American Songwriter features a page of readers’ favorite 10 albums. What would be the ten albums you couldn’t live without having? I had fun making my list and submitting to them for their next issue. You can still submit by clicking here.
In no particular order:
- City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love
- Band of Gypsies – Band of Gypsies
- Brian Vander Ark – Resurrection
- Eric Clapton – Unplugged
- James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
- Pearl Jam – VS
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- Ryan Adams – Gold
- Led Zeppelin – IV
- R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
Saturday, June 23, 2012 – The Loft
414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, 48933
- Doors 6:30 PM
- Get tickets for $7 here at Fusionshows.com
- First 100 people (21+) through the door get a free drink
Fusion Shows have put together summer tribute sets, and I’ll be playing a full set of REM!
Set list: Sunday, May 13, 2012 – Raven Cafe
All songs with Stuart Tucker on percussion
- Intelligent Fool
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Drift Away (Dobie Gray cover)
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Faster Than Slow
- Damn Fine Day
- Kalamazoo
- Love & Be Proud
- Empty Cup
- I Will
- Ohio (with Paul Federici) (Neil Young cover)
- Made a Mess
- Cecilia -> Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkle medley)
- Julie’s Monster
- 500 Miles (with Paul Federici) (Proclaimer’s cover)
- Driftwood (with Paul Federici)
- Wonderwall (will Paul Federici) (Oasis cover)
- Love Birds
Set List: Saturday, May 12, 2012 – Flint House Show
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- I Will
- Made a Mess (with Hannah Fralick)
- Damn Fine Day (with Hannah Fralick)
- Driftwood
- 500 Miles (with Paul Federici and Cory Glover)

Photo credit: Natalie BurgL o R: Cory Glover, Paul Federici, Mike Vial
Saturday, June 9, 2012 – York’s Landing
515 Williams Street South Haven, MI 49090
(269) 637-3695
- 8 PM -12 PM
- No cover
- Solo acoustic


