The Audio Perv

Brian Fallon played a sold-out acoustic show at Bowery Ballroom on Friday (1/15). In what was essentially a “Storytellers” show, Brian opened the show covering the Christmas hymn “What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby” before going through a set mixed of songs from The Gaslight Anthem and covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Kelly Clarkson, Screaming Trees and much more. Despite some boos/light jabbing from friends from NJ requesting fast paced songs, Brian resisted in covering “Free Bird”, “Crazy Train” and other songs that Brian described that “you can hear down the street for 25 cents a song.” Besides that, it felt like one of those Dashboard Confessional songs where the crowd was singing as loud if not louder than the talent onstage. Brian also confirmed that The Gaslight Anthem’s upcoming album will be called American Slang (due out June 15th). Check out the setlist below (thanks to wayword1 on isohunt who recorded the whole show) along with some pics and videos (We lose shots of Brian a few times as people were walking in front of us to go to the bathroom/get drinks so don’t complain!).

Setlist:
1. What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby (Odetta)
2. Old White Lincoln
3. Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival )
4. Great Expectations
5. The ’59 Sound
6. Dollar Bill (Screaming Trees)
7. Miles Davis And The Cool
8. I Do Not Hook Up (Kelly Clarkson)
9. High Lonesome
10. Blue jeans & White T-Shirts
11. The Navesink Banks
12. Here’s Looking At You Kid
13. The Broad Majestic Shannon (The Pogues)
14. We Came To Dance
Encore : W/ Dave Hause
15. Call It Off (Tegan And Sara)
16. Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
17. Long Ride Home (Patty Griffin)
18. Ball & Chain (Social Distortion)

Listen: “The ’59 Sound”
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Listen: “I Do Not Hook Up” (Kelly Clarkson cover)
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Listen: “Great Expectations”
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(click on pics to enlarge)

“What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby”

“The ’59 Sound”

“Dollar Bill”

“The Navesink Banks”

“Have You Ever Seen The Rain”