Carl Wilson Band 1981 Tour
This is the information I have about Carl's touring to support his
first album. Any correction to this material to j ti lden at gm ail d ot com
is appreciated!
- 4-5 Chicago, Il - Parkwest
- 4-6 Detroit, MI - Center Stage
- 4-7 Cleveland, OH - Agora
- 4-8 Toronto, ON, Canada - El Mocombo
- 4-10 Boston, MA - Paradise Club
- 4-11 Roslyn, NY - My Father's Place
- 4-12 Philadelpia, PA - Emerald City (??)
- 4-13 New York, NY - The Bottom Line
- 4-14 Washington, DC - The Bayou
- 4-15 Atlanta, GA - Agora
- 4-17 Memphis, TN - ????
- 4-18 Dallas, TX - Agora
- 4-20 Houston, TX - Agora
- 4-21 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
- 6 or 7-81 ???, NY - Music Mountain
- 7-8 Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Pavilion (opening for
Doobie Brothers)
- 7-18 New York, NY - The Bottom Line
- 7-22 Oklahoma City, OK - The Zoo Amphitheater at Lincoln Park Zoo
(opening for Doobie Brothers)
- Labor Day Weekend - Mabel's (University of Illinois)
Thanks to S.A. for the initial list, and Jeff Reeves, Michael
Panuthos, Judi Smith, J. MacLean, and GlenDavid
Malone for providing more information.
The Carl Wilson Band in 1981
Carl Wilson: guitar, lead vocals
John Daly: lead guitar
Gerald Johnson: bass guitar
Alan Krigger: drums
Billy Hinsche: keyboard, guitar
Myrna Smith: backing vocals, some percussion
Taken from the 4/11/1981 show at My Father's Place. It was
apparently simulcast on WLIR-FM, which is why it is of good quality.
- Too Early to Tell
- Bright Lights
- What You Gonna Do About Me
- Long Promised Road
- Hurry Love
- The Grammy
- Heaven
- Hold Me
- The Right Lane
- I Thank You (ZZ Top-inspired cover of the Sam & Dave original)
My forever thanks to S.A., who provided me with the chance to hear
this recording.
Bill McEvoy reports of a cassette recording of Carl's
performance from The Bottom Line in NYC. It has the same play list
and was taken from a broadcast over WNEW-FM. He says that the copy is not
that good because of static on the broadcast.
John Harris has a tape of Carl live at the Agora in
Houston. By his report, it's not great quality (taped on a Walkman inside
a coat pocket!) and doesn't offer anything different as a set list.
If any other performances from this tour exist, if you attended one of
the shows above, or if you know of any other Carl solo performances I
would be very interested to hear from
you!
Youngblood Touring
Apparently there was no organized tour in support of Carl's second album,
but he played at least two dates solo after its release. If you know of
more, please let me know of it!
- June ?, 1983 Seattle, WA Parker's
- 29 June 1983 San Francisco, CA Old Waldorf Club
- ? 1983 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows-- Carl was not with a band
but played with BB King and Chuck Berry as headliner?
The reputed setlist for CWB dates in 1983 included: What More Can I Say,
Givin' You Up, Rockin' All Over the World, What You Do to Me,Youngblood, Too
Early to Tell, Time, Hold Me, What You Gonna Do About Me, The Right Lane,
and Heaven, Darlin', Long Promised Road, Encore:I Thank You.
Thanks to Ron Fowler and vr daub for helping me with
some of this information.
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