TOM WAITS
Orpheum Theatre
Phoenix, AZ
June 17, 2008

CoreSound Binaurals/Bass Roll-off/MZ-RH1(PCM Mode)/WAV/XACT/FLAC

01. Lucinda
02. Hoist That Rag
03. Come On Up to the House
04. Jesus Gonna Be Here
05. November
06. Black Market Baby
07. Rain Dogs
08. Trampled Rose
09. Goin' Out West
10. Murder In the Red Barn
11. Anywhere I Lay My Head
12. Cemetery Polka
13. Get Behind the Mule
14. Eyeball Kid
15. Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis
16. Picture In a Frame
17. Invitation to the Blues
18. Innocent When You Dream
19. Lie to Me (slight cut at beginning)
20. Chocolate Jesus
21. Make It Rain/band intro
22. break
23. Down In the Hole
24. God's Away On Business
25. Time

Here's yesterday's opening night of the "Glitter and Doom" tour, which saw Tom Waits in fine form indeed. I can't say enough about the show, which was every bit as outstanding as that set list up there suggests. As for the recording, it came out half-decent, and though you should check the sample below to decide for yourself, I doubt you'll find yourself regretting the download.

It was my first time in Phoenix - great town, incidentally - and my first time seeing Waits in almost a decade. It was also my first time using these mics, and they sound fantastic though the levels turned out a tad low. I was tempted to try to boost them before upping this, but in the end I decided to leave that to people more knowledgeable about those things than me. There are a couple of annoying aspects of the tape - a guy who decided to talk to me in the middle of "Black Market Baby," a woman nearby who had to be ejected and didn't exactly go quietly, as well as a couple who, bafflingly, had decided to bring their three-year-old to the show and weren't always successful in convincing her to pipe down. But it's a very enjoyable listen nonetheless. Looking forward to hearing more shows from the tour upped here in the future!