Richard Thompson Setlist at Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR, USA
Setlist
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- Henry the Human Fly mini-album segment
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(snippet)
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(Richard & Linda Thompson cover)
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- Encore:
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(new song)
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- Encore 2:
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(The Who cover)
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Comments
Just before Nobody's Wedding, there was a snippet (about a full verse or two) of a bawdy Scottish song.
The solo in Crawl Back included a two-second musical wink of Rhiannon.
Source ~ Mr. Thompson himself, answering my question on Beesweb:
me: "My question (at last!) Would you kindly repeat the name of that bawdy Scottish song you played a verse or two of when introducing "Nobody's Wedding" on Nov 1 (during the Henry the Human Fly segment)? Something like "McGillicuddy's ____"
RT:
"The song I quoted from was 'McGinty's Meal and Ale', a famous Bothy Ballad from North East Scotland, written, I think, in the 1920s by Willie Kemp and George Bruce Thomson. Not so much bawdy as slapstick. Thomson wrote the lyrics, and seems to have been experimenting with an early form of psychedelics. If you can plough through the dialect, you'll be rewarded with a hilarious song."
He adds,
"If this gives you a taste for more, check out 'McFarlane O' The Sprots O'Burnieboozie'."
Songs on Albums
| 1 | Henry the Human Fly (3) | |
| Mock Tudor (3) | ||
| Rumor and Sigh (3) | ||
| Others (3) | ||
| 5 | Sweet Warrior (2) | |
| Covers (2) | ||
| 7 | Celtschmerz: Live UK 98 (1) | |
| Daring Adventures (1) | ||
| Hand of Kindness (1) | ||
| The Old Kit Bag (1) | ||
| Watching the Dark (1) | ||
| you? me? us? (1) | ||
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