Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny Group
1980 April (exact date unknown)
Orpheum Theater
Boston, MA

SBD > ? > SHN (seeking)

Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays
Mark Egan
Dan Gottlieb

Disc 1 (55:33)
01. (announcer) > (Cross The) Heartland  10:13
02. Airstream  6:50
03. (Pat speaks)  1:50
04. April Joy  4:33
05. (Pat speaks)  0:27
06. Unity Village > (solo guitar improvisation) > The Windup  13:38
07. The Epic  17:59
       
Disc 2 (53:09)
01. (solo guitar) > As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls > (Jaco false start)  20:36
02. (unidentified)  9:18
03. Jaco  4:13
04. (Pat speaks)  1:48
05. San Lorenzo  14:20
06. American Garage (fades early)  2:50

This show, as well as an early show on the same night, were last minute 
additions to the PMG schedule, just prior to them leaving for a series 
of dates in Japan and, later, the European tour (see MAAP 1). Before a 
hometown crowd (the PMG was based in Boston at this time), this is one 
of the most high-energy shows we've ever heard from the first PMG. 
Whereas the early show, which featured the same set list, was well-played 
if unspectacular - due perhaps to the time constraints imposed by the 
second show - this late show found the PMG free to stretch out and to 
take both old and new compositions into previously unexplored terrain. 
This early version of "As Falls Wichita," for which Pat jokingly tells the 
audience he is considering the title "I Don't Want To Get Drafted," is 
a particular highlight.  Enjoy!


Pat Metheny Group
1980 June 10
Anfiteatro della Quercia del Tasso
Rome, Italy

4th Festival Jazz di Roma

Audience recording > ? > SHN

"Our First Time in Italy"

Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays
Mark Egan
Dan Gottlieb

Disc 1 (49:53)
1. (Cross the) Heartland  9:57 
2. River Quay  6:16 
3. (untitled) > Hermitage  9:21 
4. (welcome and introductions)  1:30 
5. April Joy  7:40 
6. (Pat introduces Unity Village)  0:40 
7. Unity Village  5:09 
8. The Windup  9:13 

Disc 2 (42:15)
1. The Epic  17:29 
2. Down Here On The Ground  5:55 
3. Autumn Leaves  9:06 
4. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls *  9:41 

* The "Our First Time in Italy" artwork titles this track "Apocalypse Later".

This is the only Italian date on this PMG tour.

Notes:
1. The recording is incomplete. 
2. There is occasional audible audience conversation.
3. "As Falls Wichita..." fades early.

Notes from the Festival Jazz di Roma program:

June 10 - PAT METHENY GROUP

"The Pat Metheny Group has been consistently regarded as the most valid modern group, the one with the greatest success among those living in the no-man's land between jazz and rock.

"Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays recently played in the U.S. together with Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell, and the Pat Metheny Group is now on the top of the U.S. jazz charts with their latest release "American Garage".

"If the wind could sing, it would sound like the music from this impressionist jazz quartet."

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
13124	1980-04-??	Orpheum Theater	Boston	MA
Pat Metheny Group: SBD > ? > WAV > SHN (seeking)
8507	1980-06-10	Anfiteatro della Quercia del Tasso	Rome	Italy
Pat Metheny Group: Audience recording > ? > SHN

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