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Jerry Joseph hit the Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg, PA on 01-30-2009.  What was originally billed to be the Denmark Veseys turned out to be an intimate two set solo acoustic show with Jerry Joseph.  Round Table Presents continue to bring in quality music in the Harrisburg area, Jerry Joseph is one of the most under-rated singer songwriters out there now and has been at it for many years.

Jerry Joseph has had a career like a nomad jumping from one project to the next and making his mark along the way.  His career started off with a band called Little Women as a fan of the Grateful Dead and reggae they often mixed genres and styles of music.  He currently tours solo, with his band Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons, the Stockholm Syndrome (with Dave Schools), as well as Denmark Veseys.  Jerry Joseph is great friends with Widespread Panic and he often appears on stage with them and/or plays late shows in cities that Widespread Panic plays.  The first time I encountered Jerry was at a Panic show where he rocked the song “Chainsaw City”.  Jerry Joseph gets around….

On this night in the Abbey Bar, Jerry was alone all by himself other than his acoustic guitar.  Jerry Joseph is a prolific and profound writer often picking politically charged arguments as the song centerpiece.  His songs started on the softer side of Jerry’s catalog noting that his guitar needed warmed up before he could start rocking since he had just shuffled in from the cold only moments ago.  It took no time at all it seemed before he started belting out and pounding on that guitar.  The first set seemed like it flew by in a matter of moments, before you knew it  the politically fueled Zombie Blues in your face like a spitting drill sarge, “Who’s Your daddy now!?”.  The night finished off with an appropriate ending as Jerry rocked out “Three Mile Island” which happens to be located in a close proximity to the venue.

The setlist for the night was:
Set I:
Pogues Weather
Jump>
End Of The World>
Jump
Frost Heaves>
World Will Turn
Revelator
Charge
Two Balloons>
Zombie Blues

Set II:
White Dirt
Spy
Syracuse
Evasive
Wisconsin Death Trip
Isabella Bird
Golden American
Staple Gun>
Show Biz Kids>
Staple Gun
Bossman Piss>
Welcome To The Other 95%>
Way Too Loud>
Welcome To The Other 95%

Encore: Three Mile Island

The whole show can be downloaded or streamed here:  http://www.archive.org/details/jjj2009-01-30.akg481  Thank your tapers!