
"He's the only musician I’ll mention if people ask who I play with. There’s only one name. He’s the greatest. He has more of an impact on me than any drummer, more than anyone, in my adult life."
Deantoni Parks
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Est. 1999) is the ultimate unofficial John Cale website
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
- Flying Seagulls (about the death squads in El Salvador)
- Uncle Sam in Samoa
- Don't Let Me Down
- Evidence
- Streets Of Laredo
- All on Board
- Dr. Mudd
- Guts
- Mercenaries (Ready For War)
- Fighter Pilot
- Wilson Joliet
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Pablo Picasso (with Get It On teases)