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January 4, 1997

ALVIN CROW, DOUG SAHM & THE PLEASANT VALLEY BOYS
Sons of Hermann Hall
Dallas, Texas
USA


the band:

Alvin Crow - vocals & fiddle
Doug Sahm - vocals, lead guitar & fiddle
Jason Crow - bass
Rick Crow - steel guitar
John Chandler - drums
? - harmonica
Ed Burleson - vocal & guitar (202-03)

(Alvin Crow - lead vocals except as indicated)

 

setlist:

  1. Fiddler's Lady (?) 2:15
  2. I Keep Wishing For You (Butch Hancock) 3:24 (AC & DS - vocal)
  3. Foolish Faith (Leslie Simonds) 4:26
  4. Nyquil Blues (Herbert M. Steiner) 3:40
  5. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down (Harlan Howard) 3:21 (DS - vocal)
  6. I Love You A Thousand Ways (Jimmy Beck/Lefty Frizzell) 5:35 (DS - vocal)
  7. Orange Blossom Special (Ervin Rouse/Chubby Wise) 5:47
  8. Faded Love (Bob Wills/Johnnie Lee Wills) 5:17 (AC & DS - vocal & twin fiddles)
  9. Time Changes Everything (Tommy Duncan) 3:36 (AC & DS - vocal & twin fiddles)
  10. San Antonio Rose (Bob Wills) 4:55 (AC & DS - vocal & twin fiddles)
  11. Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone? (Kirby/Martin) 3:38 (AC & DS - vocal & twin fiddles)
  12. Give Back the Key to My Heart (Doug Sahm) 4:15 (DS - vocal)
  13. Can't Shake The Sands Of Texas From My Shoes (Gene Autry/Diane Johnston/Kenneth Pitts) 2:35
  14. Milkcow Blues (Kokomo Arnold) 6:03
  15. Jole Blon (Trad.) 4:18
  16. Wondering (Joe Werner) 6:33 (DS - vocal)
  17. “Pour Me a Double Shot” (?) 4:12
     
  18. “Where Did You Go?” (?) 3:30 (AC & DS - vocal)
  19. No Tears (Ed Burleson) 3:56 (Ed Burleson - vocal)
  20. My Perfect World (Roy Ashley/Ed Burleson) 4:48 (Ed Burleson - vocal)
  21. instrumental (?) 3:32
  22. Cowboy Peyton Place (Doug Sahm) 4:03 (DS - vocal)
  23. All Night Long (Johnny Gimble/Bob Wills) 2:38
  24. Texas Tornado (Doug Sahm) 3:33 (DS - vocal) (tape cuts)
  25. Dynamite Diana (?) 3:44
  26. The Party's Over (Willie Nelson) 3:45 (AC & DS - vocal)
  27. Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain (Fred Rose) 5:55 (DS & AC - vocal)
  28. Chains On Me (?) 4:44


 

 

 


Doug Sahm with his long-time collaborator Alvin Crow (Note - he refers to Doug as 'Wayne' throughout the show)
Some highlights -
- Orange Blossom Special - The most outrageous fiddle train effects by Alvin !....
- Alvin & Doug's twin fiddles on Faded Love and others
- the superb versions of Bob Wills' songs
- the onstage banter in between lines on 'Cowboy Peyton Place' and elsewhere !
- Alvin's lyric changes on Willie Nelson's 'Turn Out The Lights The Party's Over' !
- 'Blue Eyes Cryin' in The Rain' with Doug doing a Willie Nelson impersonation on the guitar solo !....likewise, his jazz solo on 'Turn Out the Lights'
- Alvin 's fiddle throughout the night......