Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

All about the next annual live event. Are you coming?. Discuss travel & lodging. Recruit band members, discuss equipment, setlists, etc.
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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Merisan:

Problem of Perspective
Rattlesnake
Credible Threat
Colourblind
The Best Place In Town Is Also The Darkest (with frankie big face on bass)
Don't Want To Be Your Friend
Unexpected Guest

Blame It On Ginger (with frankie big face on bass) had to get cut due to time constraints but we played it last night at the hootenany, so footage may emerge...
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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Lunkhead wrote:
Blame It On Ginger had to get cut due to time constraints but we played it last night at the hootenany, so footage may emerge...
I'm pretty sure the camera was off by that point, unfortunately...

I really should have taken a few more pictures or videos at the hootenany. It was a fun time.
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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Roymond's set with Ken, Frankie, Sam and Glennny:

Radio Ready
Love Me A Little Bit More
All Kinds of Sorrow
Variation On Two
Cheer Up Shelley
Had It Up To Here
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My celebratory set:

Let Me In
Elizabeth the Great
The Thing Most Easily Forgotten
Colorblind
Whale, Part 1
More or Less
Bullets and Lovers
Source of the Light

I was backed by Sam (elec. guitar), Glen Phillips (mandolin, elec. guitar), DJ Ranger Den (keyboards), Glenn Case (bass) and Ken (drums).
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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great time, good people, cool weather!
I hope everyone enjoyed their time in Seattle, it was a hectic and crazy weekend.

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Wedding Song
So Weird
Marisol - 2012 RPM Challenge
The Last Year

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Here's the Naked Philosophy setlist:

Ashes
Diggin' Out
Fat Man
City in Fog
Robot Ninja Zombie Bear
Isle Dauphine
Via Sunderland

I'd like to once again thank my outstanding backing band: fluffy on drums, Roy on bass, and Noah on rhythm guitar.

I'm almost ready for next year already!
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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We attempted to play "Walking the Border" to no avail. We made it all the way through "Skyline", and attempted an encore of "On My Block", but I had to truncate that as well, somewhat more gracefully than the first one.
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I modified my earlier post to note that Merisan was backed up by frankie big face on "The Best Place In Town" during our set, and on "Blame It On Ginger" during the hootenanny. Thanks frankie!
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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I can't entirely remember the order cause I switched it at the last moment... something like this:

You Are The Heartbeat Of This Office For Sure
Right There at the Edge
Inside the Van
(Everybody) Calm Down
The Best Place in Town Is Also the Darkest
Isle Dauphine
I'm With Steve Now
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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I'm trying really hard to remember my set but I just can't. I made it up as I went along.

The ones I remember are:
*Stranded
*Circle Me
*Blame It On Ginger
*Elizabeth the Great
*the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew (had to correct the title)
(I had Chris Cogott play guitar on that and he sang a bit)

There was the Heckler incident during this. Or some fighting happening. I may or may not have played more than this.
(I vaguely remember playing some stuff at the party later but hope it was not recorded because I was terribly drunk. I almost posted in the fdrinking thread!)
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On a Line
Full Metal Jacket
Firebomb
Unless I Change My Mind
Beg for Mercy
The Proposal
Ease Your Storm
What We Need More Of, Is Science
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Mad Dog and Spud called it.
The Rogue and Peasant is going out of business.
It was a fine venue!
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Nooooo! Why couldn't it have been Sweet Lou's instead? Man, Song Fight!'s reign of terror continues.
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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I've heard that R&P has done stuff to screw over various bands, and it did seem a bit suspicious that they had JUST discontinued kitchen service the night we went up (but hadn't removed their awesome-sounding menu yet), so maybe them hosting us was an act of desperation on their part to begin with.

Also, apparently they just shut down on August 28 without warning, and without even telling their scheduled performers. Real classy. (Their site calendar still shows all their upcoming shows, too.)

This makes me think of SoCha, which agreed to host us in San Francisco, stopped communicating, removed us from the calendar and rebooked the night without letting us know, and then went out of business a month later. (The wine bar that eventually replaced it is way better, by the way.)
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Lunkhead wrote:Nooooo! Why couldn't it have been Sweet Lou's instead? Man, Song Fight!'s reign of terror continues.
hm. Cayuga Vault closed within a year of SFLH&D. I'm seeing a pattern. :P
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A bar in trouble is like the Romney campaign. Deny the harsh facts, press on like you will be victorious, act surprised when the doors are locked one morning.
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Re: Song Fight Live! 2012, Seattle, July 13-15

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fluffy wrote:I've heard that R&P has done stuff to screw over various bands, and it did seem a bit suspicious that they had JUST discontinued kitchen service the night we went up
During the whole time that I was dropping by there setting up the show, they never had kitchen service. I think they discontinued it before they started it.
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