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11/12/99 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL (Ed + C Average opening for The Who)

[ set : Soldier of Love, Watch Outside, Diamonds in the Rough, Running Out of Time, Driven to Tears, Wishlist, Love -> Building on Fire, Last Kiss, Leaving Here, I am a Patriot ] ne font pas partie des titres du CD
Ed w/ The Who : Let's See Action

notes : A setlist much like previous outings. 'Leaving Here' is a nice surprise; the start is messed up and it is restarted. 'Patriot' is the fast, punky version. Ed is very chatty tonight. Later, Ed and the C Avg guys return for The Who's second encore, with Ed singing on 'Let's See Action,' Jon playing guitar and Brad on drums behind Zak Starkey.

The Who set : The Kids Are Alright, A Legal Matter-Ring Of Fire, My Generation

11/13/99 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL (Ed + C Average opening for The Who)

set : Ed only on acoustic : Last Kiss, Improv ("new song"), Elderly Woman
        With C Average : Watch Outside, Running Out of Time, Untitled (from Live on Two Legs), Driven to Tears, Wishlist, Love -> Building on Fire, Leaving Here, I am a Patriot
[ encore (w/ The Who): Let's See Action ] ne fait pas partie des titres du CD

notes : Ed comes out smiling, very happy, with a new acoustic guitar. He performs 'Last Kiss' solo and talks a bit about Walter Payton's death, which leads him to a discussion about how it make him think about dying and what you do will all your stuff when you die. He does a little improv (which he calls a "new song" he just wrote, that no one has ever heard "unless you were on my hotel balcony"). Telling the very (loud) talkative audience that they'll like this, "it has a punch line," he performs this little song about stuff, and people you love, and what happens to it all; the punchline in question is, "Oh, I hope I don't die, but if I do, I'm gonna leave it all to The Who." He then asks the audience if he should switch to electric or if they want to hear "Small Town" (Ed's name for "Elderly Woman"). He's trying to get the guitar to sound good, and holds it up and tell us all proudly that this is new, it used to belong to Pete, and that his wife bought it for him at an auction on Thursday night. He tell us that the bidding was going very very high, and that she turned to him and said, "A banker is *not* going home with that guitar!" This leads to 'Elderly Woman' and then Ed brings out Jon and Brad. They are VERY on and even do the 'Untitled' song from Live on Two Legs, seemingly note for note. Ed has painted his black Schecter with "Walter Payton #34." Like the previous night, they do 'Wishlist' with Jon taking the guitar solo on bass. Leading to 'Patriot': "If you're from Chicago, I love ya; if you're a Who fan, I love ya." [By the way, The Who were FANTASTIC, and once again Ed comes on with Jon and Brad for "Let's See Action"; Ed has some problems with Roger's teleprompter not scrolling fast enough, but it's still great fun for all.]

Au final : 15 titres

11/12/99 : 3 titres des Who + 1 Ed w/ The Who

11/13/99 : 3 titres de Ed tout seul + 8 titres avec C. Average