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Shows and Setlists

Upcoming Shows

Friday, September 24 – The Bullpen (Washington, DC): We’re looking forward to returning to the Bullpen to rock the Washington Nationals’ pre-game party starting at 6pm. The Bullpen

Thursday, September 30 – IOTA (Arlington, VA): We’re really really excited to head back (finally!) to Arlington’s best music venue. We’ll be headlining and playing a nice, long set with lots of new material for everyone’s enjoyment. Stay tuned for details about our supporting act, but we’ll be playing from 9:45 until close! IOTA

2010 Shows

Saturday, August 28 @ Sullivan Hall – New York, NY

Will Is Gone*>What Have You, Technotic**>Fly Like An Eagle***>Jam>Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me

Notes:
* – Unfinished. With “Star Wars” Theme teases.
** – First time played (Salvo).
*** – First time played (Steve Miller Band)


Saturday, July 18 @ Artscape Festival – Baltimore, MD

Dog Without A Tail*>Will Is Gone*>Either/Or, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me**>Frankenstein*>Moving Day

Notes:
* – Unfinished
** – Unfinished and with “Drive My Car” (The Beatles) teases


Thursday, July 1 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

w/ Ramzy and the Newscasters

Walk Through Walls, Frankenstein>Jam>Far Away, Moving Day, Dog Without A Tail, Will Is Gone>Dubroutine, Ain’t Nothing Wrong With Me>Frankenstein


Saturday, June 19 @ Fairfax Corner – Fairfax, VA

Are You Lonely*, Hard On You>Moving Day, 78>Walk Through Walls, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Inner City Blues>Dog Without A Tail>Will Is Gone>Dog Without A Tail, Dubroutine, The Boulevard>Jam>Either/Or, What Have You, Frankenstein, Good Times Bad Times

Notes:
* – Last played October 14, 2009


Friday, June 11 @ Celebrate Fairfax! Festival – Fairfax, VA

Post-Rusted Root Set

What Have You*, Magical Mystery Tour>Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, 78**>Walk Through Walls, Hard On You***>Moving Day, Dog Without A Tail>Will Is Gone****>Dog Without A Tail, Dubroutine, The Boulevard>Jam>Frankenstein*****

Notes:
* – Last played November 10, 2009. With “Ghost” (Phish) teases.
** – New arrangement. Last played October 29, 2009.
*** – Last played October 29, 2009.
**** – With “Send Me On My Way” (Rusted Root) teases throughout.
***** – With “Dueling Banjos” (Arthur Smith) teases.


Saturday, May 28 @ Sullivan Hall – New York, NY

Jam>Either/Or, Moving Day, Synchronicity II>Jam>Walk Through Walls, Dubroutine, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me


Thursday, May 20 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

With Lucky Dub and East Coast Caravan

I: Synchronicity II>Moving Day, Inner City Blues*>Dog Without A Tail, New Song**>Walk Through Walls, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me***, Frankenstein, The Boulevard****>Jam>Either/Or

Notes:
* – With “You’re All I Need to Get by” teases (Marvin Gaye)
** – First time played. New original (Fowler) yet to be named
*** – With Justin Shuster on bass and “Are You Lonely” teases
**** – Last played November 14, 2009


Friday, April 30 @ DC Center Lot – Washington, DC

Georgetown University Alumni Weekend Party

I: Magical Mystery Tour>Either/Or, Happy Friends>2001>Happy Friends, Will Is Gone*, Frankenstein**
II: Jam>Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Synchronicity II***>Moving Day, Inner City Blues****>Dog Without A Tail, Good Times Bad Times*****

Notes:
* – With “Three’s Company” theme song teases
** – With aborted “Walk Through Walls” in the intro
*** – First time played (The Police)
**** – With “You’re All I Need to Get by” (Marvin Gaye) teases
*****- With “Hajimemeshite” (Umphrey’s McGee) teases


Thursday, April 8 @ The State Theatre – Falls Church, VA

w/ Anonymous and Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band

Either/Or*, Moving Day, Walk Through Walls, Will Is Gone, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me

Notes:
* – with extended intro jam


Friday, March 12, 2010 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

w/ Ramzy and The Newscasters

Will Is Gone*, Walk Through Walls**, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me>Dead End>Will Is Gone Reprise>2001, Dubroutine***, Moving Day>Outro Jam

Notes:
* – With “Strawberry Fields Forever” tease and extended jam out of the end of the song
** – With Flex Matthews freestyling
*** – First time played (new original)


Thursday, January 21 @ Skye Lounge – Washington, DC

Haiti Benefit Concert
w/ TNTrio, East Coast Caravan, and Lucky Dub

Moving Day, Magical Mystery Tour>Either/Or, Sideways, Will Is Gone>Jam>Will Is Gone, Good Times Bad Times


Friday, January 8, 2010 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

w/ Higher Hands, Lucid, and Moonliscious

I: Moving Day*, Magical Mystery Tour>Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Walk Through Walls**>Far Away, Will Is Gone>Either/Or>Disco Heaven***>Frankenstein>Disco Heaven
E: Good Times Bad Times

Notes:
*-With extended intro jam, new arrangement, and “Auld Lang Syne” teases
**-First time played. New original (Fowler).
***-First time played (Lady Gaga cover).


2009 Shows

Saturday, November 14 @ The Bitter End – New York, NY

I: Dog Without A Tail, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Far Away, The Boulevard>Dead End>Will Is Gone Reprise>Happy Friends, Magical Mystery Tour>2001>Jam>Either/Or, Frankenstein


Tuesday, November 10 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

W/ Basshound

I: Happy Friends, Far Away, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Moving Day*>What Have You**, Magical Mystery Tour***>Either/Or, Dog Without A Tail

Notes:
* – First time played. New original (Thallam).
** – With “Funkytown” teases
*** – With “Run Like Hell” (Pink Floyd) teases


Thursday, October 29 @ The Rookery – Washington, DC

I: Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, 78, Magical Mystery Tour>Either/Or, Frankenstein*, Will Is Gone**>Happy Friends, Get Back on the Train, Dog Without A Tail, Hard On You**>Loop Jam***

II: The Salvo Song****>What Have You, Far Away, The Boulevard>Dead End>Will Is Gone Reprise>2001*****, With A Little Help From My Friends, Good Times Bad Times

Notes:
* – First time played (Edgar Winter Group)
** – Unfinished
*** – With “If I Only Had A Brain” (Wizard of Oz) teases; Band members left the stage one by one, with loops from their instruments playing over the PA as they exited
**** – Band minus Salvo played along with the house music, and after the house dropped out, continued chord progression and created impromptu song with lyrics calling for Salvo to join the band on stage
***** – With “Happy Friends” teases


Wednesday, October 14 @ Leadbetter’s – Baltimore, MD

Baltimore Music Showcase

I: Soundcheck Jam, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Sideways, Magical Mystery Tour*>Either/Or, Good Times Bad Times**, Dog Without A Tail, The Boulevard>Dead End>Will Is Gone Reprise***>2001>Are You Lonely
E: Hard On You

Notes:
* – First time played (Beatles cover played trance style)
** – With “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” (Rolling Stones) teases
*** – First time played (new original)


Friday, September 25 @ Whitlow’s – Arlington, VA

First show with Brian Zupruk on bass

Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Good Times Bad Times, Either/Or, Hard On You, Dog Without A Tail, 78, The Boulevard>Will Is Gone*

Notes:
* – With “Strawberry Fields Forever” teases


Saturday, August 1 @ COF-a-que Festival – Reston, VA

Soundcheck Jam>Get Back on the Train, Dog Without a Tail, The Boulevard>Shine On You Crazy Diamond>Jam>2001>Happy Friends, Will Is Gone, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me


Friday, July 31 @ The Rock and Roll Hotel

I: Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me, Will Is Gone, Either/Or, Sideways, 78**, The Boulevard>2001>Are You Lonely, What Have You, Far Away, Dog Without A Tail**
1st Encore: Good Times Bad Times
2nd Encore: Hard On You

Notes:
* – Preceeded by “Happy Birthday” to Justin and Scott
** – With saxaphonist from the Justin Trawick Band


Saturday, July 25 @ The Bitter End – New York, NY

Are You Lonely, 78, Either/Or, Will Is Gone>2001>Good Times Bad Times>What Have You, Far Away, Dog Without A Tail, Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With Me*

Notes:
* – New original (Shuster). First time played.


Thursday, July 16 @ The Bullpen at Nationals Park

I: Jam>Bedlam, Either/Or, Get Back on the Train, Inner City Blues*>What Have You, Sideways, Far Away, Good Times Bad Times*>2001>Good Times Bad Times

II: Hard On You, Dog Without a Tail>Will Is Gone>Dog Without a Tail, 78, The Boulevard>Shine On You Crazy Diamond**>Are You Lonely

Notes
* – With “Black or White” (Michael Jackson) teases
** – First time played (Pink Floyd cover). Abridged version.


Wednesday, June 10 @ Joe Squared (Baltimore, MD)

Sideways, 78, Inner City Blues>What Have You, The Boulevard>Jam*>Far Away, Will Is Gone>2001>Dog Without A Tail

Notes:
* – With “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” (Pink Floyd) and “It’s Ice” (Phish) teases


Friday, June 5 @ Celebrate Fairfax! Festival

OPENED FOR BLUES TRAVELER

Either/Or, 78, The Boulevard>Far Away, What Have You, Will Is Gone, Dog Without A Tail, Are You Lonely


Wednesday, June 3 @ DC9

Either/Or, 78, The Boulevard>Far Away, Sideways, Inner City Blues*>What Have You, Will Is Gone, Dog Without A Tail, Happy Friends>Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough>2001>Happy Friends, Furious Freddie, Are You Lonely

Notes:
*- First time played (Marvin Gaye cover)


Tuesday, June 2 – Private Party in McLean, VA


Friday, May 22 @ The Bullpen at Nationals Park

I: Hard On You, Sideways, The Boulevard>Jam>Far Away, Either/Or, 78*, Will Is Gone>Jam>Dog Without At A Tail, With A Little Help from My Friends

II: Are You Lonely**, Gonna Move, Happy Friends>Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough***>2001****>Happy Friends, Bedlam, Good Times Bad Times, What Have You, Tweezer Reprise>Good Times Bad Times Reprise

Notes:
* – First time played. New original (Shuster)
** – With 15-minute jam and “L.A. Woman” teases
*** – Michael Jackson cover. Instrumental. First time played.
**** – Theme from “2001: Also Sprach Zarathustra.” First time played.


Saturday, May 9 @ Continental – Ontap Magazine’s Battle of the Bands (WINNER)

Are You Lonely, The Boulevard>Either/Or, Will Is Gone, Hard On You, Dog Without A Tail


Friday, April 3 @ The Rock and Roll Hotel – Headlined

“Boulevard Sessions EP” Release Party
w/ The Frustrations and Stella Mira

Will Is Gone, Hard On You, Sideways, Either/Or*, With A Little Help from My Friends**, The Boulevard>Jam***, Dog Without A Tail, Far Away, What Have You#, Good Times Bad Times##, Are You Lonely###

Encore: Bedlam

Notes:
*-Followed by announcement of the release of “Boulevard Sessions EP.” Band thanks friends, family, and fans who have shown so much support since day one.
**-First time played (Joe Cocker version). Our friend Max joined on trumpet.
***-With “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” (Pink Floyd) teases.
#-First time played. New original by Satya.
##-With “Another Brick in the Wall” (Pink Floyd) and “You’re All I Need to Get By” (Marvin Gaye) teases.
###-With Max on trumpet, horn breakdown, and acapella outro with crowd singalong


Sunday, February 22 @ DC9

w/ WMD and the Bad Ass Brass Band

Hard On You, Dog Without A Tail, The Boulevard>Jam>Are You Lonely, Will Is Gone


Thursday – February 5 @ Clarendon Grill

w/ Tanner Walle

I: Are You Lonely>Jam>Hard On You, Sideways*, Either/Or, Bedlam, Happy Friends, Will Is Gone**>Jam>Are You Lonely

II: Jam>The Boulevard>Far Away, Dog Without A Tail, Gonna Move, Good Times Bad Times>Run Like Hell (intro/outro only)*>Good Times Bad Times**

* – First time played
** – With teases of the theme from “Peter and the Wolf”


Friday – January 9 @ Jammin Java

w/ Eric Scott and Marie Miller

Either/Or, Dog Without A Tail, Far Away, The Boulevard>Jam>Are You Lonely, Will Is Gone


Tuesday – January 6 @ IOTA

w/ Crooked Crow and Ringleader

Will Is Gone, Either/Or, Dog Without A Tail, The Boulevard>Jam>Are You Lonely


2008 Shows

Saturday, December 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel

Will Is Gone*, Either/Or, Dog Without a Tail, Far Away, Hard on You, The Boulevard>Jam>Are You Lonely
* – First time played


Thursday, November 13 @ Clarendon Grill

I: Hard on You, Dog Without a Tail, Valerie*, Diamonds*, Either Or>Jam>Get Back on the Train>Either Or, Are You Lonely

II: The Boulevard>Deadend Jam*, Good Times Bad Times>Happy Friends, Far Away

III: Gonna Move*, Bedlam*, A Go Go*, Tweezer Reprise>Good Times Bad Times

* – First time played.


Saturday, June 21 @ The Red & Black

Hard on You, Either Or, Dog Without a Tail*, Good Times Bad Times>Happy Friends, The Boulevard, Far Away, Furious Freddie, Tweezer Reprise**>Good Times Bad Times

* – First time played.
** – First time played as stand-alone song.


Thursday, May 22 @ Chief Ike’s Mambo Room

Jam>Boulevard>Happy Friends>Jam, Get Back on the Train, Are You Lonely, Rudy’s Way, Hard On You, Far Away, Good Times Bad Times


Saturday, May 3 @ DC9

w/ Hoots and Hellmouth

Are You Lonely, Hard On You, The Boulevard>Happy Friends, Furious Freddie, Good Times Bad Times


Thursday, April 10 @ DC 9 – Headlined

Hard On You, Are You Lonely, Rudy’s Way, Either Or, Far Away, Love Her Madly, Happy Friends, The Boulevard, Good Times Bad Times>Tweezer Reprise (ending only)>Good Times Bad Times


Saturday, February 16 @ Rock and Roll Hotel

Jam>After Midnight*>Happy Friends, Either Or, Rudy’s Way, Far Away, Olivia, Birds of a Feather>Furious Freddie (part III), Are You Lonely, Good Times Bad Times


Thursday, January 31 @ Chief Ike’s Mambo Room


Saturday, January 19 @ The Red and Black

w/ Magnolia Blue


2007 Shows

Saturday, December 8 @ Dr. Dremo’s

w/ Maple


Thursday, December 6 @ Solly’s

w/ Once Okay Twice


Thursday, November 14 @ DC9

w/ WMD


Saturday, October 31 – Private Party

The Method’s First Show

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