Hi everyone,
as the tour now is done, and the Christmas Day has gone by, I would like to do some summarizing posts dedicated to this tour. I think it is also important to consider that (almost) every concert was recorded and 'officially' released for sale, so that we have a kind of live album (in 33 versions, haha!).
First, I would like to focus on the setlist and the guitars that were used. With a considerable help of Ann268 and hi it'sme I could manage to make a summary on this sudject, here it is:
1. Last Open Road: 2001 ESP Italia Maranello Classic, ‘Firey Red’, open A tuning (???)
2. Work Gang (Long Gone);
3. Where the Blues Come From: 2000 ESP Italia Maranello Classic "Blue Sparkle", open E tuning
4. Josephine: ???? Fender Stratocaster, gold-brownish American Standard, straight E tuning
5. Easy Rider: 2000 ESP Italia Maranello Classic "Blue Sparkle", open E tuning
6a. The Truth;
6b. ‘Til the Morning Sun Shines on My Love and Me (main tune): 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline Maplewood
6c. ‘Til the Morning Sun Shines on My Love and Me (final solo);
7. Julia;
8*. Looking for the Summer: ???? Fender Stratocaster, gold-brownish American Standard, straight E tuning
9. Stony Road;
10. Come So Far, Yet Still So Far to Go;
11. Somewhere Between Highway 61 & 49: 2000 ESP Italia Maranello Classic "Blue Sparkle", open E tuning
12. Stainsby Girls;
13. The Road to Hell;
14. On the Beach: 1962 Fender Stratocaster, ‘Pinky’, open E tuning
15. Let's Dance: 1964 Fender Stratocaster, ‘Bluey’, standard D tuning
16**. Driving Home for Christmas: ???? Fender Stratocaster, gold-brownish American Standard, straight E tuning.
All photos are taken in Amsterdam in 2012 & 2014 and appear courtesy of Anneke Holman (Ann268)
Some notes:
* - Looking for the Summer was dropped from the list through the British/Irish leg of the tour, starting from Manchester gig.
** - Driving Home was as extra encore starting from the gig at Newcastle City Hall.
- The exact building year of the battered brown strat is unknown as it is too little information in general on this guitar. It is only evident that Chris uses it as substitution for the old and tired Bluey strat and tunes it in standard E, just like Bluey.
- As I am not a guitar player, it is not simple for me to guess which exact tuning is used. Maybe somebody could help me with that, considering the CAPO position, or something else. E.g., I see that tuning of the red Italia (Last Open Road) is different to the tuning of the blue one, and I know Chris used open A tuning for Italia guitars (e.g., for The Hustler).
I really do wish somebody would bring more on this subject and make some details more subtle. Thanks.
best regards
Andrey