2/1/06 - Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC)
Notes:
Actually a one-off performance by Gabe's band The Casual
Occupation, featuring Ryan and Brian, Tom Hnatow, members of The Alphabetical
Order and others. At the end of the set, Fake It and Fog Over My Mind were performed
live for the first time.
Notes:
First performance of No More Fear, first performance in
a Beanstalk set of Without Starlight Or Compass, a Gabe Fry-Casual Occupation
song that was played often during Gabe's stint in the band and first performance
of the Johnny Cash song Man In Black. Stripped down set featured Dallas on bass
and no drummer, except Gabe on Welcome Back.
Notes:
A Delicate Art is a Gabe Fry-Casual Occupation song; only
time played in a Beanstalk set. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is a Neil Young
song; first time played. Last minute fill-in stripped down set featured no bassist
or drummer.
Notes:
Mike's first show/first post-hiatus full-band show. First Down The Creek since
first Beanstalk show. After The Gold Rush is a Neil Young song, played solo
by Ryan without mic or amp, in front of the stage, on Mike's toy organ; first
time played.
Notes:
Beanstalk also backed up opener Erik Bradford on two of
his songs.
Notes:
First performance of All The World Is New; featured Keli
Burke on vocals.
Notes:
Like A Rolling Stone is a Bob Dylan song; first time played.
Notes:
First full-band performance of November, a song written
six years earlier.
Notes:
First performance of Female Form. (What's So Funny 'Bout)
Peace, Love & Understanding was written by Nick Lowe and made popular by
Elvis Costello; first time played. All The World Is New featured Keli Burke
on vocals. Tom Hnatow played lap steel on Fog, What's So Funny, and Like A Rolling
Stone.
Notes:
First performance of Elephantitis. First post-hiatus performances
of All The Way and Anyone Can Play Guitar, a Radiohead song. All The World Is
New featured Keli Burke on vocals. Snippet from Cecilia, a Simon and Garfunkel
song, sung as an intro to Down The Creek.
Notes:
Benefit for Stephen Reeves, running Marine Corps Marathon
to raise money for Whitman-Walker Aids Clinic. Stephen played an opening set
that featured Ryan, Gabe, and Keli Burke on various cover songs. Stephen sang
with Beanstalk on Like A Rolling Stone. All The World Is New featured Keli on
vocals. Snippet from Magic Bus, a song by The Who, sung as an intro to Down
The Creek. Matt McCoy from Let's French played drums for the whole show. Dallas'
last show.
Notes:
First performance of Boomerang. Without Starlight Or Compass
ended in a mid-crowd a capella singalong. John's first show.
Set II:
November
Fake It
Elephantitis
Without A Hitch
Female Form
Fog Over My Mind
Welcome Back
Like A Rolling Stone*
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, & Understanding?*
Encore: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere*
Notes:
First post-hiatus performance of the Neil Young song Cortez
The Killer. It is interesting to note that most of the songs on America At Night
were performed in their eventual sequence during set II, save All The World
(played in set I) and Bleak House (didn't exist yet). November is the only non-AAN
Beanstalk original performed in set II.
Notes:
First performances of It's Made All The Difference, I
Don't Want To Think, and Violent Berries, an Exit Clov song. Brett Niederman,
of Exit Clov, played piano on Fog Over My Mind and Boomerang. Some of the Tom
Petty song The Waiting was sung at the end of Wait.
Notes:
This show, a last minute addition to the DAMFest schedule,
was played without Gabe.
Notes:
First full-band performance of It's Made All The Difference.
Last public full-band show for 4 ½ months, during which America At Night
was recorded.
Notes:
Silent Feet is an Exit Clov song; first time played.
Notes:
First performances of The Man Who Finally Decides To Start,
Where Art Thou?, Finding My Way In The Dark, and the Willie Nelson song Sad
Songs & Waltzes, played micless in the middle of the room. Brian and Gabe
played on Boomerang, It's Made All The Difference, and Elephantitis.
Notes:
Stripped down show featuring Ryan, Brian, and Gabe, performing
under the name Bookmobile.
Notes:
Ryan's first appearance at Wonderland's Falling Off The
Wagon series. First performances of Bleak House and By The Banks Of The Ohio,
a traditional murder ballad, notably performed by Blue Sky Boys and Johnny Cash,
among others. Sin City is a Gram Parsons song, originally performed with The
Flying Burrito Brothers; though Ryan had played it with Exit Clov several times,
this was its first solo performance.
Following the show, Ryan participated in Wonderland's weekly karaoke night, singing Keep On Lovin' You by REO Speedwagon, among others.
Notes:
Billed as Ryan Walker & Friends. John played tenor
banjo on By The Banks Of The Ohio and It's Made All The Difference, then bass
for the rest of the set. Mike played drums on It's Made All The Difference through
the end of the set.
Notes:
First full band show in 4 ½ months, following the
recording of America At Night. Keli Burke sang on All the World Is New.
Notes:
Gabe's last show. Only performance of the Gabe Fry original
Texas. First No More Fear in 5 months.
Notes:
Falling Off The Wagon show. First official performance
of the REO Speedwagon song Keep On Lovin' You, though Ryan had soundchecked
it at the 12/06 Exit Clov party and sung a karaoke version following the previous
Falling Off The Wagon show.
Notes:
Brett Niederman, of Exit Clov (also on the bill), filled
Gabe's old utility spot for most of the set. First appearance of what came to
be known as The Beanstalk Library Orchestra (Tom Hnatow on pedal steel, Phil
Chow on trumpet, Kate Rears on cello, and Emily and Susan Hsu, of Exit Clov,
on violins) in various combinations, on assorted songs. Natalie Tedder sang
on All The World Is New.
Notes:
First full-band performances of Bleak House and I Don't
Want To Think. Tom Hnatow played pedal steel on the entire set, except for Without
A Hitch. Keli Burke sang on All The World Is New.
Notes:
Surprise stripped down show started as Ryan solo and became
fairly full band. Phil Chow, also playing on the bill with Octopi, played trumpet
on Fake It.
8/7/07 -
Iota (Arlington, VA) - CD Release Party
Setlist:
Bleak House
Fake It
Elephantitis
Without A Hitch
Female Form
All The World Is New
Fog Over My Mind
Welcome Back
Lovely Rita*
Notes:
America At Night performed in its entirety, in sequence.
Brett Niederman played keys and guitar for Elephantitis through Welcome Back.
Beanstalk Library Orchestra members Phil Chow (also on the bill with his band
Octopi), Kate Rears, and Emily and Susan Hsu played their parts from the record.
Keli Burke sang on All The World Is New. Lovely Rita is a song by The Beatles;
first time played.
Setlist:
All The World Is New
Fake It
Without A Hitch
Female Form
I Don't Want To Think
Fog Over My Mind
It's Made All The Difference
Notes:
Brett Niederman played keys and guitar on most of the set.
8/26/07 - Wonderland
Ballroom (Washington,
DC) - Ryan solo
Setlist:
Bleak House
Fog Over My Mind
Elephantitis
I Don't Want To Think
Finding My Way In The Dark
Without A Hitch
All The World Is New
Star Of Bethlehem *
It's Made All The Difference
Notes:
Falling Off The Wagon show. Star Of Bethlehem is a Neil
Young song; first time played. Aaron Leeder, of Exit Clov, played guitar on
Finding My Way In The Dark. Susan Hsu played violin on All The World Is New
and sang and played violin on Star Of Bethlehem.
Following the show, Ryan participated in Wonderland's weekly karaoke night,
singing (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, & Understanding?
9/11/07 - DC9
(Washington, DC)
Setlist:
It's Made All The Difference
Fake It
Fog Over My Mind
I Don't Want To Think
Female Form
Elephantitis
Without A Hitch
Silent Feet *
Notes:
John Thayer, of Exit Clov, played a second drumkit for
the entire set. For most of the set, Brett Niederman played guitar/keys and
Tom Hnatow played pedal steel.
10/12/07 - Rock & Roll Hotel (Washington, DC) - DAMFest
Setlist:
It's
Made All The Difference
All The World Is New
Fog Over My Mind
Fake It
Elephantitis
Without A Hitch
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Notes:
The band's second appearance at the District's Awake Music
Festival, once again with a core member missing. This year, John Thayer filled
in for Mike, still on his honeymoon. Brett Niederman and Tom Hnatow played for
most of the set.
12/10/07 - Iota (Arlington, VA) - About A Girl (A Benefit for the National Breast Cancer Coalition)
Setlist:
Elephantitis
Without A Hitch
Us Vs. Them
Fog Over My Mind
Female Form
Lovely Rita
Notes:
Part of Iota's About A Girl show to benefit the National
Breast Cancer Coalition. Brett played most of the set. Susan played violin on
Fog; Female Form featured Susan, Emily & Kate. First performance of new
version of Us Vs. Them; though sharing some lyrics with the old version, it
is drastically different musically.