Setlist at The Maple Leaf New Orleans, LA on Nov 3, 1984

Set One
Number Two Pencil 726
Fools Go First 352
Hard To Tell 196
Cocktail Music 279
Tupelo Honey 269
I Heard It Thru The Grapevine 302
Kickin' Mule 361
Slip Away 304
Whole World Flies Apart 197
Red Dress 536
Set Two
One Eyed Jack 283
You Got Me Hummin' 285
Smokin' Hole 299
Last Getaway 382
Slow Down 211
Let The Red Wine Flow 361
Doctor Doctor 324
Dixie Chicken 710
Give Me A Rainbow 433
Set Three
Life 286
Hardcore medley 637
Kamikazi 391
Samething 662
Hard To Handle 313
Straight Eight 356
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 308
Lucinda 601
Encore
I Shall Be Released 341
Iko, Iko 165
The Maple Leaf
New Orleans, LA
Nov 3, 1984

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Setlist at The Maple Leaf New Orleans, LA on Nov 3, 1984

Set One
Number Two Pencil 726
Fools Go First 352
Hard To Tell 196
Cocktail Music 279
Tupelo Honey 269
I Heard It Thru The Grapevine 302
Kickin' Mule 361
Slip Away 304
Whole World Flies Apart 197
Red Dress 536
Set Two
One Eyed Jack 283
You Got Me Hummin' 285
Smokin' Hole 299
Last Getaway 382
Slow Down 211
Let The Red Wine Flow 361
Doctor Doctor 324
Dixie Chicken 710
Give Me A Rainbow 433
Set Three
Life 286
Hardcore medley 637
Kamikazi 391
Samething 662
Hard To Handle 313
Straight Eight 356
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 308
Lucinda 601
Encore
I Shall Be Released 341
Iko, Iko 165

Show Notes

Olde Fresh Fish Vol. 1 is the debut release of a series of re-mastered Radiators’ performances capturing the best of the early years of the band in the late 1970s and early 1980s before they busted out of New Orleans to play all across the nation for thirty-plus years. Vol. 1 was recorded at the famed Maple Leaf Bar in the heart of the group’s then-burgeoning fan base in uptown New Orleans.

 

During this era, the Maple Leaf was part of a triumvirate of music clubs that was a more tightly knit precursor to the Frenchmen Street scene familiar to New Orleans music lovers of more recent vintage. Centered around the late night shenanigans at the Leaf, the granddaddy of the three clubs and the only one still operating on a regular basis, the other venues were Jed’s (later known as Tupelo’s Tavern), a half a block across Oak Street from the Leaf, and Jimmy’s, which was three blocks away on Willow Street across from the streetcar barn.

 

Each had it’s own particular charms and drew a diverse clientele. The Radiators played regularly at all three clubs during a period when the band was averaging more than three gigs a week. It was not uncommon for them to perform an afternoon gig on the quad at Tulane University and then play three blazing sets at the Maple Leaf that evening beginning at the vaunted hour of 11:11 PM and lasting into the wee-wee hours before dawn.

 

This show is a collection of early originals played with youthful energy by a group on the edge of national fame including show stopping, epic opener, “Number Two Pencil” and the second set’s mystical closer, “Give Me a Rainbow.” It also includes a number of cover songs re-imagined in the Rads’ inimitable way including Allen Toussaint’s soul-searching “Life,” Van Morrison’s classic love song “Tupelo Honey” and Bob Dylan’s stirring freedom and redemption ballad “I Shall Be Released.”

 


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Reviews

Mack 10/14/2020 12:13:21 PM

"Rads in a legendary room! Set 2 is straight cooking! Slow Down!! Keep the Olde Fish Coming!"

Liam 10/10/2020 6:54:10 AM

"Classic Rads. As good of a show as there is. Enjoy."

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