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John Cale setlists 1981

New York 1981-10-24

Live at the Peppermint Lounge in New York, USA - October 24, 1981. He burned a copy of the right-wing pamphlet "West Watch" at the end of Flying Seagulls, a song about the death squads in El Salvador. Uncle Sam in Samoa is about the gunrunning business.

John Cale: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jim Goodwin: keyboards, sax
Peter Muny: bass
Robert Medici: drums
Sturgis Nikides: guitar

Setlist

  1. Flying Seagulls (about the death squads in El Salvador)
  2. Uncle Sam in Samoa
  3. Don't Let Me Down
  4. Evidence
  5. Streets Of Laredo
  6. All on Board
  7. Dr. Mudd
  8. Guts
  9. Mercenaries (Ready For War)
  10. Fighter Pilot
  11. Wilson Joliet
  12. Heartbreak Hotel
  13. Pablo Picasso (with Get It On teases)

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