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01 intro 02 Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem 03 Abernant 04 Tina 05 Oblivion 06 Give Us Wine or Money 07 Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby 08 Perfect Mirror 09 Diamonds 10 Cockermouth 11 The Hope and the Anchor 12 Fantastic Voyage 13 Beaten and Broken 14 Ghosts of American Astronauts 15 Big Zombie 16 Last Dance 17 The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom 18 Hole in the Ground 19 Wild and Blue 20 The Powers and the Horrors 21 Hard to be Human Again 22 Millionaire 23 Heaven and Back
01. intro 02. Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem 03. Abernant 1984/85 04. Tina 05. Oblivion 06. Give Us Wine or Money 07. Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby 08. Perfect Mirror 09. Diamonds 10. Cockermouth 11. The Hope and the Anchor 12. Fantastic Voyage 13. Beaten and Broken 14. Ghosts of American Astronauts 15. Big Zombie 16. Last Dance 17. The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom 18. Hole in the Ground 19. Wild and Blue 20. Powers and Horrors 21. Hard to be Human Again 22. Millionaire 23. Heaven and Back
Mekons this go-round (from left to right): Susie Honeyman (fiddle), Lu Edmonds (saz, oud, vocals), Steve Goulding (cajon, vocals), Sarah Corina (bass), Rico Bell (accordion, acoustic guitar, vocals), Sally Timms (vocals and dignity), Jon Langford (electric and acoustic guitar, vocals). Plus special appearances by Barry B the Man from Atlantis and Chris Mills.
The first of two nights in New York City, this show was billed as the "acoustic" one, which meant mostly that the band was sitting down, and that Steve was playing a wooden box instead of a full drumkit. Otherwise, it was electrified as usual.
What was not usual was that founding Mekon Tom Greenhalgh didn't bother to show up for this tour (he was reported to be back in Devon attending to "family things"). Even without him, though, it was a great Mekons show, with a large block of material from 2007's "Natural," some old songs reintroduced after long absences ("Big Zombie," "Hole in the Ground"), and with Lu taking over lead vocal duties normally performed by Tom on "Beaten and Broken" and "Last Dance." Longtime Mekon associate Chris Mills took the stage for "Heaven and Back" to do his Tom Greenhalgh impression, though mostly this consisted of a bunch of half-hearted leg kicks (though exquisitely appropriate and well-timed leg kicks, for anyone who's seen Tom perform the song).
All in all, a great time was had by all, and the band seemed in especially good spirits at this relatively new Brooklyn venue - Sally in particular seemed appreciative both of the enthusiastic crowd and of the pear cider provided by the Bell House. And the recording came out great - the only unfortunate thing is that there's no video, meaning you'll need to imagine Jon's dance moves during "Cockermouth" and Lu, Steve, Rico, and Jon's hand gestures miming the action in "Powers and Horrors."
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