Scottrade Center
St. Louis, MO
May 12, 2017
Tom and the guys have many musical influences, but the band’s show at Scottrade Center in St. Louis Friday put one of their biggest front and center – the late, great Chuck Berry.
During band introductions after “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” Tom told the story about meeting Mike for the first time and the Chuck Berry tune the legendary Heartbreaker guitarist played to convince Tom he should join his band, Mudcrutch.
“He had this cheap Japanese guitar, and when I saw it, I thought, ‘Well, this isn’t gonna go well,” Tom said onstage in St. Louis. “But then he ripped into ‘Johnnie B. Goode,’ and when he was done, I looked at him and said, ‘You’re gonna be in my band forever.”
A native of St. Louis, Berry opened for the Heartbreakers twice during his storied career - December 31, 1979 in Oakland, CA and October 7, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. The band has regularly covered his songs throughout their career, the last time being on June 4, 2013 at The Fonda Theater in Hollywood, CA with a version of “Carol.”
Tipping their hat to their musical hero, Tom and the guys revived their cover of “Carol” for the encore in St. Louis, with Benmont Tench and Mike trading solos back and forth before Tom hopped back in for the last verse.
“And if you want to hear some music like the boys are playin'
Hold tight, pat your foot, don't let 'em carry it away
Don't let the heat overcome you when they play so loud
Oh, don't the music intrigue you when they get a crowd
You can't dance, I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby, 'cause you dance so good
Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day”
Rockin’ Around With You
Mary Jane’s Last Dance
You Don’t Know How It Feels
Forgotten Man
You Got Lucky
I Won’t Back Down
Free Fallin’
Walls
Don’t Come Around Here No More
It’s Good To Be King
Crawling Back to You
Wildflowers
Learning to Fly
Yer So Bad
I Should Have Known It
Refugee
Runnin’ Down A Dream
Carol
American Girl