The Wildhearts

"Yes, that's right, I'm playing an acoustic show in New York.

THE KNITTING FACTORY. Thursday November 1st, 9:00pm.

I'm so excited. I mean a guys senses can be knocked about playing Wildhearts shows at nose-bleed volumes, for anything up to 2 hours a night, without breaks for air. And while being quite the popular evening out, sometimes...well, you just wanna play something a bit more subtle.

And have a little chat.

And play some non-Wildhearts stuff.

And I ain't done one of these for a while.
I seem to remember really enjoying playing acoustic shows.

Like I said....excited.

So, if you're in the area why not come along?
It'll be fun.
And you'll be able to hear the next day.

GINGER
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 9:00pm
@ THE KNITTING FACTORY
74 LEONARD STREET
NYC "


Lucky for some

Some of my favourite gigs i've been too have been the acoustic ones always a good laugh.

bloody hell.

Fuck yeah man! I wasn't able to make it up to NYC to see The Wildhearts last weekend, but I sure as hell will be there for this!!

Ginger's acoustic gigs are a wonder to behold. Great music and usually hysterical banter. Wish I could get there myself. I guarantee a great fun night!!

OK, I could pull this off if I fuckoff from work and don't tell me wife-to-be.

Maybe I'll get a job in England and find a lass there who will go to the shows with me.

Michael Wade wrote: find a lass there who will go to the shows with me.

They can come in handy I suppose. Mrs Big Col usually goes to the bar for me while the band is on.

She does fuck all for the rest of the year tho.

So did anyone go to this? Setlist? Pictures? Musings etc?

It'd be really cool to know how it went.....

Well I have to say after Thursday night at The Knitting Factory, I will do my damndest to get to any acoustic gig Ginger does in the states! The venue was pretty cool, there were 2 different floors, Ginger was playing upstairs. Anyway, Ginger was out before the show talking to people etc, and was in a really good mood, which I was happy to see. The room was pretty small and at 9, which is when he was scheduled to start, there were 31 poeple in the room. Someone had asked Ginger at the bar what he was gonna play and Ginger said he didn't know, whatever people yell out, which I thought was pretty cool. Heres the setlist in no order except for the first song:

Inside Out
A Little Bit O Gravy(to which Ginger couldn't remember lots of the words)
Mother City
When She Comes
One Love...
This Is ONly A Problem
Ten Flaws Down(I think)
The Man Who Cheated Death
Caf Bomb
Geordie In Wonderland
Unlucky In Love
Theres Only One Hell
29X

Thats all I can remember right off, I there was a song I didn't recognise that they played also. There may be a few others that I will try to remember, I was pertty fdrunk after I drank the shots of Jager that Ginger turned down! Scott Metzger was also a great young Guitarist that knew everything except 29X, he was even singing. I know there are 3 videos out there of this giog and there were lots of cameras too, I mwould love a copy of one of the videos, I have a thing or 2 to trade. It was cool to see Unlucky In Love, when I yelled it out, Ginger said it needed a female singer, but did it anyway, saying after that it was the gayest thing he had ever sung before. I know some of you can help me with the gaps in the setlist.

that sounds like a blinding gig.

I can't remember too many other songs that havn't been listed, but I remember a few.

Drunken Lord Of Everything
Sky Chaser High
One Love, One Life, One Girl
Loveshit
Smile In Denial
The Monkey Zoo

That's pretty much all I can think of at the moment. Amazing night. Met some nice people, Tim The Yank included, and even got out in time to make the 12:30am bus back to Boston. Ginger mentioned that as long as we're having fun and he's in NYC, he'd love to do another one. Let's hope he does it.

He also explained that he doesn't drink anymore because when he does, it makes him do thing like "...emmm....smoke crack?"
great times.

Dude, that's some setlist. Hope he does some more acoustic gigs in the UK soon..

Would love to hear him sing Unlucky in Love, too.

I was there too. I'm still fairly new to Ginger's material so I was really only familiar with the solo songs. It was a great night. I brought two freinds who never heard of Ginger, but are fans now. He was in a great mood. He also played a cover of Kiss' Hard Luck Woman, explaining that he'd seen Ace Frehley the night before.
I met NeonJesus (I'm assuming, unless there were two people that took the bus from Boston). What a nice guy. He took a pic of me and Ginger and e-mailed it to me. Thanks.
If anyone knows how to get a copy of the show, I might have a few non-Ginger things to trade.

fluffygrue wrote:Dude, that's some setlist. Hope he does some more acoustic gigs in the UK soon..

Would love to hear him sing Unlucky in Love, too.

We need Givvi for that. Sounds like a blinder of a night at the Knitting Factory. Given the choice, I would go for solo acoustic anytime (but maybe that's being influenced by my age)

Watts wrote:He also played a cover of Kiss' Hard Luck Woman, explaining that he'd seen Ace Frehley the night before.

Despite everything that's happened in the past, Ace still rocks like a motherfucker.....a real rock n roller unlike his ex bandmates and replacements.