Ween Digs Deep For Bust Out Filled Riot Fest Set In Chicago

By Scott Bernstein Sep 17, 2016 8:02 am PDT

After five years the city of Chicago was finally turned brown again as on Friday Ween played their first gig in the Windy City since 2011. Ween performed a 20-song set at Douglas Park as part of the Chicago installment of Riot Fest. The big news was the return of four tunes the five-piece hadn’t played since reuniting earlier this year following a five-year breakup.

Guitarists Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo and Aaron “Gene Ween” Freeman, keyboardist Glenn McClelland, drummer Claude Coleman, Jr. and bassist Dave Dreiwitz opened with “I’m Dancing In The Show Tonight” off The Mollusk, ending a 47-show span of performances without the song that dated back to January 25, 2011. Ween then played a string of staples including “Happy Colored Marbles,” “Baby Bitch” and “Touch My Tooter” ahead of the evening’s second bust out.

“I’ll Be Your Jonny On The Spot” was the set’s second song that hadn’t been played post-breakup and like “I’m Dancing In The Show Tonight,” Ween originally recorded the tune for The Mollusk. It was last performed by the five-piece on December 31, 2011. Shortly thereafter the five-piece dusted off “Marble Tulip Juicy Tree” from their debut LP GodWeenSatan: The Oneness, a song which had been on the shelf since December 30, 2011.

The career-spanning set rolled on with fan-favorites “A Tear For Eddie,” “The Stallion Pt. 3” and “Zoloft” ahead of double doses of 2000’s White Pepper (“Back To Bosom” and “The Grobe”) and 1990’s GodWeenSatan: The Oneness (“Tick” and “Wayne’s Pet Youngin”). After a run through “Frank,” Ween busted out the 12 Golden Country Greats gem “You Were The Fool” for the first time since July 2, 2011. The quintet then said farewell with “Buenas Tardes Amigo.”

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[Dr. Rock | Captured by Hail Boognish]

[Marble Tulip Juicy Tree | Captured by Hail Boognish]

[The Stallion Pt. 3 | Captured by Rick Dalberg]

Setlist (via Brownbase)

Set: I’m Dancing in the Show Tonight, The Golden Eel, Happy Colored Marbles, Baby Bitch, Doctor Rock, Touch My Tooter, I’ll Be Your Jonny on the Spot, Object, With My Own Bare Hands, Marble Tulip Juicy Tree, A Tear For Eddie, The Stallion pt 3, Zoloft, Back to Basom, The Grobe, Tick, Wayne’s Pet Youngin, Frank, You Were the Fool, Buenas Tardes Amigo

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