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The Wallflowers performed 9 shows with Counting Crows in December 2003. Five shows were in San Francisco, four shows in Los Angeles. These shows were punctuated with a number of songs that had previously rarely, if ever, performed by the band.

8th

The Wallflowers kicked off their December tour with Counting Crows at the Warfield in San Francisco. They performed their cover of "Into the Mystic" for the first time, they played "For The Life of Me," a rarely played song from their first CD, and they played "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" for the first time since the (Breach) tour. The setlist:

Empire In My Mind

Everything I Need

Some Flowers Bloom Dead

Into the Mystic

The Difference

Up From Under (Jakob and Rami only)

Closer to You

For the Life of Me

Heroes

One Headlight

God Don't Make Lonely Girls

Three Marlenas

During the Counting Crows' encore, The Wallflowers covered "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkle), "6th Avenue Heartache," and "Long December" with Counting Crows to close the evening.

9th

The Wallflowers played their second show at the Warfield in San Francisco. This set-list had many firsts. Played for the first time ever: "I'm Looking Through You," "Asleep At The Wheel," and "Kids Are Alright." The full setlist:

I've Been Delivered

Sleepwalker

Everything I Need

Closer To You

I'm Looking Through You**

Hand Me Down

Angel On My Bike

Asleep At The Wheel**

One Headlight

The Difference

Shy of the Moon

Kids are Alright (The Who)**

A few additional notes:
**Jakob started "I've Been Delivered" solo and then Rami joined in and finally the full band joined about 1/2 way through
**Jakob played "Hand Me Down" solo
**"Angel On My Bike" was just Jakob and Rami
**On "One Headlight, Jakob and Rami started it solo and then the band joined in 1/2 way through the song.

12th

Tonight's show at the Warfield had several twists. The Wallflowers played a song they haven't played in 10 years ("After The Blackbird Sings"), an unreleased song ("How Far You've Come") and another song they haven't played since the BDTH tour ("Laughing Out Loud"). Here's the full setlist:

Three Marlenas
How Good It Can Get
After the Blackbird Sings
Closer To You
6th Avenue Heartache
Sleepwalker
How Far You've Come
One Headlight
Heroes
Laughing Out Loud
Peace, Love, & Understanding

Some notes about this set:
**Adam Duritz joined the band on stage for 6th Avenue Heartache **Sleepwalker and How Far You've Come were acoustic songs, with just Jakob and Rami on keys. On "How Far" Rami played accordian. **Jakob and Rami started out on One Headlight alone and the full band joined them midway. The song progressed from an haunting acoustic song to a full band rocker.

13th

The band played two songs from their first album tonight and offered some new arrangements on other songs. The set list:

Three Marlenas
The Difference
After The Blackbird Sings
Bleeders
If You Never Got Sick
Be Your Own Girl
Everything I Need
Sleepwalker
One Headlight
God Don't Make Lonely Girls
6th Avenue Heartache

A few notes about the setlist:
**Before tonight, "After the Blackbird Sings" and "Be Your Own Girl" had been played once since 1993 (ATBS was played 12.12.03; BYOG was played 6.30.01).
**"Everything I Need" was a slow, acoustic version with just Jakob and Rami.
**"Sleepwalker" started out with just Jakob and Rami then the full band joined [at the bridge]
**Adam Duritz joined the Wallflowers for "6th Avenue Heartache."
**The band joined Counting Crows in the encore for "Long December" and "Heroes."

15th

The Wallflowers played a full set at The Warfield for Monday night's show. They played "Letters From the Wasteland" for the first time on the tour. The setlist:

Three Marlenas
How Good It Can Get
Everything I Need
If You Never Got Sick
Empire In My Mind
6th Avenue Heartache
Letters From the Wasteland
Sleepwalker
One Headlight
The Difference

Notes:
**Although they played 10 songs, the set lasted for the same amount of time. Some of these versions of the songs are lasting longer.
**Adam Duritz joined the band for "6th Avenue Heartache"
**"Sleepwalker" was the [stunning] 1/2 acoustic-1/2 full band version

16th

For the first time in their history, The Wallflowers had to cancel tonight's performance at The Warfield in San Francisco. Jakob was stricken with the flu and, on doctors' orders, had to cancel the performance.

19th

The band played a great series of songs for their first concert in Los Angeles at the Wiltern LG on Friday, December 19th, including two songs from their first album and an unreleased song. Here's the complete setlist:

Three Marlenas
Sleepwalker
If You Never Got Sick
After the Blackbird Sings
Be Your Own Girl
6th Avenue Heartache
Everything I Need
How Far You've Come
One Headlight
The Difference
Peace, Love, and Understanding

Notes:
**Adam Duritz joined the band for 6th Avenue Heartache
**Everything I Need was the slow, acoustic version with just Jakob and Rami
**How Far You've Come was just Jakob and Rami
**One Headlight started out with just Jakob and Rami and the full band joined half way through

20th

The Wallflowers really mixed it up on Saturday, December 20th at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. They played a number of songs they haven't played in some time. Here's the complete set list:

One Headlight
How Good It Can Get
Some Flowers Bloom Dead
For the Life of Me
Empire In My Mind
Heroes
Asleep At The Wheel
Hand Me Down (just Jakob and Rami)
Sleepwalker
The Difference
Three Marlenas

Notes:
**These were rare performances of "For The Life of Me" (July 2003, last week) and "Asleep At the Wheel" (last week)
**"Hand Me Down" was done as a slow acoustic version with just Jakob and Rami
**"Sleepwalker" started out with just Jakob and Rami and the full band joined midway through the song

22nd

The Wallflowers mixed it up again at the Wiltern in L.A. They played some songs they haven't played too often and played some new versions of older songs. Here's the complete setlist with notes that follow:

Sleepwalker

The Difference

After The Blackbird Sings

Baby Bird

Empire In My Mind

6th Avenue Heartache

Invisible City (Yogi/Jakob on acoustic, Fred on shaker, Rami on keys)

Everything I Need (just Jakob and Rami)

One Headlight (1/2 acoustic with Jakob and Rami; full band joined mid-way)

Heroes

God Don't Make Lonely Girls

Three Marlenas

Notes:
**This was the first time the band played "Baby Bird" this tour; it has only been played 3 other times in 2003 (April and July).
**Charlie Gillingham from the Counting Crows joined the band for "6th Avenue Heartache" (Adam did not).
**This was a new & very different version of "Invisible City." Jakob and Yogi both played acoustic guitar, Fred a shaker, and Rami on keys.
**"Everything I Need" was a slow, acoustic version with just Jakob on acoustic and Rami on keys.
**"One Headlight" started out acoustic with Jakob and Rami, the full band joined mid-way.
**This was only the second time since the (Breach) tour that the band played "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" (Dec. 12th).

23rd

The Wallflowers lit up the crowd for their final show of this December tour with Counting Crows. Here's the setlist, notes of the show follow:

One Headlight
Letters From the Wasteland
Some Flowers Bloom Dead
For The Life of Me
Bleeders
The Difference
Josephine
How Far You've Come
Heroes
Sleepwalker
Three Marlenas
Run Rudolph Run

Notes:
**This was the first show of this tour that the band played "Josephine"
**"How Far You've Come" was an acoustic version with just Jakob and Rami **"Heroes" was played 1/2 acoustic with just Jakob and Rami and then full band for the last half of the song. This is only the second time they played it this way.
**"Run Rudolph Run"! It's the first time the band covered this holiday song made popular by Chuck Berry. Jakob sang the song in a Santa hat. Rami, when his hands weren't on the key boards, threw candy canes in to the crowd.
**The Wallflowers played "6th Avenue Heartache" in the encore with Counting Crows