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This is a list of all known performances by John Medeski, Billy Martin & Chris Wood. Shows below that have a time listed or a link to a source on db.etree.org were recorded. If you have a copy of any show not included here or a show that's not marked with green in the calendar, please email Tom or fill in the details in the form below.

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In the rightmost column, click on the number links to see the etree source records, s to jump to the show description or t to find recent torrents. Shows that are downloadable from the Live Music Archive have 'LMA' links. At the present time, MMW doesn't allow their shows to be hosted on LMA, but a number of shows where they were part of another band or were a guest for a song or more, are hosted there. For a complete list, go to Solo gigs on Live Music Archive.

Ticket stubs, posters & photos from the shows that confirm the date & venue are included below -- Just click on the thumbnails in the Artist column. 229 ticket stubs, 411 posters, 22 photos added, so far... If you have any that aren't listed here, please email Tom. < tom AT mmwhistory DOT com >

Submit any missing shows, corrections or comments here:
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

May 2000 6 7 18 20
June 2000 2
July 2000 5 6
August 2000 9 11 19
October 2000 20 21 31
November 2000 ## 24 25 29 30
December 2000 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 15 16

2000
Date Artist Venue Setlist Time Links
5/6/2000MMWSaenger Theater, New Orleans, LAOne Set Only: Philly Cheese Blunt > Improv > Shacklyn Knights > The Lover > Open Improv > Partido Alto > Brigas Nunca Mais > Drum Solo > We Are Rolling, Improv#, Improv# > Note Bleu#, Chinoiserie, Ancora > Felic > Just Like I Pictured It > Blue Pepper; Encore: Swamp Road; # with Henry Butler on piano119:45 121:33 120:50 119:152598 t 107979 t 143356 t s
5/7/2000MMWCajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Acht O'Clock Rock, Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Brigas Nunca Mais > Hey Joe; Set 2: Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)/Syeeda's Song Flute > Hermeto's Daydream > Golden Lady > Toy Dancing > Note Bleu > Swamp Road > Mercy Mercy Mercy# > Blue Pepper#; Encore: Olde Wyne; # with Skerik110:41 110:41 110:411009 12591 95713 t t s
5/18/2000MMWNew England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Acht O'Clock Rock, Your Lady > Open Improv > Seven Deadlies, Creole Love Call; Set 2: Africa, Brigas Nunca Mais, Felic > Thaw, Piano Intro > Rise Up > Hey Joe, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You)#; Encore: Blue Pepper#; # with Bob Moses 132:1088455 t t s
5/20/2000MMWZellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PAAcoustic Show; Set 1: Tsukemono > Latin Shuffle, Improv > Hermeto's Daydream, Improv, Mercy Mercy Mercy; Set 2: Seven Deadlies, Improv > Afrique, Thaw > Rise Up, Hey Joe, Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You); Encore: Blue Pepper#; # with Calvin Weston on drums136:28-1010- s
6/2/2000MMW
Roseland Theater, Portland, ORAcoustic Show; Set 1: Open Improv > Olde Wyne > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Open Improv > Felic > Brigas Nunca Mais, Blue Pepper; Set 2: Open Improv > Shacklyn Knights > Bass'n'Drums outro, Seven Deadlies# > Thaw > Golden Lady, Buster Rides Again, Afrique > Hey Joe; Encore: Gonzo; # with Skerik on sax132:023138 t s
7/5/2000MMWFestival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal Jazz Festival), Métropolis, Montréal, Quebec, CanadaSet 1: We Are Rolling > Brigas Nunca Mais, Macha > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Open Improv > Swamp Road; Set 2: Improv > Improv > Start/Stop > Dracula, Percussion/Logic Improv > Sugar Craft > Hey Joe, Note Bleu > Africa > Bubblehouse; Encore: Moti Mo; # with Marc Ribot (guitar), George Garzone (sax), Mino Cinelu (percussion) & DJ Logic (turntables) for entire Set 2 and encore168:195588 t s
7/6/2000MMWMilwaukee Summerfest, "Leinie Stage", Milwaukee, WIOne Set Only: Chanting# > Sequel, Macha > Wiggly's Way, The Lover > Open Improv > Drum Solo > We Are Rolling, Brigas Nunca Mais > Partido Alto > Night Marchers, Note Bleu, Blue Pepper; # with Johnny Thundercloud & Brothers94:10 1240 t t s
8/9/2000MMWCasino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NHOne Set Only: Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Coconut Boogaloo > Open Improv > Improv > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights, Seven Deadlies#, Blue Pepper#*; Encore: No Ke Ano Ahiahi; # with Bela Fleck; * with Jeff Coffin & Futureman; co-bill with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones91:3731409 t t -4843- -4844- s
8/11/2000MMWWaterloo Summer Festival, Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJOne Set Only: Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, Shacklyn Knights, Nostalgia In Times Square > Drum Solo > Start/Stop fake-out* > Partido Alto > Start/Stop# > Hottentot#, Hey Joe#, Jelly Belly# > Drum Solo; Encore: Chubb Sub; * the band begins to play Start/Stop but then moves into Partido instead; # with Warren Haynes on guitar80:3526105 t t s
8/19/2000MMWGrassroots Festival, Oregon Ridge State Park, Hunt Valley, MDOne Set Only: Open Improv > Start/Stop, Big Time# > Felic > Think > Open Improv > Wiggly's Way > Drum Solo > Rise Up > Partido Alto/Chubb Sub*; Encore: Hey Joe; # with Maceo Parker; * in and out of the 2 songs many times78:41 78:38 80:1426822 t t -1427- -3316- s
10/20/2000MMWBrooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, Brooklyn, NY"A Magic Science: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix"; One Set Only: Star Spangled Logic, Fire > Third Stone From The Sun, Electric Ladyland, EXP [?], Castles Made Of Sand, Stone Free, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Red House, Drifting, Are You Experienced?, Manic Depression > Little Wing, Up From The Skies, Spanish Castle Magic, Hey Joe; Encore: Friends tease > Crosstown Traffic > If 6 Was 9; # with DJ Logic, Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius), Gil Evans Orchestra with Miles Evans (trumpet), Hiram Bullock, Vernon Reid & Chris Whitley; Glenn McKay light show; not verified
10/21/2000MMWBrooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, Brooklyn, NY"A Magic Science: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix"; One Set Only: Star Spangled Logic, Fire > Third Stone From The Sun, Electric Ladyland, EXP [?], Castles Made Of Sand, Stone Free, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Red House, Drifting, Are You Experienced?, Manic Depression > Little Wing, Up From The Skies, Spanish Castle Magic, Hey Joe; Encore: Friends tease > Crosstown Traffic > If 6 Was 9; # with DJ Logic, Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius), Gil Evans Orchestra with Miles Evans (trumpet), Hiram Bullock, Vernon Reid; Glenn McKay light show122:2715107 t t t t t s
10/31/2000MMWBeacon Theatre, New York, NYSet 1: We Are Rolling > Third Stone From The Sun > Open Improv > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Big Time > Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho > Seven Deadlies > Manic Depression; Set 2: Percussion Orchestra Improv# > Partido Alto# > Start/Stop > The Dropper > Dracula > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights, Note Bleu > Gospel Improv*; Encore: Chubb Sub*, Hey Joe*; # with Whirligig Percussion Ensemble (Paula Potocki, Arno Buzack & Gregg Burrows with Billy Martin & Cyro Baptista); * with Robert Randolph on pedal steel; with Marc Ribot & Cyro Baptista on entire second set & encore160:28 160:22 162:33 156:422169 96277 t t t 86645 t s
11/24/2000MMW9:30 Club, Washington, DCSet 1: Open Improv > Improv > Open Improv > Improv > Drum Solo > Bass Solo > Philly Cheese Blunt, Note Bleu > Third Stone From The Sun (with Drum Solo) > Shacklyn Knights; Set 2: Acht O'Clock Rock > Open Improv/Big Time intro > Big Time > Afrique, Bone Digger > Felic > The Dropper > Bass'n'Drums, Chant/Percussion Improv, The Lover > Gonzo; Encore: Partido Alto; # with Cyro Baptista on percussion for the entire show164:25 163:283411 t 111821 t 111821 t s
11/25/2000MMWThe Norva Theater, Norfolk, VASet 1: Norah 6, Shacklyn Knights > Drum Solo > Third Stone From The Sun > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) > Percussion Improv > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Intro Improv > The Dropper, Happy Birthday Chris; Set 2: Manic Depression > Felic > Percussion Improv > Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) Improv > Percussion Improv, Note Bleu > Blue Pepper, Hey Joe > Bass Solo > Rise Up > Drum Solo > Dracula > Bubblehouse; Encore: Crosstown Traffic; # with Cyro Baptista on percussion most of show142:052152 t -4842- s
11/29/2000MMWCalvin Theater, Northampton, MASet 1: Open Improv > The Dropper, Philly Cheese Blunt, Drum Solo, Start/Stop > Drum Solo > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights, The Lover; Set 2: Bone Digger > We Are Rolling > Third Stone From The Sun > Note Bleu, Coconut Boogaloo > Drum Solo > Big Time > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Blue Pepper > Dracula, Bass Solo > Swamp Road; Encore: Wiggly's Way > Partido Alto; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) & Cyro Baptista (percussion) for most of the show158:58124596 t s
11/30/2000MMWOrpheum Theater, Boston, MASet 1: Strance Of The Spirit Red Gator > Acht O'Clock Rock, Open Improv > We Are Rolling > The Dropper > Percussion Improv, Brigas Nunca Mais > Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho; Set 2: Manic Depression, Big Time > Third Stone From The Sun (with Bass'n'Drums), Felic > Improv > Note Bleu > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights > Partido Alto; Encore: Crosstown Traffic; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) & Cyro Baptista (percussion) for most of the show126:523298 t t t -3200- s
12/1/2000MMWPalace Theater, Albany, NYSet 1: Improv > Improv > The Dropper > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You) > Bass'n'Drums outro > Shacklyn Knights > Seven Deadlies; Set 2: Big Time > Third Stone From The Sun > Percussion Improv > Third Stone From The Sun > Partido Alto* > We Are Rolling*+ > Start/Stop* > Dracula* > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub*; Encore: Swamp Road*; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) & Cyro Baptista (percussion) for most of the show; * with Trey Anastasio (guitar); + unfinished154:12 155:22 155:002151 26149 t t t t t t t t 99566 t t t -4168- s
12/2/2000MMW
Smith Opera House, Geneva, NYSet 1: Open Improv > Down On Me/Tsukemono medley > Open Improv > Africa, Big Time, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus > Open Improv > Bone Digger > The Lover > Note Bleu; Set 2: Bubblehouse, Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights > The Dropper > Partido Alto > Lonely Avenue > Third Stone From The Sun (with Drum Solo) > Hey Joe; Encore: Gonzo; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show161:072170 t t s
12/3/2000MMWThe Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSet 1: We Are Rolling > Third Stone From The Sun (with Drum Solo), Afrique, Philly Cheese Blunt, Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho, Moti Mo*; Set 2: Jelly Belly > Drum Solo > Open Improv, Bone Digger > The Dropper > Dracula > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights, Big Time > Note Bleu, Bubblehouse; Encore: Blue Pepper; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show; * technical difficulties153:212618 t t t -2617- s
12/6/2000MMWState Theater, Minneapolis, MNSet 1: Chanting# > Third Stone From The Sun > Drum Solo > Drums'n'Bass > The Dropper, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Open Improv > Acht O'Clock Rock > Third Stone From The Sun; Set 2: Manic Depression > Drum outro > Afrique > Partido Alto > Bass'n'Percussion, Just Like I Pictured It, Open Improv > Bone Digger > We Are Rolling > Note Bleu, Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights > Chubb Sub; Encore: Blue Pepper; # with Johnny Thundercloud & Brothers (& Father); * with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show154:193297 t t t t s
12/7/2000MMWBarrymore Theater, Madison, WISet 1: Chanting# > The Dropper > Drum Solo > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights > The Lover > Philly Cheese Blunt > Open Improv > Brigas Nunca Mais > Partido Alto; Set 2: Drum Solo > Chanting# > Start/Stop > Toy Dancing, Big Time > Third Stone From The Sun^ > Bass Solo, Open Improv > Dracula > Felic > Bubblehouse; Encore: Hey Joe; # with Johnny Thundercloud and his family (4 native americans total, 2 with hand drums) opening both sets. While the blessing commenced at the start of Set 2, Billy was videotaping it; * with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show; ^ unfinished149:112197 t t t s
12/8/2000MMWThe Pageant, St. Louis, MOSet 1: Improv > Open Improv > The Dropper > Bone Digger > We Are Rolling > Third Stone From The Sun (with Drum Solo); Set 2: Philly Cheese Blunt > Jelly Belly > Improv > Africa > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights > Note Bleu > Partido Alto > Just Like I Pictured It, Blue Pepper; Encore: Intro Improv > Swamp Road; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show150:57 149:442898 t t t t 3317 t -2922- s
12/9/2000MMWRiviera Theater, Chicago, ILSet 1: Open Improv > Improv > We Are Rolling, Big Time > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Bone Digger > Shacklyn Knights; Set 2: Macha > Manic Depression > The Dropper, Note Bleu, Toy Dancing > Percussion Improv > Partido Alto > Third Stone From The Sun* > Bass Solo, Blue Pepper; Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show; * unfinished149:122590 t t -2975- s
12/10/2000MMWVogue Theater, Indianapolis, INSet 1: Going Home > Philly Cheese Blunt, Seven Deadlies, Just Like I Pictured It, Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho > Percussion/Bass Improv > Shacklyn Knights, Big Time; Set 2: Third Stone From The Sun (with Drum Solo), Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus > The Dropper > We Are Rolling, Dracula > Partido Alto, Bubblehouse; Encore: Gonzo > Hey Joe; # with Oren Bloedow (guitar) for most of the show175:57 173:002366 87039 t t t -3262- s
12/15/2000MMWThe Odeon, Cleveland, OHSet 1: We Are Rolling > Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho > Open Improv > Shacklyn Knights > Bass Solo > Nostalgia In Times Square/Angel Race (I'll Wait For You), Big Time > Just Like I Pictured It; Set 2: Open Improv# > Felic# > Partido Alto#, Note Bleu, Dracula > Blue Pepper > Third Stone From The Sun* > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub; Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Jon Fishman on percussion (Fish sat in a folding chair next to Billy Martin, and played a variety of his instruments); * unfinished148:07 148:134171 34349 t t t -3318- s
12/16/2000MMWCommunity Theater, Morristown, NJSet 1: Open Improv > Improv > Philly Cheese Blunt, Improv > Unknown/Improv > Percussion Improv > Bass Solo > Shacklyn Knights, Note Bleu, Big Time; Set 2: The Dropper > Percussion Intro > Bone Digger, Acht O'Clock Rock > Open Improv > Partido Alto, Third Stone From The Sun (with Percussion Improv); Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Cyro Baptista for the entire show; * with Marc Ribot on Note Blue, Big Time and the entire second set157:51 156:172541 t t t t t s


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These pages were created and are maintained by Tom Luhrs. I have no affiliation with MMW other than being a huge fan. Thanks again to MMW for allowing their music to be taped and shared by us all. Thanks also to duggy, moniker, Bill Mulvey (mmwarchives) and RLBayers for various setlist corrections. And, additional thanks go to Drew, Mike, Will, Duffy, Scott, Jamie, Robert, Pat, Derek, David, Mark, Jason, Lance, Matt and Jered for the ticket stubs & posters. The information listed here is for personal use only and may not be distributed in any manner without written permission. ©Tom Luhrs, 2007-2021