Tom Waits was the special guest on the seventh Rolling Stones 50 and Counting show in Oakland, California on Sunday night.
Tom Waits
Waits joined the Stones for their classic Willie Dixon cover ‘Little Red Rooster’. “Tom Waits! Thank you very much Tom! What about that!,” Mick Jagger said at the end of the song.
The Oakland African America Gay Choir joined the band for ‘All Down The Line’. “Thank you! Thank you very much! Are you feeling good? Are you ready!,” Jagger said introducing the Choir.
It’s good to see that no matter how much the Stones shake up their setlist Keith Richards does the same line ever single night. Keith is always allocated two songs midway through the show to sing lead vocals on. Every night for decades the songs have the same intro no matter what they are and tonight was not an exception. “It’s great to be back. It’s great to be anywhere! How you doing alright? On with the show. It’s good to see you all again,” Keith said launching into ‘Before They Make Me Run’ and ‘Happy’.
The Rolling Stones setlist for Oakland, May 5, 2013 was:
Get Off My Cloud (from December’s Children and Everybodys, 1965)
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It (from Its Only Rock N Roll, 1974)
Live With Me (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Paint It Black (from Aftermath, 1966)
Gimme Shelter (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Little Red Rooster (with Tom Waits) (from The Rolling Stones Now, 1965)
Dead Flowers (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Emotional Rescue (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
All Down The Line (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Doom and Gloom (from GRRR, 2012)
One More Shot (from GRRR, 2012)
Honky Tonk Women (single, 1969)
Before They Make Me Run (from Some Girls, 1978)
Happy (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor) (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Miss You (from Some Girls, 1978)
Start Me Up (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Tumbling Dice (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Brown Sugar (from Sticky Finger, 1971)
Sympathy For The Devil (from Beggars Banquet, 1968)
ENCORE:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (featuring the San Jose State University Choraliers) (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Jumping Jack Flash (single, 1968)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (from Out Of Our Heads, 1965)
The next Rolling Stones show will be May 8 in San Jose.
