Midnight Oil Bust Out Rarely Played Grateful Dead Cover In Oakland
By Jeffrey Greenblatt May 28, 2017 • 12:59 pm PDT
Last night Midnight Oil brought their latest reunion tour to the Fox Theater in Oakland. The Australian rock band seized the opportunity for being in the heart of Grateful Dead territory by busting a cover that they hadn’t played in 24 years!
During the band’s first encore The Oils dusted off their version of the Dead’s “Wharf Rat,” a song that they had originally recorded for the 1991 tribute album Deadicated. The five-piece band had previously only performed their chugging, angst-y version of the tale of August West live twice back in 1993, making it a true rarity even for their hardcore fans. After the song lead singer Peter Garrett tipped his hat to special occasion the by saying “What better place to do it than here?”
Watch Midnight Oil perform “Wharf Rat” and check out the full setlist from last night below:
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Setlist
- Redneck Wonderland
- No Time for Games
- Now or Never Land
- Put Down That Weapon
- Too Much Sunshine
- E-Beat
- Sell My Soul
- Sometimes
- My Country
- Luritja Way
- Ships of Freedom
- Kosciusko
- River Runs Red
- Only the Strong
- The Dead Heart
- Beds Are Burning
- Blue Sky Mine
- Dreamworld
- Wharf Rat
- Power and the Passion
- Forgotten Years
- King of the Mountain
[Hat Tip – Deadheadland]
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