Mudcrutch, the country-rock band bassist-singer Tom Petty and lead guitarist Mike Campbell brought to L.A. from Gainesville, Fla., almost 35 years ago, is celebrating its reunion with a string of six shows at West Hollywood's Troubadour. Back then they released all of one single.
Now, with Heartbreaker Benmont Tench along for the ride with drummer Randall Marsh and guitarist-singer Tom Leadon, their songbook includes 10 originals, a couple of adaptations of traditional tunes and covers of tunes by Bob Dyan, Bill Monroe, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger McGuinn and Eddie Cochran. None of the early Mudcrutch tunes, which include "Don't Do Me Like That," made it into Monday's set.
Thirty three years after they broke up - and the day before their debut was released by Reprise - Mudcrutch performed:
Shady Grove / Orphan of the Storm / Six Days on the Road / Scare Easy / Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) / This is a Good Street / Lover of the Bayou / Queen of the Go-Go Girls / Oh Maria / Summertime Blues / June Apple / House of Stone / Love Please Come Home / Crystal River / The Wrong Thing to Do / Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 / High School Confidential