Catching Up, part 3 (November 3)

November 3, 1978 - Eddie & the Otters at Phase III (opening for Diamond Reo)

This was a significant show for us, because we were start to build an actual following, and there were a lot of our new fans in the audience for this show. Notables included Karen and Fuji (and that noisemaker thing they always brought to shows - they gave it a name, but damned if I can remember it) and photographer Larry Rippel, who kept requesting Lou Reed songs. We actually played two short sets as the opening act and were followed by Diamond Reo, who were celebrating the release of their "Ruff Cuts" LP. Jim B. and I were now Diamond Reo fans, and so we were particularly thrilled to be on the bill with them.

We debuted two songs at this show - "So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star" and "I Fought The Law", both of which went on to be among our most favorite and often played. In fact, we played "... Rock and Roll Star" twice at this show, opening the first set and repeating it as an encore.

The picture below of Eddie holding the beer bottle was used for a feature article on us that appeared shortly afterwards in PMM (Pittsburgh Music Magazine).

1st set

1) So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star
2) Get Off My Cloud
3) Roll Over Beethoven
4) Riot in Cell Block #9
5) Runaway
6) Hound Dog
7) Brown-Eyed Girl
8) I Saw Her Standing There
9) break song

2nd set

1) Little Girl
2) Louie Louie
3) Secret Agent Man
4) Shout
5) Gloria
6) You Really Got Me
7) I Fought the Law
8) We Gotta Get Out of This Place
9) So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star (encore)