John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

John Cale setlists 1974

June 1. 1974

London 1974-06-01

On the 1st of June Cale performs with Kevin Ayers, Nico and Brian Eno at the Rainbow Theatre in London. His version of Heartbreak Hotel is the only solo Cale track on the June 1, 1974, album. Plays viola on Driving Me Backwards (Eno) and Two Goes Into Four (Ayers), and piano op Baby's On Fire (Eno).

In concert he also played Buffalo Ballet, Gun and Fear Is A Man's Best Friend. The band for his segment consists of John Cale (vocals), Eno (synthesizer), Ollie Halsall (guitar), Archie Legget (bass), John "Rabbit" Bundrick (organ), Eddie Sparrow (drums), Robert Wyatt (percussion), Irene Chanter, Doreen Chanter, and Liza Strike (backing vocals).

The first encore, a cover of Guerney Dobb's I've Got A Hard-On For You Baby, by Kevin Ayers has Cale joining in with the chorus. Yes, Mr. Ayers is "the bugger in the short sleeves".

Setlist

  1. Brian Eno:
  2. Driving Me Backwards
  3. Baby's On Fire #1
  4. John Cale:
  5. Buffalo Ballet
  6. Gun
  7. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
  8. Heartbreak Hotel
  9. Nico:
  10. Deutschland Uber Alles
  11. The End
  12. Kevin Ayers:
  13. May I?
  14. Shouting In A Bucket Blues
  15. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes
  16. Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You
  17. Whatevershebringswesing
  18. Everybody's Sometime And Some People's All The Time Blues
  19. See You Later
  20. It Begins With A Blessing/Once I Awakened/But It Ends With A Curse
  21. Confessions Of Dr. Dream (Pt. 4 - Dr. Dream Theme)
  22. Two Goes Into Four
  23. I've Got A Hard-On For You Baby
  24. Brian Eno:
  25. Baby's On Fire #2

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