Squeeze – 31 July 1996 – live at Quincy, MA

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packetofthree says:

24 November 2014 at 11:24 am

Chris Difford’s Tour Diary:

Wednesday 31 July
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is just outside Boston, where the girls are so pretty. The rain poured down all day long on the five hour drive, and on arrival the PA decided to eat the rain and blow itself up. So we decided to play in the bar, on the bar. The last time I stood on a bar I was removing my clothes with dollar bills down my fly, but times have changed, I think. The warm faces of the wet crowd seemed to be pleased that we at least tried to put on a show. We will be back at lunch time on Saturday for another show, in the sun I hope.

What a strange night! Here’s a email from a fan……

Hi All,
Just a short note about tonight’s show at waterworks (yes, I couldn’t resist attending another show this tour, seeing as we live near Boston). As we waited outside in front of the stage, it poured buckets. We were soaked to the skin. And we waited and waited, and finally it was determined that the PA was shot. So they moved the show to the big tent that has the bar, got a big piece of plywood to lay across the bar for the stage, and wired up a couple of mikes to an alternate, small amp. Glenn and Chris were originally supposed to start around 9:15, but didn’t get underway until about 10:30 or so. Nick Harper wasn’t able to do his solo set at all. They played several songs, and then Glenn told everybody that they’ll be coming back on Saturday afternoon to do a whole show for us! They continued on with an incredible, abeit abbreviated performance. Those who can’t make it back Saturday will be getting a full refund (you can bet I’ll be there). Apparently they couldn’t stand the thought of just sending everyone home without having a go at it, even under rather sub-par conditions. Especially as we had waited so long in the rain (well, OK, 30 or so dedicated fans waited and got soaked, the rest hung out around the bar, which ended up being the place to be.

Set list, from memory, not in order:

Is That Love
3rd Rail
Some Fantastic Place
Grouch of the Day
Walk Away
This Summer
Electric Trains
Up The Junction
Pulling Mussels
Another Nail
Cool for Cats
If I Didn’t Love You

I have a feeling I’ve missed one. Ah well.

All in all, quite an experience, and couldn’t be more opposite to that of Guild Hall, in terms of attendees, acoustics, and weather! Glenn’s voice on this tour continues to be better than I can I can remember from tours past. More after the Saturday show!

Steve

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