Mike Watt at Tramps (10-31-1997)
Happy Halloween! On October 31st, 1997, Mike Watt played at Tramps! In 1997, Mike Watt released his second solo album, Contemplating the Engine Room. The album is a punk rock song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both Watt's family history and his first band, the Minutemen. Watt played the entire album from cover to cover for this show at Tramps and threw in a few Minutemen songs at the end of his set. He finished the evening with “Big Train” from his first solo album, Ball-Hog or Tugboat? Watt’s backing band for this gig included Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust on guitar and Stephen Hodges on drums.
Setlist:
In The Engine Room
Red Bluff
The Bluejackets' Manual
Pedro Bound!
The Boilerman
Black Gang Coffee
Topsiders
No One Says Old Man To The Old Man
Fireman Hurley
Liberty Calls!
In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife
Crossing The Equator
Breaking The Choke Hold
Wrapped Around The Screw
Shore Duty
The Red & The Black
Forever/One Reporter's Opinion
Big Train
A Youtube user called Weedbuzz also shared a video of this show, which is embedded below. Check it out!