Old & In The Way

03/02/73 The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA [ top ]
Going to the Races, Dark Hollow, Katie Dear, New Camptown Races, Two Little Boy, Home Is Where the Heart Is, Down Where the River Bends, Knockin' On Your Door, Bluegrass Breakdown
Comments: Radio show from KSAN-San Francisco.
Recording: 45 FM
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

03/04/73 Homer's Warehouse, Palo Alto, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist. Radio show from KSAN-San Francisco.

03/12/73 Keystone, Berkeley, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

03/13/73 Keystone, Berkeley, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

03/14/73 The Lion Share, San Anselmo, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

04/15/73 The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date as Garcia/Saunders, but it was actually an O&ITW gig.
Contributors: Rob Eaton

04/16/73 The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date as Garcia/Saunders, but it was actually an O&ITW gig.
Contributors: Rob Eaton

04/21/73 The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA [ top ]
Willow Garden, Katie Hill, Till The End of the World, Panama Red, Hard Hearted, Instrumental, Wild Horses, Lost, Knockin' On Your Door, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Fanny Hill, White Dove, Land of the Navajo, Blue Mule
Comments: DB lists: . DB also says that this may be a misdate of 03/02/73, but they are probably wrong on this one.

05/08/73 ? (Churchill High School), Eugene, OR [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

05/09/73 Paramount Theater, Portland, OR [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

05/18/73 Homer's Warehouse, Palo Alto, CA [ top ]
Comments: Richard Greene's last show.

06/05/73 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA [ top ]
Instrumental, Tragic Romance, Willow Garden, Going To The Races, Muleskinner Blues, Keep On Lovin You, Instrumental, Land Of The Navajo, Pig In A Pen, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Hard Hearted, Panama Red, Wild Horses, Fanny Hill, Hobo Song, High Lonesome Sound, Land Of The Free, Love Please Come Home, Lost, Knockin On Your Door
Comments: Vassar Clements first show.
Recording: 90 AUD
Contributors: Can't remember

06/06/73 Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ [ top ]
Set 1: Instrumental (1), Going To The Races, Willow Garden, Till The End Of The World, Land Of The Navajo, Down Where The River Bends, Love Please Come Home, Lost, Knockin On Your Door, Pig In A Pen, Hobo Song, Instrumental (1), Monroe's Hornpipe (1), Uncle Pen (1), Cotton-Eyed Joe (1)
Set 2: Panama Red /, Hard Hearted, Workin' On A Building, White Dove, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Wild Horses
Comments: (1) with Tex Logan on fiddle. Peter Rowan introduces the band after Knockin' On Your Door.
Recording: 100 AUD
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

06/08/73 Lake Whippoorwill, Warrenton, VA [ top ]
Comments: DB doesn't list date.

07/18/73 Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

07/20/73 Keystone, Berkeley, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

07/21/73 ?, San Anselmo, CA [ top ]
I Thought I Heard Someone, On and On (one false start), Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Land Of The Navajo, Going To The Races, Land Of The Navajo (one false start), Cedar Hill, High Lonesome Sound, Hobo Song, Wild Horses, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Pig In A Pen (many false starts), Kissimee Kid (x2), Midnight Moonlight
Comments: This was a practice session. Hobo Song is after Midnight Moonlight on some tapes.
Recording: 90 SBD
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

07/22/73 Crabshaw's, Sacramento, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

07/23/73 The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Instrumental, Down Where The River Bends, Love Please Come Home, Midnight Moonlight, Instrumental, Hard Hearted, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Pig In A Pen, Panama Red, Wild Horses, White Dove, Wicked Path Of Sin, Blue Mule, Orange Blossom Special, Instrumental, On And On, Instrumental, The Fields Have Turned Brown, Muleskinner Blues, Catfish John, Land Of The Navajo, Hobo Song
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist. My copy is missing Hobo Song, but some version have it.
Recording: 90 SBD
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

07/24/73 Homer's Warehouse, Palo Alto, CA [ top ]
Instrumental, Going To The Races, Catfish John, Good Woman's Love, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Eating Out Of Your Hand, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Hobo Song, Pig In A Pen, Panama Red, Workin' On A Building, Hard Hearted
Comments: DB lists the above as a partial setlist, but it appears as if this was the complete show. Asleep at the Wheel opened. FM Broadcast KZSU Palo Alto.
Recording: 60 FM (DAT: MFC>DAT)
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

08/22/73 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

09/30/73 Community Center, Stinson Beach, CA [ top ]
Going To The Races, On And On, Instrumental, Land Of The Navaho, Eating Out Of Your Hand, Panama Red, Pig In A Pen, Hobo Song, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, White Dove, Workin' On A Building, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Kissimee Kid, Wild Horses, Midnight Moonlight, Drifting Too Far From Shore, I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent, Wicked Path Of Sin, Lost, High Lonesome Sound, Blue Mule
Recording: 90 SBD
Contributors: Jeff Tiedrich

10/01/73a The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists: . "High Lonesome Sound" album taken from this night, with the exception of 3 songs taken from 10/8/73. The songs "Angel Band", "I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent", "I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home", "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" and "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" appear on the new album, but not in DB's list.

10/01/73b The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists: . "High Lonesome Sound" album taken from this night, with the exception of 3 songs taken from 10/8/73. The songs "Angel Band", "I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent", "I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home", "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" and "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" appear on the new album, but not in DB's list.

10/03/73 Homer's Warehouse, Palo Alto, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

10/06/73 Keystone, Berkeley, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists date but no setlist.

10/08/73 The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA [ top ]
Comments: DB lists: . Original "Old & In the Way" album taken from this night. Three songs from "High Lonesome Sound" album also taken from this night. "Knockin' on Your Door" and "Hobo Song" appear on the original O&ITW album, but not in DB's list.

11/04/73 ? (California State College Sonoma), Cotati, CA [ top ]
Going To The Races, Catfish John, Eating Out Of Your Hand, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Land Of The Navajo, Jerry's Breakdown, Panama Red, Pig In A Pen, Fanny Hill, Hobo Song, Wild Horses, White Dove, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Drifting Too Far, Wicked Path Of Sin, Knockin' On Your Door, Uncle Pen, High Lonesome Sound, Just A Tramp On The Street (1), All Around The Watertank (1), Midnight Moonlight, Orange Blossom Special
Comments: (1) with Ramblin' Jack Elliot. The college is known today as Sonoma State University.
Recording: 100 SBD (Also on DAT: MSR>?>DAT)
Contributors: Ryan Shriver

04/27/74 Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival, San Rafael, CA [ top ]
High Lonesome Sound, Pig In A Pen, Panama Red, Wild Horses, Hobo Song
Comments: This was O&ITW's complete set. Doc Watson performed before O&ITW and Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys performed after O&ITW.
Recording: 30 SBD (O&ITW + Jim and Jesse), 50 AUD (Doc Watson + O&ITW + Jim and Jesse)
Contributors: Barney Issen

04/28/74 Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival, San Rafael, CA [ top ]
High Lonesome Sound, Pig In A Pen, Panama Red, Wild Horses, Hobo Song
Comments: This was O&ITW's complete set. Order of performers goes (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc Watson and Vassar Clements w/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Old & In the Way, Electric Nitty Grity Dirt Band, Doc and Merle Watson). I have more detailed information on this tape. If you want it, drop me (Ryan Shriver) and email. Thanks to Barney Issen for all his work in researching this tape!
Recording: 90 SBD (all performers above)
Contributors: Barney Issen