Rory Block 2011-02-28
Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo, NY
Set 1
intro
"Son House lived 60 miles from here"
CROSSROAD BLUES (Robert Johnson)
"Son House was the mentor for Robert Johnson"
DEATH LETTER BLUES (Son House)
"We know early Muddy Waters"
I BE BOUND (McKinley Morganfield)
"This particular song just wrote itself"
STEADY FREDDY (Block)
"Blues was the music of the Devil"
DECLARE (Block)
"Sometimes alcoholics are beautiful people"
LOVIN' WHISKEY (Block)
"Waltz For Austin just didn't sound that pretty"
WALTZ FOR ABILENE (Cashdollar) (Cindy solo)
"Beautful old gospel song"
DANIEL PRAYED (Block) (Rory sings a-capella)
"Guess what? Stevie said Yes"
GYPSIE BOY (Block)
"Connery and Snipes - Cashdollar and Block"
BIG ROAD BLUES (Tommy Johnson)
"Who knew that acoustic blues could be so exhausting?"
FROM THE DUST (Block)
"Rory Block, your father used to live in my house" - Pete Seeger story
SILVER WINGS (Block)
"This is a good old blues song"
MISSISSIPPI BLUES (Willie Brown)
"As you get older you get sexier"
encore:
MAMAS BLUES (Block)
"Son House lived 60 miles from here"
CROSSROAD BLUES (Robert Johnson)
"Son House was the mentor for Robert Johnson"
DEATH LETTER BLUES (Son House)
"We know early Muddy Waters"
I BE BOUND (McKinley Morganfield)
"This particular song just wrote itself"
STEADY FREDDY (Block)
"Blues was the music of the Devil"
DECLARE (Block)
"Sometimes alcoholics are beautiful people"
LOVIN' WHISKEY (Block)
"Waltz For Austin just didn't sound that pretty"
WALTZ FOR ABILENE (Cashdollar) (Cindy solo)
"Beautful old gospel song"
DANIEL PRAYED (Block) (Rory sings a-capella)
"Guess what? Stevie said Yes"
GYPSIE BOY (Block)
"Connery and Snipes - Cashdollar and Block"
BIG ROAD BLUES (Tommy Johnson)
"Who knew that acoustic blues could be so exhausting?"
FROM THE DUST (Block)
"Rory Block, your father used to live in my house" - Pete Seeger story
SILVER WINGS (Block)
"This is a good old blues song"
MISSISSIPPI BLUES (Willie Brown)
"As you get older you get sexier"
encore:
MAMAS BLUES (Block)
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Rory Block - acoustic Martin guitars, vocals
and
Cindy Cashdollar - National steel guitar, Beard 'Mike Auldridge' Dobro, Weissenborn guitar
and
Cindy Cashdollar - National steel guitar, Beard 'Mike Auldridge' Dobro, Weissenborn guitar
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