The 12 Golden Country Greats Tour,
featuring Bobby Ogdin and the
Shit Creek Boys, Fall 1996
NOTE: THIS IS THE TEXT ONLY VERSION
Subject: WEEN kicked my ACE live 10/4
Date: 5 Oct 1996 21:43:17 GMT
opening show of the tour was the bomb - since it's the country
tour they decided to kick it off in Nashville -thank goodness
they've never been here before. They played every song on the
country album except fluffy. They also played Dr. Rock,swing my
dick in the air,Big Jilm,Poop Ship Destroyer,Push th' Little
daisies,Freedom of '76,spinal meningitis,can't put my finger on
it,Mr. will you please help my pony, Is this what Deaner was
talking about and improved a couple jams. They were absolutely
AWESOME - possibly one of the best shows I have ever witnessed.
I met the guys after the show before the got on the bus. They
posed for pics w/ everyone asking,signed all autographs,and
talked w/ everyone. I talked to Gener about the misspelling of
Tennessee on the album credits-which surprisingly was news to
him,about the Beck "Loser" cover - he said it was very good but
couldn't do it live w/ out Andrew Weiss, he also said they
would be playing w/ Beck in San Diego. Deaner said the new
album would be out in Jan. I also turned 21 when I was talking
to them 12:01am and they thought it was the bomb, Gener gave me
a two shot bottle of Jack Daniels and I took a small hit out of
it-then Deaner handed me his Bud and told me to take a sip and
said"that Jack is awful". I then got them to sign the back of
my ID and Gener wrote 21!under his name I also got them to sign
my pod and pure guava cd covers as well as my t-shirt. They
were the BOMB!!!
Subject: atlanta 12gcg concert saturday, october fifth '96
From: AtomicMoog@aol.com
my god
i always knew that ween was my favorite band since i first
started listening to them but how could i possibly have
prepared myself for what laid before me at the "Masquerade"
ballroom that night i took a hour long hell ride up to atlanta
crammed in a car with 6 of my friends, my mom and my step
dad (none of my friends drove yet and we were practically
sitting on each others laps with the 6 of us in the back) by
the time we got there we had huge sweat stains from being
in the stuffy car and we all had leg and back cramps but MY
GOD was it worth it? hell yeah that concert rocked it to
russia!!! the crowd roared like a lion in a cage!!! (if youre a
wesley willis fan you might catch some familiar phrases) but
who cares this is about WEEN before the concert my friends
and i met some people and started hacking with them and
then gene walked by towards the bus ... everyone around just
stopped and stared as he passed
now thats power
ive been lead by others opinions on the band to think that the
few people who have heard of ween have a choice of either
totally worshiping them or totally hating them (for no damn
good reason at all i might add) we sat up against the stage
for another hour or so to make sure we got a good spot, and
it was worth it... i shook genes hand as he was singing "Mr.
Richard Smoker" when gene and dean came out everyone went
ballistic i crowd surfed once and my head fell on a loose nail in
the floor ... i didnt do it again for the rest of the night i swear
you could have gotten high from secondhand marijuana smoke
(that is if you werent already lost in the music)
hee hee... i was licking the sun all night mang :)
when they played "Dr. Rock" the front of the wobbling floor was
so crowded that you couldnt move at all you just kind of swayed
with the crowd they just jammed for a while before playing
"Spinal Menengitis" i was shocked at how much better that song
is live the same story goes for "VooDoo Lady" and "I Cant Put My
Finger On It" i get sick of people who say that they hate WEEN
WEEN is proboably the most friendly and charming band to ever
put out an album
all they want to do is make people happy with their music and thats
exactly what they do for anyone who can recognise good music
even with the gash on the back of my head from the loose nail (not
to mention the long lasting back and neck pains from the fall) and
the busted lip that i got from some crazy dood who spazzed when
he thought i was looking at his girlfriend that was definately the
best concert i ever went to in my life and proboably ever will
well, maybe not... i heard from a friend today that they were coming
on their mollusks tour this summer ROCK ON!!!!!
Subject: Ween, NYC
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:21:04 -0500
The boys, naturally, were outstanding. You poor saps who missed this
tour should kick yourselves...hard. Highlights: Gene & Dean alone doing
Birthday Boy, unbelievable Buenos Tardes (it is 100x better live), a
kick-ass Dr. Rock, and Fluffy (ending the show) is so great live, you
don't want it to end. And it seemed like it never would. After Gene was
done singing, he said thank-you New York and left the stage, but the
Shit Creek boys and Deaner just kept going and going. Finally Gener
comes back on stage, announces the Yankees have just won the World
Series (Deaner wore a Yankee cap all night, Claude couldn't fit his over
his dreads but had it perched on his kit) and the whole band departed.
The only lowlight: because they do 2 shows a night at Tramps (same thing
back in July) they didn't play nearly as long as they have at other
stops along this tour. Only about 90 minutes. Loved it anyhow!
Subject: Ween, live 10-6-96, New Orleans
Date: 7 Oct 1996 19:59:52 GMT
I'm not familiar with the country album, so I don't know all the songs
they played from it, but I think it may have been all of them.
Here are the songs they played, that I know the names of (not in order):
Don't Shit Where You Eat
Scrape the Mucus off my Brain
Piss Up a Rope
Mr. Richard Smoker
Booze me up and get me high
Waving my dick in the wind
The Stallion pt. 3
Dr. Rock
Push th Lil Daisies
Poopship Destroyer
Spinal Meningitis
Freedom of '76
I Can't Put My Finger on It
Mister Would You Please Help my Pony
I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep
Buenos Tardes, Amigo
Big Jilm
Baby Bitch
Fluffy
They opened with "Don't Shit Where You Eat" and closed with "Fluffy".
I thought that the way they did both "I Can't Put My Finger on It"
and "Buenos Tardes, Amigo" was actually better than the album versions.
They also did some incredibly odd thing with violin and bass and
Gene doing weird Indian-like chants with a heavy echo effect.
The piano, violin, and bend-thing really added a lot to some of the
songs. Poopship Destroyer was played live, not from tape.
The whole band seemed to be enjoying themselves, even though Gene
kept commenting about how sick he had gotten from eating some
chicken casserole.
It was a great show, and well worth it even if you don't like
country.
Subject: Setlist SantaMonica 10/11/96
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 18:51:30 GMT
this is the set list for the Santa Monica Show last night, where WEEN
opened for Beck... it was kinda lame cause they only got to play for
around 40 mins.. and everywhere else on the tour they are headlining and
playing 2 hour shows.. anyways here is the set...
Pretty Girl, Piss Up A Rope, Mr. Richard Smoker, Japanese Cowboy, Wavin'
My Dick In The Wind, ?, What Deaner Was Talking About, Spinal Meningitis,
I Can't Put My Finger On It, I Saw Gener Crying In His Sleep, Doctor
Rock, Freedom of '76, Poopship Destroyer
pretty good set.. this list is taken from the actual set list that was
given to me by Stu the steel guitar player in the band. the ? is because
i could swear that they played another tune here.. i think it might have
been Birthday Boy... but i could be just fucked up.. the set was REALLY
fun.. except for it being really short... high points were Dr. Rock.. and
the fukin' heaviest monster visit from the Poopship that i think i will
ever witness.. talked to both of the boogness boys after the show ..
they say that there is a new full length LP coming in Feburary!!! hold
on here we go again!!!
10/12/97 ---San Francisco, the Fillmore, mang!
sierrarealtors (sierra@GOLDRUSH.COM) WROTE:
The boys rocked that night, the crowd sucked. They played the usual
stuff. I was standing right next to a gang in front yelling "Gene, dude!
SERPENT!! Whats your serpent name??""" They were also screaming for lmlyp
through the whole thing, and Gener made one of his retard faces and made
them feel retarded. Dean got so pissed at the crowd that he ripped all
his guitar strings out one by one and started swinging the michrophone
all over and throwing stuff. I got to meet them... gener's the nicest
guy... got a hug... deaners a little out there... he's always in a hurry
to go nowhere. Cool show, best night of my life!
Subject: Portland show! Yeah!
Date: 16 Oct 1996 20:12:06 GMT
I went to the Portland show on the 13th, and it was great! They
mostly did 12 Country stuff, but they did Push the Little Dasies, and
She Fucks Me, as well as two from their new album (which sounded
"ok").
BUT! After the show, I got to fucking meet, say hi, and generally
rub up against Gener and Deaner. I had no idea they were both
shorter than me. They were very cool guys, completely normal.
It wasn't until after the concert that I realized that these "otherwise
normal" cats had created such mind-boinking songs as Awesome
Sound, and Morning Glory.
Subject: Dean&Mean&Jean Seattle Show
Date: 17 Oct 1996 07:32:31 GMT
The Seattle Ween show was spectacular! We grabbed Dean on his way into
the Showbox, he hung out with us in our VW bus for a while and we did some
nitrous balloons together. Dean remembered us from the last show (even
our dogs name!!! We partied with them in their tour bus that year for
hours, shot some prime video, smoke machine and all) Anyway, chatted with
him a bit, gassed him up and he went in and did the show. After the
show we hung out with him backstage and then again outside in the bus (our
vw) to do some more balloons and chat some more. Jean & some of the
session guys joined for some nitrous.
Was great fun hanging out with them before and after the show!!! Anyway
the purpose of this post is to reveal some interesting tidbits Dean told
us (while gassed out of his mind). He said this would be their last and
only country album, (he said he was tired of being asked about why they
did it in every town, so we didn't push it too hard) He made a joke about
doing a solo middle eastern album next -
It's funny the way the country guys were hired. Dean told us they looked
them up in a big book from the Union, and they didn't know any of them.
They just hired them to a job, and a good job they do!
I intended to make this an interested message, but I'm too stoned to
remember what else we talked about. hehe, I'll get back on again when I
can remember.
Subject: Ween 10-19-96
From: mrpieplow@juno.com (Aaron F Pieplow)
Only found the true Ween areas today. Forgive.
Here is the review. I was there, it did happen. This is a fine Ween
tribute.
afk 1-8-98
Mr. Pieplow
Ween, October Sixteenth, 1996. Lawrence Kansas.
What can I say? Ween is the greatest. Each album is a masterpiece of
pure style. I was pumpin' down the road from the Granada as a mechanic.
Every day before the show I'd walk past on my lunch break, dreaming of
the next week, when I would finally find Ween live. My quests had all
failed before, usually because I can't seduce my way to a Ween show.
This would be the ultimate gift. Anyway, the show sold out over a week
ahead, so I scrambled for tickets. My mechanic roommate finally won some
from the college radio station and we got primed.
The show; The best I have ever seen, hands down. I've seen some
dynamite acts, but Ween is the only one. Backed with a full country
band, including Stu on keyboards, Poopship never sounded better. Gener
seduced every woman in the place with "I Can't Put My Finger On It."
Played Latin, a sensual Gener reached out and taunted those wishing to
sample him. There was some assface next to me screaming something dumb,
so I was distracted for much of the style. During "Piss Up A Rope,"
early on, I met some chick named Freedom. I thought she was hitting on
me, but then she showed me her driver's license from Nebraska. Her name
was Freedom and she was born in 1976. I thought this was a sign from the
Oneness. She gave be bad things and I smoked them. The show, now
already at legend status, only got better. They played almost
everything. Everytime you thought they might be winding down, the old
country guys would pass the JD and Gener and Deaner mastered more of the
universe. It ended in madness on the second encore. Deaner was doing
wicked air guitar and smacked Stu in the side of the head. It sucked.
Deaner, naturally, felt bad and said. "Fuck it. I killed Stu, the
show's over." And we all went home.
Mr. Pieplow
Subject: Re: 10/19 show in Lawrence KS
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:33:34 +0000
Geeze, man I am so pissed I missed that show!!!! I had no idea it would
sell out (I live 2 hours away from the Granada, so I haven't been to
many shows there)
When I did get to the Granada that day (Around 4 p.m.), I went inside to
see if there was any way in hell I could get tickets. On my way out, I
opened the door, and who did I open it for but the Gener himself, just
walkin' in off the street! I finally realized this, and got my ass to
believe it really was Gene, so I ran back inside. The guy at the desk
said it really was Gene, but I couldn't go talk to him, cause he had
gone backstage.....
Oh, well..needless to say I cried my sorry ass to sleep Saturday as I
heard the Radio Station announcer say it was "the best show he'd ever
seen"..
This is my first post to the newsgroup, so let me know if I've done
something wrong..
Subject: Ween in Chicago
Date: 25 Oct 1996 05:04:19 GMT
I know it's a little late but I thought I'd let you all know what songs
were played
in Chicago.
First of all, I didn't expect there to be a pit at this particular Ween
show but there
were about 8 or 9 of us that kept it going almost the whole show. Maybe
we are
just too hyper or something. And Gene said "Wow, there's even a pit!"
Anyway....I don't know the order of the songs and I know I missed a few
but here
are the ones I can remember...
Help Me Scrap the Mucus Off My Brain
Piss Up A Rope
Japanese Cowboy
Freedom of '76
Baby Bitch
Can't Put My Finger On It
Waving My Dick In The WInd
Stallion Part 2
Pumpin' 4 the Man
Big Jilm
Push th' Little Dasies
Buenas Tardes Amigo
Dr. Rock
Poop Ship
Fluffy
You Were The Fool
Spinal Meningitis
Again...these are definately not in order and I might have missed a few
but it was
a great show.
We tried to get them to play Reggaejunkiejew but Gener said "no way"
Subject: Re: Ween in Chicago
From: mangvein@geocities.com
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:22:46 GMT
YZWD70A@prodigy.com (Bean Ween) wrote:
>I know it's a little late but I thought I'd let you all know what songs
>were played
>in Chicago.
>First of all, I didn't expect there to be a pit at this particular Ween
>show but there
>were about 8 or 9 of us that kept it going almost the whole show. Maybe
>we are
>just too hyper or something. And Gene said "Wow, there's even a pit!"
>Anyway....I don't know the order of the songs and I know I missed a few
>but here
>are the ones I can remember...
This is ALL the songs that were played, but as he said.. they are not
in the correct order.
>Help Me Scrap the Mucus Off My Brain
>Piss Up A Rope
>Japanese Cowboy
>Freedom of '76
>Baby Bitch
>Can't Put My Finger On It
>Waving My Dick In The WInd
>Stallion Part 2
(close.. The Stallion Pt. 3)
Don't shit where you eat
>Pumpin' 4 the Man
>Big Jilm
>Push th' Little Dasies
>Buenas Tardes Amigo
The live version of this song is legendary!!! EVERY Ween fan must see
it!!!
>Dr. Rock
The only song from the Pod... it rocked (of course)
>Poop Ship
(7-9 minutes, and bombastic and was a great version)
>Fluffy
(the final song, and was played until Deaner broke all the strings in
his guitar)
>You Were The Fool
slow, and better than the CD
>Spinal Meningitis
WAY-better than the CD or the C+C tour
>Again...these are definately not in order and I might have missed a few
>but it was
>a great show.
>We tried to get them to play Reggaejunkiejew but Gener said "no way"
GO See them!!!
-^Vein^
Subject: JEAN WEEN kissed ME!
Date: 29 Oct 1996 00:26:08 -0500
Talked to Jean backstage and ha ha I got a hug from him and he
kissed me man,,,,,,,,,
rocked my world I tell you
they're like my second favorite band ever
I've been listenin' to 'em
since I first got pure Guava! Never would have guessed in a million
years!
Jean was really friendly and nice too, earlier I was talking to
him and Idropped my Ween ticket and he picked it up!
Subject: Ween in DC 10/28/96
From: Brian Galante ( BGALANTE@imaspub.com )
I was browsing the 12GCG reviews and noticed that one was never
submitted for this show. This was a long time ago but I feel it's worth
a shot to do this from memory so the show is at least documented.
The 9:30 Club was probably a bit more than half full, which was kind
of a bummer, but it's a big place and everyone there was a real fan
(it was packed this year for The Mollusk tour). This was my first time
seeing Ween since 1992, and I was very psyched to say the least.
Opener Doo Rag was one of the most bizarre acts I've ever seen.
Deaner could be seen watching from the platform above from time
to time, shaking his head in fascinated disbelief. He had a wind-up
panda and a drum machine for percussion, an out of tune, old time
twang guitar and sang through a voice-distorted mask, giving off the
sensation of singing through a nitrous mask at the dentist's office.
It was hilarious at first but grew tiresome.
Ween took the stage about 10:15 and just absolutely rocked. They
seemed disappointed at the sparse crowd, with several comments
throughout the show geared toward this. Gener said theat no one
ever comes to see them there and Deaner commented that last time
they played at the 9:30 Club, there were 20 people there because
"Fugazi played across the street for fourteen cents."
They were very drunk and cracked jokes all night. Deaner told the
crowd that someone in Toronto told him "I love you guys; you were
fucking hilarious in that Buddy Holly video." Gener told us that the
Reggaejunkiejew was in jail in Miami, and they made VH-1
references all night ("I wrote this song while on the beach...). Gener
also commented that "it's nice to be back in our hometown of
Washington DC."
The setlist was great. Japanese Cowboy featured a smoking closing
jam, Spinal Meningitis was ten times as powerful as compared to the
recorded version, and Poop Ship was probably the loudest, most
powerful song I've ever seen a band perform live. I didn't even
recognize it until the chorus.
Before Help Me Scrape The Mucus, Gener introduced it as a
"special Washington treat", featuring a gorgeous vocal harmony
between the two brothers. He said this was probably the last time
most of these country songs would be played live because this was
the last night of the tour.
The band was awesome. It totally exceeded my expectations. The steel
guitarist, Stu, was hilariously drunk. He sang "The Blarney Stone" with
Gener while slugging Jack. This was the highlight of the show. The other
new song, "Waving My Dick In The Wind", was good, but at the time I
was scared because it sounded very country. "The Blarney Stone" was
introduced later as a new song, which put my worries to rest that the
new album would be all-country as well. I love 12GCG, but one's enough,
at least for now.
The encores were beautifully selected. I was completely shocked to
hear "She Fucks Me" and especially "Sorry Charlie". They didn't do any
pre-Guava stuff during the regular set, so that may explain the obscure
selections. Gener joked with the crowd when someone shouted out for
"Dr. Fantasy." He said they were going to do "Captain Rock" later in the
show. He also mentioned during the regular set at least twice that they
should probably do "Voodoo Lady" or "Reggaejunkiejew." Unfortunately,
that didn't happen.
Here's the set list, as best as I remember it.
Don't Shit Where You Eat
Pretty Girl
Piss Up A Rope
Japanese Cowboy
What Deaner Was Talking About
Spinal Meningitis
Pumpin' 4 The Man
Mr. Richard Smoker
I Can't Put My Finger On It
Waving My Dick In THe Wind
Push The Lil Daisies
Big Jilm
Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain
HIV Song
You Were The Fool
Poop Ship Destroyer
Blarney Stone
Freedom of 76
encores:
She Fucks Me
Sorry Charlie
Buenos Tardes Amigos
Dr. Rock
The order in the middle may be a bit off, but I know these were the songs
played.
If anyone has corrections, please correct away. Anyone got the tapes?
BG
Subject: 9:30 Club Show in DC
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 01:07:29 GMT
Looks like that's it...no more Ween for an indeterminate period
of time. I made it to the 9:30 show, and thought I'd give everybody
something to compare thier experiences to. Sounds to me like G & D
didn't do a flat out carbon copy at each venue, which, considering
the Shit Creek Boys' lack of Ween background, I kind of expected.
However, I got up to Philly to see them also, and there were some
clear differences.
First off, the set list. I went to *great lengths* to ensure that
this'd be right...belive it or not, I sat there with a pen and pad in hand.
1. Don't Shit Where You Eat
2. Pretty Girl
3. Piss Up A Rope
4. Japanese Cowboy
(Gene came up with the idea of explaining the songs like "they do on VH1.
He announced the following as "We wrote this when Dino was in the
hospital with a bad case of the gout")
5. What Deaner Was Talkin' About
6. Pumpin' 4 the Man
7. Mr. Richard Smoker
8. Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
9. Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain
10. Waving My Dick in the Wind (announced as being off the
forthcoming album)
11. Push th' Little Daisies
(12. *would* have been Voodoo Lady, but Stu made a quick
dash for the head. He's the shit!)
12. Big Jilm
13. The HIV Song
14. --Wild intro...sounds like the same thing they did *everywhere*
as a lead in to:--
15. I Can't Put My Finger On It
16. You Were the Fool
17. The Blarney Stone (also off their upcoming album...
hope I spelled it right)
18. Poop Ship Destroyer
19. Freedom of '76
On to the Encore:
20. Sorry Charlie (Just D & G...band stayed off stage)
21. She Fucks Me
22. Buenos Tardes, Amigo (over 10 minutes...most of which was a
massive jam session)
23. Dr. Rock
It boiled down to over 3 hours of incredible music! I have to say,
I much prefered this performance to the Philly one. One thing that ppl
haven't taken into consideration is that Gene's folks were at the Philly
show, and I think that changed the way the whole band acted.
As for Doo Rag, I'm getting the overwhelming impression that
he wasn't well received. I thought he kicked ass! A friend and I ran into
him before the show, and he immediately asked if we had a "clapping
monkey" or a camcorder. We offered to look around for the monkey
(I'm no longer in the habit of carrying them with me...long torrid story),
but had no luck. Did *anybody* get to see him with Chocolate Joe?
As for Gene and Dean, they announced at the begining of the
show that they "seem to end all our shows in DC...and nobody ever
seems to show up." I think there might have been about 300 people
there, and the friggin club holds over 700. Dean then said "We ended
our Chocolate and Cheese tour here at the old 9:30 club...I think, like,
24 people were there."
The Philly show had a few songs that weren't played at DC,
but the same was the case the other way around. All in all, I have to
say that the DC show was fantastic!! Met Gene after the show, and he
told me that he was "disappointed" with the Philly crowd...much prefering
the DC folks. Surprised the heck outta me! But then, for so few people,
there was a lot of feedback
from the audience.
Anyway, I wish I'd had the opportunity to see that Piano Man
cover, as well as some of the other shows. Anybody know what's up
with Ween's board guy? I've heard rumors that he tapes every show,
but have no idea how one would contact him if it's true. I've seen a
*ton* of requests for live recordings, and thought this might help.
Subject: Ween in Philadelphia
Date: 28 Oct 1996 15:26:17 GMT
I saw Ween last night at the Troc in Philadelphia. I have seen them 4
times now, and this was by far the least favorite of all the times. (The
favorite show was years and years ago when it was just the two of them.)
Anyway, all the country got to me, and they didn't play enough of their
older stuff, which, I think, is what keeps their fan base. All the little
kiddies were singing along to the new country songs, which was kind of
strange. I hope they leave the country people at home for the next tour.
Don't get me wrong -- they put on a good show. I would see them again, but
I didn't leave awe-struck like I have from the previous 3 concerts. The
only big gleam of hope I got from last night's concert was that they played
the Blarney Stone song, and it was announced that it was going to be on
their next album. If all the songs on the new album are that cool, and
they tour to support it, the Ween of old will be back.
All in all, a good show. But about 3/4 of it was too much for me to
handle. Maybe I just miss their old concerts.....
Newsgroups: alt.music.ween,alt.music.canada
Subject: Concert Review - WEEN - The Phoenix, Toronto, ON - October 23, 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 19:25:36 GMT
Set List:
1. Don't Shit Where You Eat
2. Pretty Girl
3. Piss Up A Rope
4. Japanese Cowboy
5. What Deaner Was Talkin' About
6. Pumpin' 4 The Man
7. Mister Richard Smoker
8. I Don't Wanna Leave You On The Farm
9. Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
10. (random Ween jamming and chanting)
11. I Can't Put My Finger On It
12. Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain
13. Wavin' My Dick In The Wind
14. The Stallion Pt. 3
15. Push Th' Little Daisies
16. Beunas Tardes Amigo
17. Poop Ship Destroyer
18. A Tear For Eddie
19. I'm Holding You
20. Freedom of '76
21. Birthday Boy
22. She Fucks Me
23. Baby Bitch
24. Dr. Rock
25. The HIV Song
26. Big Jilm
27. Little Birdy
28. Exploitation (?) / Piano Man
29. The Blarney Stone
30. Fluffy
It's been a couple years, as far as I can recall, since Ween has
visited Toronto. During that time, they released their version of a
country album, and they were back in town tonight to show it off.
Dean and Gene Ween brought the Shit Creek Boys to play along with
them, so there were eight musicians on the stage: three guitarists, a
bassist, a drummer, a pianist, a fiddler and a steel guitarist. This
allowed Ween to play most of their new album, and add a country twist
to some of their older material. Although the entire band played on
almost every track, I was surprised that the country band did not
alter the feel of the some of the older tracks as much as I expected
them to.
Overall, the show was incredible. Ween played for about two and a
half hours, and they played a bit of everything all night long,
including a couple of new songs, and at least one cover.
After starting out with the perennial show-opener, "Don't Shit Where
You Eat", which is already pretty much a country song, they played
several songs from the new album. The boys also introduced a new
song, "Wavin' My Dick In The Wind", which will be on their next album,
scheduled to come out in February 1997. Ween kept working their way
through their massive vault of material, and near the end of the show,
Gener and Bobby Ogdin, the pianist, got together to do their rendition
of The Piano Man, and damn it sounded like just like Billy Joel (piano
and voice!). They only got half-way through the song before Gener and
the rest of the crowd couldn't control the laughter. Then they played
"The Blarney Stone", introduced an a traditional Irish drinking song,
and ended off with a long, extended version of "Fluffy".
Scheduled openers, Doo Rag, couldn't make it over the border for one
reason or another, but apparently there was another opening band in
their place, which I missed due to the long line at the Phoenix
because they insist on practically strip-searching you before you go
in. Thankfully, once inside, there was no security to be seen, and
the rest of the night went amazingly well.
Subject: Ween in Boston
Date: 26 Oct 1996 04:49:37 -0400
it is now 2:45am in Newton Ma.
and I just returned from a very cool ween show
it was my first
I bought a tee-shirt
some girl was rubbing her butt against me most of the show and she was
cool and
the country guys were so very cool
Stu and Bobby were the shit
Bobby was wearing a shirt that said Goinfukennuts with two dots over
each U
he was the man
it was at the middle east
a pretty hip place across the street from my favorite cafe
and doo rag the guy who opened was cool for about 10 minutes, then
he got annoying
a ten minute + version of fluffy
was the last and best song
Deaner really fucked it up
the second best song was Can't Put My Finger On It which was opened with
som e hebrew arabic style praying chanting and the song was sung in a
middle eastern accent in honor of the club
well I'm writing to say that
it's worth 13 bucks to see ween
and that everyone should do it
also during fluffy the drummer hit the drum really hard and the drumstick
went flying
and guess who has it
Me
I'm feeling mighty good
and also deaner's mom was there and she was pretty cool