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1. Dance Me to the End of Love
2. The Future - with the becoming-famous white man shuffle
3. Ain't No Cure for Love
4. Bird on a Wire
5. Everybody Knows -with the change in lyric to honour the venue: "Take one last look at this Holy Heart/ Before it blows"
6. In My Secret Life
7. Who By Fire - with an intricate little stand-up bass solo by Roscoe Beck
8. Anthem
intermission
9. Tower of Song - Speaking over the angels' backing vocals, Leonard ended this song with a joke, saying "I looked all my life for the key to the great mystery and I found it here. It is--too dum dum dum ta-doo dum dum!
10. Suzanne
11. The Gypsy Wife - with Javier Mas on the bandurria masterfully taking the solo, so we didn't miss the violin
12. Boogie Street - featuring the song's cowriter, Sharon Robinson
13. Hallelujah
14. Democracy
15. I'm Your Man
16. A Thousand Kisses Deep - recitation
17. Take This Waltz - Leonard interrupted himself when introducing this song, saying: "Before I finish this shabby introduction, I want to thank you all...we don't come across audiences with hearts like this every night...Thank you very much."
encore 1
18. Heart with No Companion - excellent country version featuring Bob Metzger on steel guitar, which I loved
19. So Long Marianne - lively calypso arrangement
20. First We Take Manhatten - with Sharon keeping the beat on the shaker
encore 2
21. That Don't Make It Junk - with dazzling Dino Soldo on the mouth harp
22. If It Be Your Will - introduced by Leonard as a prayer for "various versions of adversity", then angelically sung by the Webb sisters
23. Closing Time
encore 3
24. I Tried to Leave You - with stellar solos by each performer. Sharon Robinson's vocals shone: a shining star in a brilliant firmament.
"Waiting for the Miracle" made its debut tonight as the second song in
the first encore.
Here is what I think is the set list (subject to correction by others)
First Set
Dance Me To The End Of Love
The Future
Ain't No Cure For Love
Bird On The Wire
Everybody Knows
In My Secret Life
Who By Fire
Anthem
Second Set
Tower Of Song
Suzanne
Gypsy Wife
Boogie Street
Hallelujah
Democracy
I'm Your Man
A Thousand Kisses Deep (recitation)
Take This Waltz
First Encore
Heart With No Companion
Waiting For The Miracle
First We Take Manhattan
Second Encore
That Don't Make It Junk
If It Be Your Will (recitation followed by the "Divine" Webb Sisters) Closing Time
Final Encore
I Tried to Leave You
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