SlipBase: 1996
Updated: Thu Dec 14 11:43:20 EST 2023
02/24/1996: Underground (Brown University): Providence, RI
Note: Tape pic (from Brad)
04/16/1996: unknown: Providence, RI
Set I: ?, Zion, Black Cow%, Sea Legs, Cumulus, ?, Born Under a Bad Sign^, Wave, ?
Set II: Allegre Mateen, Honey Melon, Eube, Chameleon!, Autobody Experience, Medicated Goo#.
Notes: This might be in Providence. Definitely south of Boston. % Steely Dan cover. ^ Willie Dixon cover. ! Herbie Hancock cover. # Traffic cover. Someone plays Conga for most of the show. [ cleantone - May 7, 2006 ]
04/18/1996: Meehan Auditorium (Brown Spring Weekend): Providence, RI
Set I: (setlist incomplete)
Notes: The Slip opening for George Clinton on the Thursday night concert for Brown Spring Weekend. George Clinton's keyboardist came out with The Slip for a song or two. Largest crowd for a Slip show for some time, I am guessing. [ Jon Bahr - April 23, 2003 ]
04/27/1996: The Middle East: Cambridge, MA
setlist missing
Notes: gig mentioned at the 4/16/96 show. [cleantone 5/7/06]
05/16/1996: The Red House: Allston, MA
Set I: ?, ?, ?> ?> Zion
Notes: 54 min. set of mostly improv (?) [Cleantone - 6/21/2005]
07/06/1996: 1st Annual Ho-Down - Eric Krasno's House: Amherst, MA
Notes: The Slip played at Schleigho's 1st annual Ho-Down, held in Eric Krasno's backyard. [Cleantone - Thu Nov 25 2004]
07/12/1996: The Living Room: Providence RI
Set I: jazz tune? > The Chicken%, The Weight of Solomon, untitled ^, Honey Melon, Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix)
Set II: Percussion jam> "Da Fungi Got Your Momma", Any Major Dude Will Tell You$, Yellow Medicine, ?
Notes: Yellow Medicine was brand new and untitled. "untitled" was an unnamed original. Johnny Meyers was on guitar and Joel Rose sat in on the Rhodes. Setlist may be incomplete. [ cleantone - Apr 30 2006 ] % Maceo Parker cover. $Steely Dan cover.
07/20/1996: The Living Room: Providence, RI
Set I: Sea Legs, Horseshoe Crab, Entering Saugus, Eggs Benson, ??, ??, ?? > Honey Melon (setlist incomplete)
07/25/1996: The Living Room: Providence, RI
Set I: ?*, Night Shift, Monk on the Run, ?instrumental?, Honey Melon, Sea Legs, Who the Hell is This Guy?, Crosstown Traffic
Set II: Photograph of the Idol**, The Weight of Solomon, ?, It Comes and It Goes***, Yellow Medicine, Eube
Notes: * opening jam w/ Brad on Keys, maybe an instrumental. ** A guest came onstage to recite a poem he wrote called "Photograph of the Idol" and the slip jammed in the background. *** tentative title, the lines "It comes and It goes" and "Oooh they come and they go" are sung a lot in the song. This song was also played at 4/19/97.
08/01/1996: The Living Room: Providence, RI
Set I: Generation What, Late in the Evening, Honey Melon, Tenor Madness, ???, Crosstown Traffic
09/00/1996: Indian Point Park: Providence, RI
Set I: Yellow Medicine, Crosstown Traffic, ???
Notes: setlist incomplete. BAM headlined a small festival put on by the 12 Tribes people. This one-set, all instrumental show (including Crosstown Traffic) started was the sun went down and ended shortly thereafter because BAM was set up a few feet from the water and it got cold. [ torph - Dec. 19, 2003 ]
11/15/1996: Wheeler School: Providence, RI
Set I: Wave, Late in the Evening^, Eube, Sea Legs, The Clap > Zion, Cumulus, The Weight of Solomon, ?, Southbound, Honey Melon
Notes: ^ Paul Simon cover. At this time, Eube was called "Ruby" and The Weight of Solomon was "Song of Solomon". [ cleantone - May 2 2006 ]
11/28/1996: The Living Room: Providence, RI
Set I: The Clap, Honey Melon, Munf, Eube, Yellow Medicine, Wave
13 total shows for 1996
1 setlists missing for 1996 (7.69%)