1991-01-13: wxrk - new york, new york
1991-01-17: shamrock high school - decatur, georgia
1991-01-29: soldiers and sailors memorial hall - pittsburgh, pennsylvania
1991-02-01: civic center - madison, wisconsin
1991-02-04: chicago theater - chicago, illinois
1991-02-09: folly theater - kansas city, missouri
1991-02-12: virginia theatre - champaign, illinois
1991-02-27: the roxy - atlanta, georgia (the little five points pub reunion)
1991-03-06: township auditorium - columbia, south carolina
1991-03-11: ovens auditorium - charlotte, north carolina
1991-03-14: hpe building - carrollton, georgia
1991-03-16: bell auditorium - augusta, georgia
1991-04-07: mountain stage
1991-04-07: mountain stage (alternate)
1991-04-07: mountain stage (alternate 2)
1991-04-15: memorial auditorium - greensboro, north carolina
1991-04-17: syria mosque - richmond, virginia
a pretty good sounding recording of a neat show with a great setlist, highlights include "uncle john's band".
1991-04-18: burruss hall - blacksburg, virginia
a pretty good recording of another neat show, highlights include "the ballad of squeaky fromme", an impromptu "me and bobby mcgee", and "history of us".
1991-04-xx: wxpn - philadelphia, pennsylvania
1991-04-19: university of pennsylvania - philadelphia, pennsylvania
a pretty good sounding recording of a really good outdoor show, with barbara marino on sax and sandy garfinkel on harmonica. highlights include "romeo and juliet" and "summertime".
1991-04-20: foxboro stadium - foxboro, massachusetts (earth day)
soundboard recording of a terrific seven song set as part of a nine hour earth day celebration concert.
1991-04-22: palace theatre - albany, new york
1991-04-23: the chance - poughkeepsie, new york
a pretty good sounding start to a series of acoustic duo shows that include snippets of the sound checks, in this case amy singing "free money". the set list also includes a number of older songs including "no way to treat a friend", "the ballad of squeaky fromme", and "hey jesus", as well as gerard mchugh guesting on "uncle john's band". also includes an extended version of "all along the watchtower" with a long guitar solo by emily and stream of conscious lyrics by amy including small snippets of "free money". to provide some context, this series of shows came shortly after the end of the first gulf war (1990-08-02 to 1991-02-28).
1991-04-25: dartmouth college - hanover, new hampshire
a pretty good sounding recording from when the touring behind nomads*indians*saints was beginning to wind down. it is an acoustic duo show with sara lee on bass and barbara marino guesting on the saxophone, one of the last shows before a period of experimentation began with differing band lineups including simone simonton and rachel lee, which then lead up to the break before the recording of "rites of passage". to provide some additional context, this series of shows in april of 1991 came on the heels of the first gulf war. the recording includes a portion of the sound check, which has amy singing a bit of "angel from montgomery" as well as working on an early version of "jonas and ezekial" that features some different lyrics than those that would end up in official release. it also includes "no way to treat a friend", the infamous "freebird/stairway to heaven/sweet home alabama" medley, "american tune", and michael lorant and gerard mchugh guesting on "uncle john's band".
1991-04-26: williams college - williamstown, massachusetts
a pretty good sounding recording of an acoustic duo show with sara lee and barbara marino from the end of the nomads*indians*saints tour. this recording has a bit of the sound check, with emily working on lyrics while playing the music that later became "virginia woolf", amy continuing to work on the lyrics for "jonas and ezekial", and amy covering "cowgirl in the sand". the regular portion of the show includes "no way to treat a friend", "summertime", and michael lorant and gerard mchugh and guesting on "uncle john's band". there is also a terrific introduction to "world falls", which includes the story of sejarez.
1991-04-27: university of rochester - rochester, new york
1991-04-28: fordham university - bronx, new york
the sound quality on this acoustic duo show is really good, during the sound check amy continues to work on the lyrics for "jonas and ezekial" and also plays a bit of "blue eyes cryin' in the rain". the regular portion of the show includes a lengthy rendition of "all along the watchtower" complete with a terrific guitar solo from emily and stream of conscious lyrics by amy that include part of "free money".
1991-05-07: summers on the beach - ft. lauderdale, florida
1991-05-08: carefree theatre - west palm beach, florida
1991-05-09: beecham theater - orlando, florida
1991-06-05: wolf trap - fairfax, virginia
1991-06-07: mann music center - philadelphia, pennsylvania
1991-06-08: the capitol theater - port chester, new york (originally scheduled for roger baldwin park - greenwich, connecticut)
1991-06-13: wxrk - new york, new york
1991-06-16: world music theater - tinley park, illinois
1991-06-21: red rocks - denver, colorado
a terrific sounding recording of a radio broadcast of a great show. highlights include ellen james society guesting on "center stage", tried to be true", and "1 2 3", and rachel lee guesting on "southland in the springtime" and "history of us".
1991-06-21: red rocks - denver, colorado (alternate recording)
a really great sounding reworking of the existing recording by the "albums that should exist" blog host.
1991-06-23: bluegrass festival - telluride, colorado
1991-06-29: the greek theater - los angeles, california
1991-07-28: provincetown hall - provincetown, massachusetts
1991-08-10: newport folk festival - newport, rhode island
1991-08-10: newport folk festival - newport, rhode island (alternate recording)
1991-09-01: fm104 - seattle, washington
1991-09-01: seattle center coliseum - seattle, washington
1991-09-01: seattle center coliseum - seattle, washington (alternate recording - 16 bit version)
a really nice sounding recording of a great show.
1991-09-01: seattle center coliseum - seattle, washington (alternate recording - 24 bit version)
a really nice sounding recording of a great show.
1991-10-05: verde valley school - sedona, arizona (the second verde valley school music festival)
an okay sounding recording of a neat show, highlights include the first known public performance of "jonas and ezekial", which amy had been working on completing during soundchecks earlier in the year, and a soundcheck segment focused on james taylor's "bartender's blues".
1991-10-07: the beacon theatre - new york, new york (ban the dam jam)
1991-10-29: the roxy - atlanta, georgia
199x-xx-xx: unknown - unknown (amy ray)
a good sounding recording of a neat appearance opening for the ellen james society. contains early versions of "three hits" and "cedar tree", and the only known performance of a new, title unknown amy ray song. cooper seat guests on the new song.
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