March 1st Melbourne Setlist - The Final

Hey everybody.

In no particular order except for the encores, here's the setlist:

Rumble in Brighton
Seven Nights to Rock
Guitar Rag
Cry Baby (Brian & Lee)
Lust ‘N' Love
Stray Cat Strut (Kangaroo Strut)
Runaway Boys
(She’s) Sexy + 17
Gene and Eddie
Gina
Sleepwalk
Too Hip, Gotta Go
Sweet Gene Vincent
Blast Off
My Baby Left Me (with Lee on vocals)
Fishnet Stockings
Rock This Town

Encore 1

Rockabilly Rules
Built For Speed
Ubangi Stomp

Encore 2

Rev It Up & Go
Sweet Love On My Mind
Please Don't Touch

There were no guests. During one song in the encore (sorry, I don't remember which one) Brian played slide guitar with a beer bottle. Andi, Pete & Sam, help me out, which song was it in? I'll do a review later, but suffice to say, this was the most incredible night of my rockin' life. Today's going to be a slooooow day.

Regards,

The sleepy Pony

Hey, what a nice set list!!
The slide goes great with Ubangi Stomp!

Hey Pony! I was just working on setlists for the shows I saw. This is what I have for the order and list for Melb:

03-01-09 ~ Stray Cats ~ The Forum ~ Melbourne, Australia:
Rumble in Brighton
Seven Nights to Rock
Too Hip, Gotta Go
Rev It Up & Go
Cry Baby
Stray Cat Strut (introduced as "Kangaroo Strut")
Lust N Love
Runaway Boys
(She's) Sexy + 17
Guitar Rag (Cannonball Rag?)
Sleepwalk
Gene & Eddie
Gina
Sweet Gene Vincent
My Baby Left Me (Lee on vocals)
Blast Off
Fishnet Stockings
Rock This Town

First Encore:
Rockabilly Rules OK
Built For Speed (VB beer bottle solo)
Ubangi Stomp

Second Encore:
Sweet Love On My Mind
Please Don't Touch

I specifically remember "Kangaroo Strut" coming before Lust N Love because of the roadie dressed as Skippy coming out after Cry Baby. Then someone came out and chased the kangaroo off stage with a cricket bat and Brian laughed and said, "I'm speechless! I guess that means it's time for Kangaroo Strut. I don't know what else it could mean!" The VB beer bottle solo was during Built For Speed- I have pics to upload shortly. Pete told me the instrumental rag was called "Cannonball Rag" so I'm not sure what the heck to call it Rene, are you certain about Rev It Up being an encore song?

What a final !!
Ubangi Stomp and Built For Speed on the same encore !!
Glad to see you have enjoyed your dates.

(Next farewell... Japan or US ?)

andi wrote:

Rene, are you certain about Rev It Up being an encore song?

Andi!!! Not really Andi. That side of things seems like a blur. I couldn't remember the encores going that long and I thought the top list of songs seemed short before the "Kangaroo" Strut. I trust you on this one. Glad you got back ok, seems like you had a long day of travelling.

Take care.

René

BTW, you didn't happen to get a snap of me when Brian was talking to me did you?

Going through my pics now, hang on!

What teamwork!

Thanks for keeping track of all of this Rene and Andi - and everyone else who posted updates. What a great tour. Time to watch Rumble In Brixton again....

Now that it seems that a live album has been taped for this show, I regret that Bring It Back hasn't been included, specially because the Cats released Rumble in Brixton and Lee was singin' that song too :-( In any case, the fact that a live album by the Cats is always a pleasure, and we also have new songs like Cry Baby, Lust N Love, Sweet Gine Vincent, Built For Speed & Rockabilly Rules!

JonPascual wrote:

Now that it seems that a live album has been taped for this show, I regret that Bring It Back hasn't been included, specially because the Cats released Rumble in Brixton and Lee was singin' that song too :-( In any case, the fact that a live album by the Cats is always a pleasure, and we also have new songs like Cry Baby, Lust N Love, Sweet Gine Vincent, Built For Speed & Rockabilly Rules!

Hopefully it was recorded for a future release, but I wouldn't bet my house on it. Bring it Back Again with Lee on vocals was brilliant in Adelaide, but, Lee singing My Baby Left Me was equally as brilliant. Two different songs yes, but Lee's voice is brilliant on everything he sings.

Live in Australia, wow That would be an incredible end to an incredible tour.

Fingers crossed!!!

Crampin'-a-pony

I can't put my finger on it either way too, but it'd be great to have another live release.

About Lee, what can I say?
I think he has improved in everything all throughout the years: the looks, the playing and most remarkable, his voice.
I think it was a good idea to make that duet on Cry Baby like kind of Choo Choo Hot Fish with Dave Edmunds and later on, letting him singing Bring it Back Again. It suits him fine!

I like the way Lee sings Bring it back again. There are some cool videos of him playing it with his band. A Live record from Australia would be awsome!

Thanks for these up-dates guy"s!.

Brings back some great memories!.