Jeffrey Lee Pierce in the Netherlands, November 1989.
Gun Club Chronology (I) (Period: 1980-1984)
Gun Club Chronology (II) (Period: 1986-1995)
Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads),
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American artist Jeffrey Lee Pierce.
Date format is DD-MMM-YY.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-
1985
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet. Recording and release of an album, EP and single. Continuous touring of the US and Europe until the end of the year when the group desolves. |
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By Autumn/Fall 1984 The Gun Club had taken up residency in London, where they broke up. Then it seemed like it was for good. Jeffrey Lee and his girlfriend Romi Mori (from Japan. a.k.a. Hiromi Otani as she was then named) take some holidays in Egypt before returning to London. |
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17-Jan-85 Ad: Taken from NME 18-Jan-85. Courtesy of Matti. |
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Studio line-up (London: February 1985 - March 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar/piano)/ Murray Mitchell (guitar/sax)/ John McKenzie (bass) and Andy Anderson (drums). |
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February/March 1985 |
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March 1985 |
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March 1985 |
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March 1985 |
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #1 (London: March 1985 - July 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Derek Thompson (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums). |
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09-May-85 Photo: Credit © Yves Lorson @ Flickr and Yves Lorson @ Zenfolio . Used with kind permission. |
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10-May-85 Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love. |
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12-May-85 |
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13-May-85 Setlist: Hey Juana. |
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13-May-85 14-May-85 Ad: Scan of ad from Spex mag May 1985. |
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15-May-85 Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love. |
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16-May-85 Review: Taken from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 17-May-85. |
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17-May-85 |
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18-May-85 Review: Taken from De Volkskrant newspaper 24-May-85. |
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19-May-85 Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love. |
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21-May-85 Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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22-May-85 |
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23-May-85 Setlist: a.o. Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Moonlight Motel/ The Midnight Promise/ Texas Serenade/ Sex Killer(+)/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix](+). |
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24-May-85 |
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25-May-85 Ad: Taken from Het Vrije Volk 15-May-85. |
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26-May-85 Review: Taken from Limburgsch dagblad 29-May-85. |
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27-May-85 Note: Preceded by a VPRO radio show in the afternoon, broadcast on 18-Sep-85. |
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03-Jun-85 Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love And Desperation/ Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer. |
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19-Jun-85 |
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22-Jun-85 Photo: The band, backstage with Tom Verlaine. Credit © Morten Andersen. Used with kind permission. |
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03-Jul-85 Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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13-Jul-85 |
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August 1985 |
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #2 (London: August 1985 - November 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Romi Mori (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums). |
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02-Aug-85 Note: Part of a (totally disorganized) 2-month North American tour, with plenty of cancelled shows, at the end of which the tour manager ran off with the money. |
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03-Aug-85 06-Aug-85 |
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08-Aug-85 Photo: Credit What Wave Zine archives. |
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11-Aug-85 Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Matti A. |
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14-Aug-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Ger P. |
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16-Aug-85 |
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17-Aug-85 |
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20-Aug-85 Ad: Scan taken from The Pittsburg Press 20-Aug-85. |
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21-Aug-85 |
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23-Aug-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer, courtesy of Marty Cassady. |
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24-Aug-85 Setlist: (partial) Eternally Is Here/ [...]/ Texas Serenade/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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2x-Aug-85 |
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30-Aug-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Hey Juana/ Texas Serenade/ Moonlight Motel/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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31-Aug-85 |
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03-Sep-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer. |
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06-Sep-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti A. |
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07-Sep-85 08-Sep-85 |
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11-Sep-85 11-Sep-85 Ad: Scan of ad from the Arizona Daily Star 08-Sep-85. |
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12-Sep-85 12-Sep-85 Interview: Scan taken from the Arizona Republic 12-Sep-85. |
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14-Sep-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer. |
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16-Sep-85 Handbill: Photo of handbill. |
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19-Sep-85 Ad: Photo of ad. |
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21-Sep-85 22-Sep-85 Article: Taken from The Milwaukee Journal 20-Sep-85. |
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xx-Sep-85 Note: At some guy's 19th birthday party, alledgedly for a fee of $50. End of tour. |
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xx-Oct-85 |
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09-Oct-85 Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag. |
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11-Oct-85 Photo: Love & Desperation (playback). |
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11-Oct-85 Setlist: a.o. Hey Juana(**)/ The Midnight Promise(*)/ Wildweed(**). |
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12-Oct-85 |
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13-Oct-85 Photo: Photo credit Gie Knaeps. Sourced from Getty Images archive. |
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13-Oct-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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14-Oct-85 Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Matti A. |
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15-Oct-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]. |
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16-Oct-85 Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985. |
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17-Oct-85 Photo: Credit unknown. |
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18-Oct-85 Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985. |
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19-Oct-85 20-Oct-85 |
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23-Oct-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Moonlight Motel. |
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24-Oct-85 Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter music magazine #139, 1985. |
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25-Oct-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away(+)/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity(+)/ Texas Serenade(+)/ Wildweed(+)/ Sex Killer(+)/ Goodbye Johnny(+). |
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27-Oct-85 Ticket: Scan courtesy of Peter G.F. |
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02-Nov-85 Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Ray Russell. |
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03-Nov-85 Flyer: Scan of flyer. |
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05-Nov-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny. |
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11-Nov-85 Ticket: Scan of ticket. |
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12-Nov-85 Program: Scan of program. Scan from Het Parool newspaper 06-Nov-85. |
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December 1985 |
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #3 (London: December 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Romi Mori (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Martin Hutt (drums). |
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03-Dec-85 Setlist: The Midnight Promise/ Love & Desperation. |
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03-Dec-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Mother Of Earth(+)/ Secret Fires(+). |
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04-Dec-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny. |
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07-Dec-85 Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny. |
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17-Dec-85 Photo: Credit Ian Craddock. (l-r): Martin Hutt, Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Romi Mori, backstage. |
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xx-Dec-85 |
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19-Dec-85 |
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20-Dec-85 Review: Taken from NRC Handelsblad 21-Dec-85. |
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21-Dec-85 |
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22-Dec-85 |
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27-Dec-85 Ad: Scan of ad from NME 14-Dec-85. |
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1986-1987
Jeff's readings and radio/recording sessions. |
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March 1986 |
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Sep/Oct-86 |
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October 1986 |
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28-Apr-87 Setlist: I'm Lonesome/ My Man's Gone Now. |
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19-Nov-87 Setlist: Blue Boy/ Tribute To Miles Davis. |
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Jeffrey Lee Pierce with Tony Chmelik and Simon Fish. Photo credit: Kayoko Hosaka.
1989-1994
Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee. |
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03-Dec-89 Setlist: I Asked For Water, She Gave Me Gasoline [Howling Wolf](+)(*)/ Mother Of Earth/ House On The Water(*)/ Moaning In The Moonlight [Chester Burnett/Howling Wolf]. |
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03-Dec-89 Photo: Screen capture from TV show. |
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15-Aug-90 Photo: Screen capture from TV show. |
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Summer 1990/1991 |
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03-Oct-90 Setlist: Mother Of Earth/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]. |
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Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove line-up (Summer 1991 - November 1994):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (guitar). |
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Summer/Autumn 1991 |
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31-Aug-91 Setlist: a.o. Pony Blues [Charley Patton]/ Future Blues [Willie Brown]/ Moaning In The Moonlight [Chester Burnett/Howlin' Wolf]/ Good Times [Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins]/ Long,Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson](*)/ Mother Of Earth (+). |
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01-Sep-91 Setlist: Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Mother Of Earth(*) |
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January 1992 |
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January 1992 |
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04-Mar-92 Setlist: I'm Going Upstairs [trad./John Lee Hooker]/ Be My Kid Blues [Elizabeth Johnson]/ L.A. County Jail Blues [Jeffrey Lee Pierce]. |
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xx-Mar-92 |
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xx-May-92 xx-May-92 Note: Doing blues songs and songs from the "Wildweed" album. Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar) with Simon Fish (a.k.a. Willy Love) on drums and one of Jeffrey's ex roadies on bass. |
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20-Jun-92 Note: Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar). |
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11-Jul-92 Note: Jeff's participation is cancelled, due to 'illness'. |
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26-Jul-92 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant 24-07-92. |
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xx-Aug-92 |
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04-Nov-92 Note: Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar). |
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06-Apr-93 Setlist: Lucky Jim/ Laughing [David Crosby]. |
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02-Aug-93 Poster: Scan of poster. |
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1x-Oct-93 Setlist: Lucky Jim/ Laughing [David Crosby]. |
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May-94 |
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07-May-94 Review: Scan of review from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 09-May-94. |
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xx-Oct-94 Photo: Screen captures from DVD set next to Google.Maps 'Street View' stills. |
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18-Oct-94 Ad: Scan of ad from Spex Oct-90, courtesy of Matti A. |
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20-Oct-94 Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]. |
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22-Oct-94 Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Future Blues [Willie Brown]. |
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26-Oct-94 Setlist: (most likely) St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ (certainly) Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Bob Dylan]. |
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31-Oct-94 Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]// Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Bob Dylan]/ I Am A Rock [Paul Simon]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce]/ My Cousin Kim [J.L. Pierce]. |
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02-Nov-94 05-Nov-94 |
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06-Nov-94 Setlist: St.Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ I Am A Rock [Paul Simon]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce]. |
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xx-Nov-94 09-Nov-94 Note: In Zürich Jeff also does a spoken word piece titled "Young Kyoko". |
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10-Nov-94 11-Nov-94 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant newspaper, 10-Nov-94. |
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12-Nov-94 Setlist: St.Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Spanish Flang Dang [Elizabeth Cotten]/ Alabama Blues - From Temptation To You [J.L. Pierce]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]. |
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14-Nov-94 15-Nov-94 17-Nov-94 |
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18-Nov-94 Photo: Credit Mark Rietveld. |
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19-Nov-94 |
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20-Nov-94 Note: End of the tour, and final Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee live show. |
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xx-Nov-94 Note: Jeffrey is arrested in the UK for trying to settle a bar fight in Kensington,London by using his samorai sword(!). He is put in custody by London police at Heathrow airport (on his way to Greece for a show with The Gun Club) and in the end he is requested to leave the country (which he eventually does in the spring of 1995). |
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Gun Club chronology (I) (April 1980 - December 1984) Gun Club chronology (II) (October 1986 - December 1995) Home Made by me (don't forget to remove the anti spam section). |