Ten years ago tonight, God Street Wine finished an exceptional three-night stand at the the Wetlands Preserve in New York City that marked the end of the line for the band as a going concern. Both the current band and former band members contributed to the action which led to more substitutions than your typical basketball game. GSW also welcomed a number of guests including longtime friends John Popper and Oteil Burbridge.

Each of the three shows were recorded for the 2000 release Good to the Last Drop which unfortunately suffers from sound issues. Audience recordings of the 21st and 22nd are available on the Live Music Archive and give a nice feel for how much love was projected at the band each night.

The first show started with an acoustic set from Lo, Aaron and Dan, who were joined by Bevo and Tomo for the final two songs of the set on 23rd. The absolute last song GSW played on the 23rd was an emotional Into The Mystic that sent everyone home with tears in their eyes. Hopefully one day soundboards of all three shows will surface because they all contain magical moments. READ ON for the setlists from all three shows…

[Setlists via the Fine Wine Archive]

God Street Wine
The Final Shows
12-21-99
Wetlands, NYC

Opening Acoustic Set (lo, aaron, dan)
- Red and Milky White
- Thirsty
- Friend of the Devil Tease
- Please Don’t Speak of these Things
- Stranger
- Ballroom X+
- WWW She Go? X+
- Bring Back the News
- Home Again
- Molly

X+ w/ Jason Crosby on violin and Julia Kent on Cello

Set I – Electric (tried my best to keep track of who was on stage – found
a better way for the second set – just bear with me here – assume dan, lo,
and aaron on stage at all times)
- Good Dream + * x
- Big Papa (for Ed) + * x
- Chop! x
- Borderline x + *–>Wendy tease–>
- Softly # & + * x
- Henrietta # & + * x
- Stupid Hat # & + * x
- Tide
# w/ woody
+ w/ Tomo
* w/ Bevo
& w/ Pete
x w/ Jason

Set II – Electric
Aubrey, Pete, Jason, Woody, Dan, Aaron, and Lo
- All Systems Clear
- Slinky–>
- DLS
Enter Tomo on vox
- Pressure (tomo goes to drums–>
- Drumz(duo Aub and Tomo–>
Add Bevo
- Gretchen
- Feathe–>
- Sea
- Hellfire (with Jason on violin)

E:
- Wonderful Westchester Women (Lo and Aaron Jam cause Bevo
doesn’t know his own song tee hee :) )
Add dan, tomo, aubrey, bevo, and woody
- A Day in the Life
- West

God Street Wine
The Last of the Wine
12-22-99
Wetlands, NYC

Set I: (Big 9 – Bevo, Jason on Violin, Woody, Lo, Dan, Aaron, Tomo,
Aubrey, and Pete)
- Wendy
Jason Leaves
- Better Than U
- Wall
Exit Pete, Enter Jason on Keys
- Who’s Driving?
- Hammer and a Spike–>
- Epiphany
Exit Tomo, Bevo
Enter Pete
- Silver
Enter Tomo
- Still Like U–>
- Water (with Otiel Burbridge)
- Diana (John Popper on Harmonica)

Set II: (Bevo, Lo, Aaron, Dan, Aub)
- Twitchin
Enter Tomo, Woody, and Jason
- Fortress
- Light My Candles
- Other Shore–>
- Drumz (tomo, aub, woody)–>
Enter Pete, Otiel, Jordan Katz, Pete Dayle
- I Wish (Pete Levin on lead vox)
Enter Bevo on Keys, Jason now on Trumpet
- PBJ
Exit Aubrey, Otiel
- Electrocute
Enter Aubrey
- RU4 Real ?
- Pussycat (w/ Craig)

E: (Dan, Lo, Aaron, Tomo, Aub, Woody, Jason)
- Straight Line
Enter Pete
- Maybe I’m Amazed
Enter Bevo and all Horns
- Stoned Me

God Street Wine
12-23-99
The Last of the Wine
Wetlands, NYC

Set I: Bevo, Lo, Aaron, Dan, Tomo, Aub, and Jason on keys
- Epilog–>
Enter Woody
- Mile X Mile–>
- Don’t Tell God–>
- Weird Dream
- Cheap Utah Blues
Exit Bevo, Enter Pete
- When She Go
- Beautiful Lies–>
- HB Mr. Pres
Enter Hal
- Dear Prudence

Set II: (Lo Solo)
- Souvenir (Enter Aaron, Bevo mid song)
- Simple Twist of Fate
Add Tomo, Aub, and Dan
- Sneakin’ Around
Add Woody, Jason on violin, Pete on Keys
- Stuck in the Middle–>
- Turtle Song (Tomo lead vox of course)
Exit Pete, Jason to Keys
- Imogene
- Hollow Frog
- Mantaloking Town–>
- Drumz–>(tomo, aub, and woody)
Enter Pete, Enter Horns
- Express Yourself (Dana on Tambourine and additional vox)
- Nightingale
Exit Jason
- Brickhouse
Enter Jason
- GOTT
Exit everyone except tomo, dan, bevo, lo, aaron
- Deep Drag
- If I Could Dream (for Scott)
E: (Jason, Woody, Lo, Aaron, Dan, Tomo, Aub)
- Brooklyn
- ‘Al Gore’–>
- Barracuda
- Dead Flowers
Add Everyone except Horns
- Sea**only song repeated!
EE: (tomo, bevo, dan, lo, aaron, aub, jay, woody, horns
- Into the Mystic

Scott Bernstein

Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.

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