punk.

Monday night's performance was a selection of recent material and some reworkings of classics, with Cale and his energetic young trio adopting a jagged new wave stance. The highlight was a new piece which he introduced only as "something you've not heard before". Whatever it was called, it had a marvellous filmic quality, combining electronica and driving percussion.

The mid-section was perhaps the closest the uncompromising Cale came to making the Celtic connection with three pieces on acoustic guitars, upright bass and minimal percussion. A severe and unerring riff held down for a quarter of an hour provided the backdrop for a segue of songs including Pablo Picasso and Mary Lou. Always the innovator, this was a bold, if not easy, attack on the ear. Those who expected the obvious would have been disappointed that there was neither a viola or a Velvet's track to be heard all evening."

© 1999- Hans Werksman