McD 2007 Setlists
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This is a quick reference page regarding Michael McDermott's 2007 tour dates.  For full show reports by fans/attendees, go to The Pauper's Sky discussion forum, from which these lists have been compiled. (Note:  An asterisk beside a song signifies it was played on piano.) 

Shows with review pages on artistinsane.com are marked accordingly...just follow the links by these shows to check out photos, commentary, etc.

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2007 Shows:

 

Dec. 31  (Solo -- The Fine Line -- Minn, MN)

Wall/Unemployed/Arm Yourself  (w-in My Time of Dying intro/20 Miles/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Place of your Man (Prince cover)/American in Me/Junkie Girl.

 

Dec. 15  (Band -- Double Door -- Chicago, IL)

Scars from Another Life/The American In Me/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/Spark/Junkie Girl/Little Drummer Boy/?/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

Dec. 14  (Acoustic -- Linneman's Riverwest -- Milwaukee, WI)                                                                              Photos 

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Prince cover)/Celtic Sea/Murder In The First Degree/A Long Way From Heaven/In My Time of Dying/Arm Yourself/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/Ballad Of Johnny Diversity's Ave (possibly The Ballad of Johnny Diversity and Diamond Jim)/Mess Of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South Of Nowhere

 

Dec. 8  (Acoustic -- St. Patrick's Performing Arts Center -- Chicago, IL)

Benefit for the Eric Lowen Trust  (w/Lance)

(Michael also joined Lowen and Navarro for Walking on a Wire).

*Long Way From Heaven /*Celtic Sea/Arm Yourself/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/Spark/Ballad of Johnny Diversey and Diamond Jim? (new song)//Legendary/*Wounded

 

Nov. 20  (Band -- Duffy's -- Chicago, IL)

(w/Heather, Angelo, TJ and Scott Hotaling)

Perfectly Imperfect/Tread Lightly/*Hold Back a River /Spark /Unemployed/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/Long Way From Heaven/Mess Of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) * I Shall Be Healed

 

Nov. 7 (Acoustic -- Wide Open Wednesday/Experimental Cafe -- Oxnard, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Nov. 5 (Acoustic -- Belly Up -- San Diego, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Nov. 4 (Acoustic -- Great American Music Hall -- San Francisco, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Nov. 3 (Acoustic -- Blank Club -- San Jose, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 28 (Acoustic -- Mountain Stage -- Charleston, WV)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 26 (Acoustic -- Martyrs -- Chicago, IL)

(w/John Spiegel and Lance)

Long Way From Heaven/Arm Yourself/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Wall/Leave It Up to the Angels/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles

 

Oct. 19 (Acoustic -- Hotel Cafe -- Los Angeles, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 18 (Acoustic -- Hotel Utah -- San Francisco, CA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 13 (Acoustic -- Linnemans Riverwest -- Milwaukee, WI)

Borderline/Long Way From Heaven/Arm Yourself (w-In My Time of Dying intro)/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Celtic Sea/Broken/Mess Of Things/A Wall I Must Climb/20 Miles South Of Nowhere

 

Oct. 12 (Acoustic -- Morning Blend TV appearance -- Milwaukee, WI)

Interview/Broken                                                                                                Click Here to view perfomance

 

Oct. 6 (Acoustic -- Clearwater Theater -- West Dundee, IL)

*Darkest Night of All/In My time of Dying/Arm Yourself /Still Ain't Over You Yet/*Long Way From Heaven/*Wounded/Cal Sag Road/A Wall I must Climb/Broken/Unemployed (Partial)/A Kind Of Love Song/Leave It Up To The Angels/Mess Of Things/Junkie Girl/*I Shall be healed/(Encores) Legenday/*Getting Off The Dime

 

Oct. 5 (Acoustic -- KDEC Radio -- Decorah, IA)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 3 (Acoustic -- Planet Bluegrass Ranch -- Lyons, CO)

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 2 (Acoustic -- Walnut Room -- Denver, CO)

???  (In need of setlist)

 

Oct. 2 (Acoustic -- KCUV Radio -- Denver, CO)

Still Ain't Over You Yet/Mess of Things/Interview

 

Sept. 30 (Acoustic -- Tractor Tavern -- Seattle, WA)

My Father's Son/Arm Yourself (w/ In My Time of Dying intro)/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Wounded

 

Sept. 29 (Acoustic -- Aladdin Theater -- Portland, OR)

Long Way From Heaven/Antique Store/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Wounded

 

Sept. 28 (Band -- World Cafe Live -- Philadelphia, PA)                                 Review w/photos

(w/Heather, Rafe, Nick and John Spiegel)

*Scars From Another Life/Perfectly Imperfect/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/*Long Way From Heaven/*Tread Lightly/So Am I/*My Father's Son/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Wall/*Celtic Sea/*The American In Me/*Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/*I Shall Be Healed/(Encore) *Wounded

 

Sept. 28 (Band -- XPN Free at Noon Show -- Philadelphia, PA)                                          Click Here to Listen to Performance

(w/Heather, Rafe, Nick and John Spiegel)

Scars from Another Life/Long Way from Heaven/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/My Father's Son/Everything I Got/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl

 

Sept. 26 (Acoustic -- Mystic Theater -- Petaluma, CA)

Long Way from Heaven/Bourbon Blue (piano)/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/A Wall I Must Climb/Still Ain't over You Yet/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

Sept. 24 (Acoustic -- The Independent -- San Francisco, CA)

Broken/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/A Wall I Must Climb/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

Sept. 23 (Acoustic -- Chico Music World Fest -- Chico, CA)

??? In need of setlist

 

Sept. 22 (? -- Private Show (venue unknown) -- Chicago, IL)

In need of setlist

 

Sept. 21 (Acoustic -- Hotel Cafe -- Los Angeles, CA)

??? In need of setlist

 

Sept. 20 (Acoustic -- House of Blues -- San Diego, CA)

Pauper's Sky/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/LA Woman/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

Sept. 15 (Band -- Bally Doyle -- Downers Grove, IL)                         

(w/Heather, Mark, Nick, TJ)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/*Scars From Another Life/*Diamond Lake/Hellfire in the Holyland (guitar, then Here Comes the Rain Again on piano, then back to guitar to conclude)/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Need Some Surrender/A Wall I Must Climb/Sympathy for the Devil (for Niva)/Junkie Girl/*The American In Me/Natalia/20 Miles South of Nowhere (for Niva)/No. 49/*Long Way From Heaven/*I Shall Be Healed/*Just a Closer Walk with Thee (solo)

 

Sept. 15 (Band -- Wine Crush Festival -- Chicago, IL)                         

(w/ Heather, Nick, Rafe and Mark)

*When It Comes to You/Perfectly Imperfect/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/Spark/*Scars From Another Life/*Long Way From Heaven (for Niva)/So Am I/A Wall I Must Climb/*Diamond Lake/Hellfire in the Holyland/Junkie Girl/Kind of Love Song/Tread Lightly/*The American In Me/Natalia/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Hold Back a River

 

Sept. 9 (Acoustic -- Miseracordia Family Fest -- Chicago, IL) 

Celtic Sea/A Wall I Must Climb/Grace of God/Broken/Can't Sleep Tonight/Arm Yourself/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

Sept. 8 (Band -- Davenports -- Chicago, IL)                              (Noise From Words CD Release Show)

(w/Rafe, Heather, Nick, John Spiegel, Charlie [steel guitar])       

Celtic Sea/Pauper's Sky/Scars From Another Life/Tread Lightly/Long Way From Heaven/So Am I/Wall/Kind of Love Song/My Fathers Son/Still Ain't Over You Yet/One Question/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/I Shall Be Healed/TheAmerican In Me/Mississippi (Mike Jordan cover)/Wounded

 

Sept. 7 (Band -- Davenports -- Chicago, IL)                              (Noise From Words CD Release Show)

(w/Rafe, Heather, Nick, John Spiegel, Charlie [on steel guitar])       

*Broken/The American In Me/*Just a Little Blue/A Wall I Must Climb/*Scars from Another Life/*A Kind of Darkness/*A Long Way From Heaven/When It Comes to You/No Words/*Tread Lightly/My Father's Son/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/*I Shall Be Healed/Mississippi (Mike Jordan cover)/Perfectly Imperfect

 

Sept. 6 (Band -- Davenports -- Chicago, IL)                              (Noise From Words CD Release Show)

(w/Rafe, Heather, Nick, John Spiegel, Charlie [on steel guitar])


*All My Love/*Tread Lightly/No Words/Antique Store/Kind of Love Song/So Am I/Still Ain't Over You Yet/*The American In Me/*Scars From Another Life/*My Father's Son/Mess of Things/*Long Way From Heaven/*A Kind of Darkness/Junkie Girl/*I Shall Be Healed/*One for the Road (Sinatra cover)

 

Sept. 1 (Delta Fair and Music Fest -- Memphis, TN)                         

???  (In need of setlist)

 

Aug. 29 (Acoustic -- The Living Room -- New York, NY)                               Review w/photos

(w/Eddie Fritz)

Long Way From Heaven (Eddie on piano)/The Celtic Sea (alone on guitar w/harmonica)/Still Ain't Over You Yet (Eddie on piano)/Kind of Love Song (Eddie on piano)/Death in the Autumn Air (Eddie on accordion)/Mess of Things (Eddie on piano)/*I Shall Be Healed/*Around The World/*One For My Baby and One More For The Road (Frank Sinatra cover)

Aug. 28 (WGN News at Noon -- Chicago, IL)                         

The American In Me

 

Aug. 26 (Greenbelt Festival -- Cheltenham, England)                         

(not a hundred percent sure of this list or if it was this particular UK show -- there were a total of 7 performances over the weekend)

Arm Yourself/Bourbon Blue/Spark (blues version)/Grace of God/Wall/Still Ain't Over You Yet20 Miles/My Father's Son/Wounded/Hellfire/American In Me/Around theworld (20 sec version)/Celtic Sea

 

Aug. 25 (Greenbelt Festival -- Cheltenham, England)                         

??? (In Need of Setlist)

 

Aug. 24 (Betsey Trotwood -- London, England)                         

??? (In Need of Setlist)

 

Aug. 22 (Rose-Hullman -- Terre Haute, IN)                         

??? (In need of setlist)

 

Aug. 19 (Weekend Today -- New York, NY)                         

Interview/Mess of Things

 

Aug. 16 (Hard Rock Cafe -- Chicago, IL)                         

Borderline/A Kind of Love Song/Wounded/The American In Me/Wall/Spark/Just A Little Blue/Arm Yourself/Around the World/I Shall Be Healed/Long Way From Heaven

 

Aug. 15 (Acoustic -- The Living Room -- New York, NY)                               Review w/photos

(w/Eddie Fritz and Courtney Kaiser)

Borderline//Still Ain't Over You Yet (w/Courtney and Eddie)/Tread Lightly (w/Eddie)/Long Way From Heaven (w/Eddie)/Wall (w/Eddie)/Mess of Things (w/Eddie)/American In Me (w/Eddie)/*Wounded (solo)

 

Aug. 1 (Acoustic -- The Living Room -- New York, NY)                                        Review w/photos

*American in Me (w/My Country Tis of Thee intro)/*My Father's Son/Arm Yourself (w/In My Time of Dying intro)/Long Way From Heaven/Wall/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Junkie Girl/Mess of Things/20 Miles

 

July 28 (Acoustic -- Shank Hall -- Milwaukee, WI)

(w/Heather on violin -- no piano)

Long Way from Heaven/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/Still Ain't Over You Yet (with Heather joining on vocals)/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Perfectly Imperfect

 

July 28 (Band -- Summer on Southport-- Chicago, IL)

(with Heather, Nick, Rafe and Mark)

Scars From Another Life/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Hold Back A River/Arm Yourself/So Am I/When It Comes to You/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/Hellfire in the Holyland (w/U2's Vertigo lyrics)/The American in Me/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

July 23 (Band -- Stanley's [grand opening]-- Chicago, IL)

(Michael with Mark, Rafe and Nick; Lance as noted)

*Scars from Another Life/So Am I/ Summer Days/Arm Yourself/Into the Mystic/A Wall I Must Climb/???  w/Lance)/Unemployed (w/ Donnie Kruse, owner of Stanley's on harmonica)/Need Some Surrender/*The American in Me/Natalia/One Question/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/*Bourbon Blue/Legendary (prefaced by Amazing Grace -- w/Lance)

 

July 20 (Band -- Old St. Pat's Block Party-- Chicago, IL)

(Michael with Mark, Rafe and Nick)

Mess of Things/Scars from Another Life/So Am I/Tread Lightly/When It Comes to You/Long Way from Heaven/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/Natalia/One Question (opened with Amazing Grace)/The American in Me/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Diamond Lake

 

July 7 (Band -- Taste of Chicago-- Chicago, IL)

(Michael, Heather, Mark, Rafe, Nick with Michael on guitar unless otherwise indicated.)

*Scars from Another Life/So Am I/Tread Lightly/A Wall I Must Climb/*When It Comes to You//Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect//Natalia/*The American in Me/*Junkie Girl/*20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Still Ain't Over You Yet

 

June 29 (Band -- Martyrs-- Chicago, IL)

(Michael, Nick, Rafe, Mark and Lance as noted)

620 West Surf/So Am IScars From Another Life/Tread Lightly/Long Way From Heaven/My Fathers Son/When It Comes To You/First Thing About Love (for Heather Horton who was unable to attend/play that night)/A Wall I Must Climb/Natalia/One Question/The American In Me/I Shall Be Healed [with Lance - also included lyrics from U2's "Bad" in one section]/Arm Yourself/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Legendary [with Lance]/Antique Store

 

June 24 (Band -- BAM Festival-- Chicago, IL)

(Michael on guitar for the whole set with Mark, TJ, Nick and Heather)

Scars from Another Life/So Am I/The American in Me/Perfectly Imperfect/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Arm Yourself/Diamond Lake/A Wall I Must Climb/One Question/Natalia/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

 

June 9 (Acoustic [private b'day party] -- Davenports-- Chicago, IL)

(songs may not be in order played)

Scars from Another Life/The American in Me/Aces and Eights/Perfectly Imperfect/My Funny Valentine/
Mess of Things/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Wall/Arm Yourself (Rene on guitar)/Bourbon Blue/Legendary/
One for the Road (Frank Sinatra cover)/My Own Little World (incomplete)/Happy Birthday
Hellfire (with Rene on guitar)/Unemplyed/So Am I (debut)

 

May 10 (Acoustic -- Chicago History Museum-- Chicago, IL)

(On bill with Shawn Mullins; Angelo accompanying Michael on piano for Arm Yourself and Tread Lightly. There may have been another song between Wall and Mess of Things)

1*American in Me/*Bourbon Blue/Arm Yourself/Tread Lightly//A Wall I Must Climb/Mess of Things//Junkie Girl/Unemployed/*Around the World

 

May 8 (Acoustic -- Duffy's -- Chicago, IL)

(w/Lance on bodhran as noted)

Can't Sleep Tonight/Unemployed/Arm Yourself [with Lance]/*American in Me/*Bourbon Blue/Still Ain't Over You Yet/A Wall I Must Climb [w/Lance]/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere [w/Lance]/*Around the World 

 

April 27 (Acoustic -- Our Conservatory -- San Francisco, CA)

??? (In Need of Setlist)

 

April 14 (Band -- The Shack -- Mundelein, IL)

(w/Jack, TJ and Heather)

Scars from Another Life/Natalia (debut)/Spark/Arm Yourself/Summer Days/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Long Way From Heaven/Cal-Sag Road Song/Forgotten [for Frank Root] Jack on vocals to start; mentioned that the Conan O'Brien appearance was about this time 10 years ago, April 17, 1997/Need Some Surrender/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Diamond Lake

 

April 14 (Acoustic -- Cubs game -- Chicago, IL)

National Anthem performance

 

March 23 (Acoustic -- Kryptonite -- Rockford, IL)

Arm Yourself/Unemployed/Cal-Sag Road Song/Bourbon Blue (piano)/Around the World (piano)/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/American in Me (piano)

 

March 22 (Acoustic -- Cafe Montmarte -- Madison, WI)

Mess Of Things (Steele guitar)/One Question (steel guitar)/In My Time Of Dying/Arm Yourself (Acoustic guitar)/Darkest Night Of All (Piano)/Wounded (Piano)/My Country 'Tis Of Thee(instrumental into)/The American in Me (piano)/Scars From Another Life (piano)/My Father's Son (piano)/One For My Baby And One More For The Road (A Frank Sinatra Song) (Piano)/Bourbon Blue (Piano)/Junkie Girl (Acoustic guitar)/The First Thing About Love (Piano)/Hold Back A River (Piano)

 

March 16 (Band -- The Abbey -- Chicago, IL)

Scars From Another Life*/When It Comes To You*/Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Hellfire/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Hold Back A River*/Diamond Lake*/Long Way From Heaven/Dance With Me/Unemployed/Wall/One Question/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encores) Whole of the Moon* (Waterboys cover)/American In Me*

 

March 7

WXRT Radio's Chicago Day Celebration featured a spoken word poem by Michael....listen here.

 

March 3 (Acoustic -- RIBCO -- Moline, IL)

??? (In Need of Setlist)

 

March 2 (Acoustic -- The Uptowner -- Charleston, IL)

??? (In Need of Setlist

 

Feb. 23 (Acoustic -- Shank Hall -- Milwaukee, WI)

Long Way from Heaven/A Kind of Love Song/*Bourbon Blue/*My Father's Son/A Wall I Must Climb/Mess of Things/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere /*One More for My Baby-And One More for the Road 

 

Feb. 23 (Acoustic -- Fox TV Milwaukee [morning show appearance] -- Milwaukee, WI)

Brief Interview plus "Mess of Things"         Video

 

Feb. 14 (Acoustic -- Davenport's -- Chicago, IL)

Cupid (cover)/Nobody Knows Me (cover)/Tennessee Waltz (cover)/Are You Lonesome Tonight (Elvis cover)/My Funny Valentine (? cover)/Love Hurts (Nazareth cover)/Every Breath You Take (Police cover)/Love Song (Cure cover)/Leave Her to Heaven/Mess of Things/Murder On Her Lips/One For My Baby( and one more for the road)/Crazy (Willie Nelson/Patsy Cline cover)

 

Feb. 9 (Acoustic -- House Cafe -- DeKalb, IL)

Place of Your Man (Prince cover)/Tread Lightly/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Mess of Things/One For My Babay and One More For the Road (Frank Sinatra cover)/Whiskey & Water/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Bourbon Blue

 

Jan. 12 (Acoustic -- Beverly Arts Center -- Chicago, IL)

Michael on keyboards for all songs. Joining him were Merritt on violin, Angelo and Mark, plus Lance on bodhran for several songs as noted.

American in Me (solo)/Long Way From Heaven/Tread Lightly/First Thing About Love/Still Ain't Over You Yet/Scars from Another Life (with Lance)/Bourbon Blue/Wounded (solo)/One Question (only performed part of song))/Arm Yourself/I Shall Be Healed (with Lance)/A Wall I Must Climb/A Kind of Darkness/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Around the World (solo)/Hold Back a River/(Note:There may have been one additional song)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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