Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues ~ 2007 January 25 ~ Sit 'n' Bull Pub, Maynard, MA
Band Personnel: Peter Tork (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar); Richard Mikuls (lead guitar, vocals); Jeff Olson (drums); Arnold Jacks (bass, vocals)
Set List
Not all songs were known to me; any corrections to song titles will be appreciated.
I Know Love - Hitchhike - Cross Cut Saw - Last Train to Clarksville - Ain't Your Fault - Wine Boogie/Boogie BBQ - Daydream Believer - Saved by the Blues - God-given Grant - Raining Outdoors - Sea Cruise - Route 66 - Hard Working Woman - Not Your Stepping Stone ... intermission ... Anne Had a Baby - Treat Her Right - Hound Dog - I'm a Believer - Kiss and Tell - Used to Love Her - Get a Kick From the Chicks - Get Sexy For Me - Mule Kickin' in Your Stall - Auntie Grizelda - Play With Your Poodle - San Francisco Woman - Help Me Babe - Got My Mojo Working
Review
Shoe Suede Blues is the band that former Monkee Peter Tork has played in for a number of years. He is the bandleader but other members of the band also take lead vocals on numerous songs. The set list includes a generous number of Monkees tunes which all were great singalongs: "Last Train to Clarksville," "Daydream Believer," "Not Your Stepping Stone," "I'm a Believer," and a great song the very existence of which I had forgotten in the passage of the years, "Auntie Grizelda." Much of the rest of the set consisted of familiar blues and rock tunes such as "Sea Cruise" and "Route 66."
Peter is an excellent keyboard player and guitarist and is still a heartthrob after all these years. (Of course the audience is older, too.) The Sit 'n' Bull was packed to the rafters with an appreciative and singing-along audience.
Back in the day, I'm sure The Monkees had young women who travelled around with them. Well, there were four young-ish women who spent much of the show dancing off to the side of the stage, and to all indications each of them was especially friendly with one of the members of the band. It was entertaining to watch them.
RIP to Peter Tork, who passed away in 2019, and to guitarist Richard Mikuls, who passed away in 2008 (a year after this concert). Richard was an excellent guitarist and singer who was a major component of the musical excellence of this evening.
