Setlist:
Nice Talking To Me
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
Genuine
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)?*
Ripple**
Two Princes
What Time Is It? >
Shinbone Alley# >
Lady Kerosene#
Details:
* – with Erik Lawrence on sax
# – with John Popper on harmonica
** – Grateful Dead cover, first time played.
Download or stream this show here:
https://archive.org/details/spindoctors2008-05-27.tlm170.flac16
or here:
https://archive.org/details/spindoctors2008-05-27.flac16
Earlier that night, Chris Barron joined Chan Kinchla and John Popper of Blues Traveler for an acoustic version of BT classic “100 Years”.
Scott Bernstein shownotes: “Irving Plaza Bill Graham Foundation benefit. This is an hour-long set of music from the original, reuinted lineup of the Spin Doctors. This is a very strong performance, with the band sneaking in a couple of new originals from their 2005 album “Nice Talking To Me” (the title song, plus the Eric Schenkman-sung “Genuine” which is quite reminiscient of “Off My Line”), some killer sit-ins from Erik Lawrence (future member of Levon Helm and Steven Bernstein’s bands, son of Arnie Lawrence who was the Spin Doctors’ and Blues Traveler guys’ music teacher at the New School), John Popper(!), and in honor of Bill Graham and the Grateful Dead, the band turns in their first ever (only?) performance of The Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” that turns into a crowd sing along. The last 2 songs featuring John Popper on harmonica are totally on fire!”
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Official Press Release:
For The First Annual Event in New York City
A Benefit For The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation
Presented in Collaboration with Live Nation
‘The Fillmore Scene’
Dark Star Orchestra
Spin Doctors
John Popper & Chan Kinchla from Blues Traveler
Moonalice
With Surprise Special Guests
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008, 7:30 PM, New York, New York
“For three decades Bill Graham ruled live Rock and Roll ….” Rolling Stone
The Fillmore East was the premier concert venue of it’s time, inspiring the creation of other venues across the country in the 1960’s. Here it is re-born once again, holding the spirit of Bill Graham and his passion of producing unusual combinations of talent to create inspired live music shows.
San Francisco, California – The Fillmore Scene will be the first annual fundraising event in New York for the The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, in collaboration with Live Nation. The show features Dark Star Orchestra, Spin Doctors, John Popper and Chan Kinchla from Blues Traveler and Moonalice, with surprise special guests, on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 7:30 PM. at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place at Irving Plaza in New York, New York. Tickets are $65.00 and available by pre-sale starting Saturday, April 5th at 10 AM. Tickets for the general on sale will be available beginning Monday, April 7th at Noon.
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What promises to be an inspired evening of performances, the show is dedicated to preserving the life and work of rock impresario and producer Bill Graham . Bill is fondly remembered worldwide as one of the most forward thinkers of the concert industry who became one of the country’s first inventive concert producers and promoters, and proprietor of The Fillmore East.
In addition to a stellar jam band line up – a one time only 1995 autographed poster signed by The Grateful Dead and Dave Matthews will be auctioned off the evening of the concert to benefit the foundation.
Following his untimely death in 1991, Bill’s legacy and philanthropic style has lived on for the past 17 years with The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to give grants primarily in the areas of music, the arts and education, while also supporting social work, environmental protection, spiritual and compassionate projects . The Foundation is guided by an advisory board consisting of Bill’s sons, several long-time employees of Bill Graham Presents, and a number of current employees and close friends. In this spirit, the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation seeks to assist those whose needs are oftentimes not served by larger philanthropic organizations.
Bob Barsotti, President of the foundation speaking from the famed Black Oak Ranch in Northern California says” We are thrilled to finally branch out to bring a version of what we’ve been doing in San Francisco to NYC. We are looking forward to adding the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza to our annual benefit concert efforts and to make available some of our archived artwork and posters to our friends in New York through our silent auction there. New York was Bill’s second home and we are all very excited to be bringing it back home.”
Bill Graham was one of a kind, and is still missed by those who worked with him for many years. After fleeing Nazi Germany with his sisters and serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, where he was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his bravery in combat, Bill Graham settled in San Francisco and studied business. Leaving a corporate job, he managed the San Francisco Mime Troupe before moving on to present large concerts and entertainment in his own clubs, including the Fillmore East and West.
Graham was regarded and recognized as an expert promoter who genuinely cared about both the artists and the attendees at his concerts and is credited with the success of early careers of groups like Santana. In addition to his concert producing years, Bill appeared in movies (‘Cotton Club’ ‘Apocalypse Now’), loved to play pick-up basketball games and initiated many rock and roll benefit concerts including ‘Live Aid’, Crack Down, and Amnesty International.
“For three decades Bill Graham ruled live Rock & Roll. It wasn´t simply that he was on a first name basis with just about every important rock star; he was one of the few people in the music business who could hold his own with any of them and who, in his own right, was their equal. Graham didn´t simply stage thousands of rock concerts that was business as usual for his skilled organization. He really earned his reputation by putting together extraordinary benefits and rock events on almost a yearly basis.”
Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone
