The Exodus is Here!

Take a jog down memory lane and check out the past 5 years of "Baba O' Riley" performances to kick off the Hot Coco 5k.

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Small Hands, Big Ideas

"The Sounds of Guy Malone!"

Always one of my favorite shows of the year, Cheshire's Hot Coco 5k is a great way kick off of the holiday season. Guy Malone has provided the finish line music for 8 years now. The field has grown to over 1000 runners and GM offspring has topped a half dozen - this annual tradition is becoming quite an interesting benchmark of how much things can change in a year.

11/19/2016

Hot Coco 5k, Cheshire CT

Come Together

Cities

Cry

Baba O' Riley>

John's Camera

Small Hands*

Cut Off Your Hands

Loving Cup

Rocky Mountain Way (1)

So Far Gone

Soulshine

Fire

Whipping Post

Show Notes
*First Time Played
(1) Contained "Voodoo Child" tease

8th Annual Hot Coco 5k

The Greatest

6/3/2016

The Shamrock, Waterbury, CT

Cut Off Your Hands

Big Ol' World

Lost on Me>

Sail On>

Easy Tiger>

Electrify Me(1)

Water on Mars

Birds of a Feather

Carry On

Cities (2)

Down

Show Notes
(1) for Ogurick
(2) "Waterbury, home of Guy Malone and Lazy Way Out"

Opened for Lazy Way Out. Entire show featured Mike Mercier on keys.

Dusty Bottoms

"That was an estimation of Estimated Prophet"

-BC 4/13/16

Set 1

Jam>

Cut Off Your Hands

Cry

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Cold Roses>

He's Gone

Cities

Shame (1)>

Scuba Dooba Diver* (2)

She Came in Throug the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight>

The End

Set 2

Little Wing*

So Far Gone

Tush (3)

Will of the Working Man

Estimated Prophet

Truckin'

Show Notes
*first time played
(1)contained "The End" (The Doors) tease
(2)debut (King Kong). Cruess on lead vocals
(3)Band Intros: "Dusty Bottoms" Atkins and "Diamond David Lee Roth IRA" Coppola

Thanks to Cruess for setlist and show notes!

The Hope of This Land

"These Guys are World Class"

-Bill, 5/25/16

5/25/2016

Pies & Pints

Middlebury, CT

 Set 1

Cry>

On The Run (1)>

Cities

One Way Out (2)

Whipping Post (2)

With a Little Help from my Friends (2)

Cut off Your Hands

She Came in Through the Bathroom>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight

The End

Carry On* (3)

Fire (4)

He's Gone

Set 2

Soul to Squeeze(5)

Under the Bridge (5)

Birds of a Feather (6)

Frankenstein (6)

Show Notes
*first time played
(1) complete version
(2) featuring Bill "El Guapo" Calabrese on lead vocals
(3) debut, The Samples
(4) Matt C on bass
(5) incomplete
(6) contained "Mission:Impossible" and "Happy Birthday" teases

Again, a HUGE thanks to Cruess for picking up the slack in my absence. Here's the man in his natural habitat:

It's Always Raining When You're Home

3/30/2016

Pies & Pints

Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Shame>

Shakedown Street> (1)

Cissy Strut (2)

Guitar Amp Acquisition Intermission

Set 1 Cont'd

Whipping Post (3)

Cut Off Your Hands

Wave to the Future>

Tush>

On the Run

Rocky Mountain Way

Tell My Muse

Electrify Me

Frankenstein (4)

Set 2

Spook the Pigeons

Easy Tiger

Truckin'

Birds of a Feather (5)

Ocelot

Soulshine

Show Notes
(1) Guitar Amp blown fuse (no bass fires were reported)
(2) Bass and Drums only
(3) featuring Bill C on lead vocals
(4) Contained "Imperial March" teases
(5) Contained "Stash" teases

Thanks to Cruess for setlist, show notes and photos!

South California Purples

Saturday night, Connecticut Transit Authority played to a packed house of juiced up Chicago fans. The video is poor, and the pics are worse - a sure sign of a great time. Check em out.

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Killing Some Time in Space

"Matt, come un-Dave this"

-BC, 3/16/16

3/16/16 

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Cities (1)

Cut off Your Hands

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

He's Gone

Come Together

Lost on Me

Water on Mars

Easy Tiger

Psycho Killer>

Character Zero

Set 2

Will of the Working Man

Cold Roses

Born on a Bayou* (2)

Fire

Estimated Prophet

Hot For Teacher

Whipping Post

Loving Cup

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) Contained "Demon Theory" tease
(2) Fan request

"Born on a Bayou" (CCR) was debuted.

She Changes From Day to Day

2/17/2016

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Shakedown Street>

Psycho Killer> (1)

Lollipop>

Water On Mars>

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover>

Easy Tiger

Ocelot

It's the End of the World As We Know It>

Baba O' Riley (2)

He's Gone

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Whipping Post

Set 2

Into the Great Wide Open

Cut Off Your Hands

Come Together> (3)

Pipe Dream>

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers> (4)

Carry That Weight>

The End

Her Majesty (5)

Loving Cup

Show Notes
(1) "Hot for Teacher" (Van Halen) tease
(2) Contained ending section to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" (Rolling Stones)
(3) "On the Run" tease
(4) Contained lyrics "and I will drink at Pies and Pints"
(5) Fan request

Acoustic performance.

All I Think and All I See

"This music is mad white"

-Chick in crowd, 2/13/16

Last night GM returned to Triple Play for the first time in 3 years, almost to the date (Check out the rundown of that show here).  For this All-Star Saturday, the band brought a new original, more fresh covers, and awarded Merc with his prospect patch. The crowd brought a enthusiastic attitude and terrible dance moves. All in all, it was a magical evening. See setlist, pics and video below. 

2/13/2016

Triple Play, Watertown, CT

Set 1

My Way Gone

Little Bit of Soul

Lost on Me

Cut Off Your Hands

Water on Mars

Cities

He's Gone

Ocelot

Sail On*

Down

Set 2

Situation Nominal

Enemy>

Irene>

Space Oddity>

John's Camera>

Easy Tiger

Saturday Night Something

Where We Bleed

Mookie Wilson

Burn

Loving Cup

Show Notes

*First time played

First Show at Triple Play since 2/17/13. Entire show featured Mike Mercier on keys. "Sail On" was debuted.

El Guapo Speaks

"Our bassist wears cashmere"

-Dave

On Super Bowl Sunday, Bill aka "El Guapo" came for the Cone Flakes, but ended up owning the lively crowd at Firefly Hollow Brewery. Check out some highlights below.

2/7/2016

Firefly Hollow Brewery, Bristol, CT

Long Black Veil

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Lost on Me

Truckin'

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight>

The End

Water on Mars

Born to Run (1)

Midnight Rider (1)

Whipping Post (1)

So Far Gone

Satisfied Mind (2)

Baba O' Riley

Boy in the Bubble

Space Oddity

Cities>

We All Have Things>

Cities

Cut Off Your Hands

With a Little Help From My Friends (1)

Frankenstein

Show Notes
(1) Bill "El Guapo" Calabrese on lead vocals
(2) Played for Dave's 66th birthday

Show Notes
Acoustic performance.

Commencing Countdown

"Turn the lasers off, Dave"

More fine work from Cruess.

2/3/2016 

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Ophelia

Long Black Veil

He's Gone

Holy Ghost

The Lady

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Little Bit of Soul

Baby Bitch

Born to Run (1)

One Way Out (1)

Midnight Rider (1)

With a Little Help From My Friends (1)

Set 2

Ocelot*>

Baba O' Riley (2)

Easy Tiger

Boy in the Bubble

Life on Mars?*>

Truckin'

Space Oddity*

Burn (3)

Show Notes

*First time played

(1) Bill C. on lead vocals

(2) Contained "Birds of a Feather" tease, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" ending

(3) Contained "Star Wars Main Theme" tease

Acoustic show. Setlist and show notes by Cruess.  "Ocelot" (Phish), "Life on Mars?" and "Space Oddity" (David Bowie) were debuted.

Sherry From Accounting

"Seriously, let's give it up for Debbie"

-Dave, 1/22/16

Thanks to Cruess for setlist, show notes and pics.

1/22/2016

Debbie's Retirement Party

Continental Room, Naugatuck, CT

Set 1

Come Together

Ophelia

Truckin'

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Baby I Love Your Way*

On Your Way Down (1)

Dig a Pony

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

It's the End of the World as we Know it

Baba O' Riley

Frankenstein

Soulshine

Set 2

Shakedown Street

Midnight Rider

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight>

The End

Into the Great Wide Open

Loving Cup

Whipping Post

Me and Bobby McGee* (2)

Tush

Black or White

Rocky Mountain Way

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) containted "Stash" (Phish) tease
(2) Sherry from Accounting on lead vocals

Private party. Setlist and show notes by Cruess. "Baby, I Love Your Way" (Frampton) and "Me & Bobby McGee" (Joplin) were debuted.

Tombs-tone Records

"On the mothafuckin fly!"

-Bill, 1/6/2015

"Why Wouldn't You Wednesday" at P&P is always a blast when house band Guy Malone plugs in, and the first of 2016 was no exception.  A rowdy crowd was treated to a healthy mix of originals, covers, debuts, requests, special guests, and a whole bunch of Sweet Emotion. Setlist, video, and pics below.

1/6/2016

Pies &a Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Fixing a Hole

Cities>

We All Have Things>

Cities

Long Black Veil

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover>

Elephants on Parade>

Easy Tiger

Cut Off Your Hands

Truckin'

Dead Flowers

Message in a Bottle (1)

Whipping Post (1)

Set 2

Boy in the Bubble

Cold Roses

Water on Mars

Dear Prudence*

Cortez the Killer* (2)

Shakedown Steet

Sweet Emotion*>

Frankenstein> (3)

Satisfied Mind> (3)

Frankenstein (3)

She* (4)

Notes
*first time played
(1) Bill C. on lead vocals
(2) Erik on lead vocals, request
(3) "Sweet Emotion" teases throughout
(4) request

Acoustic Performance. Dear Prudence" (The Beatles), "Cortez the Killer" (Neil Young), "Sweet Emotion" (Aerosmith) and "She" (Green Day) were debuted.