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					Live, we're now running under the moniker Patrick Short's Extended Family Upcoming Look for us in Fall, 2008. Past Dates: September, 2006 - Veterans for Peace Rally June, 2006 - Hollywood Farmer's Market - ending in a downpour June 11, 2005 - Hollywood Farmer's Market July 13, 2005 - Interstate Farmer's Market Full band, November 28, 2004 at ComedySportz October 10, 2004 at Hillsdale Farmer's Market September 18, 2004 - Veterans For Peace Rally, Kelley Plaza Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar, blues harp and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals John Antony - guitar and vocals Rene Berblinger - mandolin We played a 95 minute set that included Peace Train and People Get Ready, both debuts for the band. August 14, 2004 - Hollywood Farmer's Market Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar, blues harp and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals John Antony - guitar and vocals Anthony Dyer - violin We were joined by Anthony Dyer, a violin player for the Eugene Symphony, for the first time. Anthony played in our third set. In no particular order, here's what we're playing as of this date: Hang Up Gave Myself Away My Baby Needs a Shepard Landed on Burnside Sayonara The Ballad of Davids Nelson What Goes On Ordinary Town Do Not Resusciate Mere Shadow Freebird I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Blues Jam in C The Fever Another Saturday Night I'm Not Lookin' Dig Deeper in the Sand This Incarnation Mission Adam at the Window Surf Wherever You Want I'm Looking Through You If I Should Fall From Grace With God Sitting in a Corner Born to Run Calling All Angels If I Ever Leave This World Alive We also debuted Sloop John B and Ring of Fire. Bill Haas played several of his songs, including End of Game, and also played Sweet Baby James by request. John Anthony played a couple of solo numbers - a Goo Goo Dolls song and a U2 song. July 24, 2004 - Gresham Farmer's Market Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Margie Boule' - vocals John Antony - guitar and vocals 100 degrees. Hot. The set was just about the same as the May 30 show, with the following additions: NW Medical Teams Blues Another Saturday Night and a new Amy Gray / Patrick Short song, The Corps of Discovery We dropped End of Your Days this time around. May 30, 2004 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin John Antony - guitar and vocals Hang Up Gave Myself Away My Baby Needs a Shepard Landed on Burnside Sayonara The Ballad of Davids Nelson What Goes On Ordinary Town Do Not Resusciate+ Mere Shadow Freebird+ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Blues Jam in A The Fever I'm Not Lookin' Dig Deeper in the Sand This Incarnation Mission Adam at the Window Surf Wherever You Want I'm Looking Through You End of Your Days If I Should Fall From Grace With God Sitting in a Corner Born to Run Calling All Angels If I Ever Leave This World Alive Encore: The I'm Kind of Not Happy That the Artisan Cheesemaker isn't Selling That Excellent Cumin Cheese This Year Blues The Ballad of Davids Nelson and a rainstorm. October 18, 2003 - Miz Kitty's Parlour at Artichoke Music Margie Boule' - vocals Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar, blues harp and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin John Antony - guitar and vocals Hang Up Mission (live debut) Angel Dream (live debut) The Ballad of Davids Nelson I'm Looking Through You Mere Shadow The Fever If I Ever Leave This World Alive October 5, 2003 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market Margie Boule' - vocals (first set) Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar, blues harp and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin John Antony - guitar and vocals We played the same sets as Oct 5, plus several new songs: End of Your Days I'm Not Lookin' Paranoia is a Family Thing and a fine cover of The Wheels on the Bus. Really. September 7, 2003 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market The whole shootin' match - all 7 of us! Margie Boule' - vocals Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar, blues harp and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin John Antony - guitar and vocals Dave Levesque - violin and vocals We debuted Bill Haas' A Hundred Dollars. It's a song off Bill's CD, Hozzola: The Unauthorized Autobiography The rest of the Set list - see Hillsdale May 25 below. We also jammed and it turned in The Lion Sleeps Tonight. A day of threatened rain, which didn't hit until hours after we were done. May 31, 2003 - Hollywood Farmer's Market Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin John Antony - guitar and vocals Dave Levesque - violin and vocals The six-piece version of the band appeared on a beautiful morning in Hollywood. The set list was similar to the previous week at Hillsdale, but we added two new songs: Surf Wherever You Want (written by Cowan Jenkins, with help from Patrick Short and Amy Gray) and The Ballad of Davids Nelson (written by Pat, with Amy, based on an Oregonian article by Margie, with a title adjustment by Marya Morris.) Both were live debuts. We also played two jams - the The Market is Out of Strawberries and Needs Additional Volunteers to Help Tear Down Blues and a lovely and lively jam in G in a bluegrass motif. May 25, 2003 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin Live Debuts are marked with a + Hang Up Gave Myself Away What Goes On (Beatles)+ Dig Deeper in the Sand Sayonara My Baby Needs a Shepard (Emmylou Harris)+ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)+ Ordinary Town (Dave Carter/Tracy Grammer) If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Pogues) Landed on Burnside I'm Looking Through You (Beatles)+ The Fever (Bruce Springsteen) If I Ever Leave This World Alive (Flogging Molly) Calling All Angels (Jane Siberry) Adam at the Window (Jimmy McCarthy/Mary Black)+ Mere Shadow Born to Run (Springsteen)+ Sitting in a Corner+ This Incarnation May 17, 2003 - Another Grand Night of Singing, Laurelhurst School Foundation Opening for Carolyn Delaney-Reif Amy Gray - vocals and percussion John Antony - guitar and vocals Patrick Short - piano and vocals Dave Levesque - violin and vocals Sitting in a Corner + Mere Shadow Calling All Angels_ The Fever + We added Ms Ruth Jenkins on vocals for the final, improv number: Jumping Out of a Plane For Extra Credit Mr Short also joined Ms Delaney-Reif for the following numbers: Invocation and Instructions to the Audience (Stephen Sondheim) I Won't Grow Up (Carolyn Leigh/ Mark Charlap) If I Only Had a Brain (Harold Arlen) The Doctor is In and Happiness (Clark Gesner) Michael Barnes was on piano, and Andre St James was on bass. Jim Miller (sax)also appeared on the program. September 1, 2002 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market Rene' Berblinger - mandolin Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar Patrick Short - piano, lemon and vocals Set same as August 17, with the addition of Ordinary Town (a Dave Carter song) +; and we didn't do the Blues Improv this time. August 17, 2002 - Multnomah Village Days Rene' Berblinger - mandolin Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Bill Haas - guitar Patrick Short - piano, lemon and vocals Landed on Burnside Gave Myself Away Sayonara If I Should Fall From Grace With God Dig Deeper in the Sand Hang Up If I Ever Leave This World Alive Calling All Angels Mere Shadow This Incarnation Multnomah Village Blues (improv, featuring two sax players from the Get A Life Marching Band) July 13, 2002 - Hollywood Farmer's Market Margie Boule' - lead vocals Rene' Berblinger - mandolin Amy Gray - vocals and percussion Dave Levesque - violin and fez John Antony - guitar Bill Haas - guitar Patrick Short - piano, ukelele, lemon and vocals Set List: Landed on Burnside Gave Myself Away Sayonara If I Should Fall From Grace With God Dig Deeper in the Sand Hang Up If I Ever Leave This World Alive Calling All Angels Mere Shadow This Incarnation Sprout's Radio Flyer Blues (improv) Blues in E About the Farmer's Market (improv) June 2, 2002 - Hillsdale Farmer's Market Lineup: Amy Gray - lead vocals and percussion Dave Levesque - violin and bowler John Antony - guitar Bill Haas - guitar Patrick Short - piano, ukelele, lemon and vocals Set List: Gave Myself Away Sayonara If I Should Fall From Grace With God + Mere Shadow Dig Deeper in the Sand Hang Up If I Ever Leave This World Alive + Calling All Angels This Incarnation September 29, 2001 - Hollywood Farmer's Market Lineup: Amy Gray - lead vocals and percussion Dave Levesque - violin and fez Rene' Berblinger - mandolin and guitar Patrick Short - piano and vocals Set List: Gave Myself Away Sayonara Calling All Angels Dig Deeper in the Sand Hang Up Mere Shadow This Incarnation The Vegetable and Sausage Lady Blues (Improv) We are also chatting with a couple of non-traditional venues.