Setlist:
Set I:
"Piss Factory"
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
"The Tide is High"
"Pale Blue Eyes"
"Marquee Moon"
"We Three"
"Distant Fingers"
"Blitzkrieg Bop"
New Song about Guantanamo
"Ghost Dance"
"Birdland"
Set II:
"Sonic Reducer"
"Redondo Beach"
"Free Money"
"Pissing in a River"
"Gimme Shelter"
"Space Monkey"
"Beat on the Brat/Rock and Roll Radio/Sheena is a Punk Rocker" (without Patti)
"Ain't it Strange"
"So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star"
"Babelogue/Rock N Roll Nigger/Little Johnny Jewel"
"For Your Love" (without Patti)
"My Generation"
Encore
"Land: Horses/Land Of A Thousand Dances/La Mer"
"Gloria"
"Elegie"
SPOTTED IN THE CROWD: Hilly Kristal, Tina Weymouth, Jim Carroll, Steven Van Zandt, Bob Gruen, John Holmstrom, Jesse Malin, Bobby Schayer, Denise Mercedes, Elijah Wood, Bill Flanagan, Tim Holmes, Jason Consoli, Eric Davidson, Robert Vickers, Janie Heath, Jeremy Tepper, Michael Azerrad, Jon Pareles, John Ingrassia, Jim Bessman, and many more I didn’t catch.
Thanks to everyone involved in tonight’s truly memorable sendoff for this legendary club, especially Patti Smith and her fantastic band – Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, and Tony Shanahan. Plus special guests Richard Lloyd and Flea. Most of all, thanks to Hilly Kristal and all those who have served at the club over the past 33 years.
Article comments
1 - Leslie Bohn
You are lucky. Thanks for sharing this. I was out front of the club for a few minutes, during which I saw Hilly leave. He looked very shaky and, frankly, awful. Patti is the greatest rock star, and this must have been awesome.
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks so much Randy, this is absolute history and the pics are priceless - great job!!
3 - tink
Thanks Randy for a GREAT review. Those of us that couldn't be there in person, were there with you in spirit.
Word on the Las Vegas streets is that they are planning to open up there in 2007...hhhmmmmmm
4 - Vern Halen
Took me back to those years when all those bands meant the world to me - somewhere inside, they still do.
5 - mark j.
Having watched the show from the CBGBs website, I agree with the author that it was one of Patti and her Band's best moments.
I have nothing but the highest respect for Hilly and everyone involved in CB's.
GABBA GABBA HEY!!!