December 3, 1999 -

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Jess
John

DL= David Lowery, LH= Lauren Hoffman, SK= Steve Koester, K= Kitty, LP= LP (from Lionfish)

Setlist:

      1.DL: Rocketship 
      2.DL: Be My Love** (david broke 2 strings) 
      3.LH: If I Never Loved You merged into Dust Off Your Dreams 
      4.LH: Bring You Down* (Lauren broke a string) 
      5.SK: Oh, Barbara 
      6.SK: The Winter Only Lasts So Long 
      7.K: Spit 
      8.K: Doctor 
      9.LP: (DL on guitar) ?Greenbrier? 
     10.DL&LP: 7 Days (LP played harmonica where Johnny's solos normally go) 
     11.DL&LP: Hallelujah 
     12.LH: Rare New Disease 
     13.LH: Rock Star (Dope Show Remix again) 
     14.SK: i can't read my own writing but it looks like This Is It 
     15.SK: Turpentine 
     16.K: Princes !! (thanks Kitty!) 
     17.K&LH: Breathe 
     18.LP: Superman 
     19.DL: All Her Favorite Fruit 
     20.LH&K: Look Like Shit 
     21.SK w/LH&K on backing vocals and DL on guitar) Sweet Wheels of Summertime 
     22.K: How I know 
     23.LP: Different 
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         encore 
     24.DL: Been Around the World (LP on harmonica) 
 

This was an amazing show! Lauren's snippet of the new song was great and it was nice of Kitty to play Princes for John. =) LP has such an amazing voice.... I loved all the songs where Kitty and Lauren were singing together. Especially Look Like Shit.... It was fun to see every in on Steve's Sweet Wheels... song. David was singing and playing despite the fact that he had no mic and his guitar wasn't amped... It was a great time and worth the fact that I had to ride home to Richmond right after the show (thanks John) and get no sleep before showing up at school to get a parking decal for my final semester.... but hey I got to eat breakfast twice! =)

Oh and as for 12/4/99 No one has mentioned this yet but I know everyone and his brother is talking about it in Richmond... We went to the Sound of Music Christmas party to hopefully see some of the above mentioned artists play. We did get there pretty early and happened to hear the rehearsal of David, Victor and Jonathan... Sad Lovers Waltz, Skinheads... It was being piped into the room we were sitting in aimlessly since no one was there yet. It sounded amazing and I couldn't wait till later in the night, but it was not to be... Fire Marshals showed up to end the show at the end of Maki's set. I suppose the party was a little too well promoted? =) Oh well... I just have to say you west coast folks are very lucky to be getting those guys to play for you out there! It should make up for the lower number of shows you've gotten... =)

Jess

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This show at Fletcher's in Baltimore was incredible. It had Steve, Kitty, Lauren, David - and LP from Lionfish too. Lauren and Kitty joined Steve for his Sweet Wheels song, and David even joined in on guitar too. The song sounds really great - and I'm sure that it'll sound better on the album since they'll be adding a full band (Maki from Richmond actually). Kitty also sang backup on Look Like Shit - and that sounded great. I originally didnt think that song could have backing vocals - but Kitty pulled it off perfectly. What really stands out in my mind though was LP and David doing Superman. It was weird seeing Lauren not singing as they did the song (since Lauren and David wrote it). With LP and David doing it it also sounds amazing like the Stone's Sympathy for the Devil song. LP's solo stuff also sounded great (can you tell I like her?) Lauren also did her Dope Show version of Rockstar again.

After the Fletcher's show I talked to LP and she said that there is a new Lionfish cd coming out soon and it'll have 7 new songs, a live song or two, and then a Joni Mitchell cover too. I'm not sure of the release date on it though.

I also talked to Kitty, and she said she has a new song that is ready to perform, but she hasnt gotten a chance yet. There's also another one that is almost ready. I cant wait to here them.

John

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