Added set lists from July 10th, at Newport Blues Cafe, July 12th, at Memorial Park and a photo gallery from the Rock & Blues Cruise courtesy of R. Pelletier. We're missing information from the 11th in Outerland, however. If you have any photos or stories to submit please do so.

Darek discovered a video of Letter To The President from the 12th on YouTube, and Onlycrayons has audio and some pictures from these shows on the way. We'll have those links up for you when they're finished, so check back in the coming days or sign up on the message board and stay ahead of the game.

Labels: Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

This past Friday evening, Rustic Overtones played a spectacular set for an enthusiastic crowd aboard the Frederick L. Nolan, Jr., a ship which is part of the Rock and Blues Cruise fleet. However, due to the huge turnout, it looked more like a giant tin of human-sardines.

Despite being packed from wall to wall, floor to floor, floor to ceiling, bow to stern, nobody seemed to care. It was a great show, and a unique event. You can scope out the set list from the show along with a great recap courtesy of Donna and OswegoMatt from the Message Board.

I've also uploaded to videos I shot to YouTube, although there isn't much to see. Since the band was not elevated on a stage of any sort, you couldn't see much beyond the first couple rows. I filmed them from the bow of the ship, through the doorways on each side. They still sound good, though!

You can listen to Rustic Overtones play C'mon below, or click for History Crush.

Labels: Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

First off, apologies for the lack of recent updates. As you have noticed, the site has gotten a much needed makeover. This took up much of the time that would have been used to compose the updates. Please let us know if we missed anything! Anywho, with things wrapping up, we have some serious catching up to do!

Set lists and photos from recent shows at Tupelo Music Hall, Asylum, Paradise Rock Club and Jerky's Bar. Check out the new, consolidated Dates page for those links, as well as the upcoming schedule.

In addition to set lists and photos, there are four(!) new full shows available from these dates on archive.org. Huge thanks to everybody for their contributions!

Labels: Audio, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Site News

Exclusive new video for Rustic Overtones' "Letter To The President," from their new record "Light At The End". Directed by Doug Karr & Edward Boyce.


The video was shot in Brooklyn on February 29 when the boys were in NYC for their sold-out shows at Sullivan Hall.

The tour continues on with two final stops in Providence on Friday the 18th and Boston the 19th. Thanks to Darek and oswegomatt for their setlist and report from last night's show at Higher Ground. A new gallery has just been posted featuring Darek's shots.

Labels: Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

Above is a video of Rustic Overtones performing Crash Landing from their set Thursday night, at Revolution Hall. I was able to film three other songs as well, Carnival, Iron Boots, and a unique rendition of Letter to the President capping the evening.

As their extended tour down the East Coast winds down, so have things around here, and finally found some time to add all the fresh pictures, videos and setlists.

So far each date has had at least some brief notes, varying to setlists with full, detailed summaries. Head to the index to see what you missed.

The gallery has some recent additions, from their shows at the Santa Fe Cafe and the Gravity Lounge (thanks to Forum member rusty covertones) as well as pictures to accompany a few videos from Revolution Hall. Also added to the gallery are some photos from their first show of 2008, at Sunday River.

Labels: Links, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

Pictures, setlist and recording of the Rustic Overtones performance at Bull Moose on Saturday have been added to our archive. Check out the gallery and setlist while you await your download.

A big thank you to Nuphus for the photos, and you guessed it, Onlycrayons, for the audio. Thanks to Donna as well for the clip above as well as one of Troublesome, which you can see here.

Labels: Audio, Links, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

March 18th is slated as the release date for edition #2 of Light At The End, their first release on the Velour Music label. The band has kicked off some tour dates in New York City to promote it, and has many more lined up.

If you've been to a recent show, or will attend an upcoming date, snap some photos, jot down or snag a copy of the setlist - anything you can contribute we're happy to post and credit you!

There's some uncertainty to the contents of the re-release, however. Aside from new album art, Valentine's Day Massacre has been added, although it remains to be seen (rather, heard) if it's a new recording, or the same as on Viva Nueva.

It seems, according to the Amazon.com track listing, that Black Leather Bag was taken off to make room for it. Regardless, it's worth picking up, either as a collectible or a new addition to your library!

Labels: Links, Rustic Overtones, Setlists

As promised, the New Year's Eve Bash was recorded. The quality isn't the best, unfortunately, due to input levels, but it's better than nothing, and there's some great moments in each set that are worth checking out, absolutely. The setlist is up (yes, finally) with notes from the message board by Darek.

Here's links to the recordings, I sliced up the three sets posted on the board into tracks, and zipped them by set: As Fast As, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones

Capping things off in a big way, here's a boatload of Youtube links. A huge thanks to Kane for capping them!! Nice work!!

As Fast As
Open Letter To The Damned
Gretchen My Captain (embedded above)
This Is Real Part 1
This Is Real Part 2

Paranoid Social Club
Theme Song
Rhythm Is (With Spencer)
Fuckin With My Head

Rustic Overtones
The Letter & Hardest Way Possible
C'Mon
Sector Z

Labels: As Fast As, Audio, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

Missed the Rustic Overtones show at the Waterville Opera House? As you can see, MPBN has it! But they're not alone. There's a few versions of this performance available for download.

Board member Nuphus recorded it from the live stream (Part 1, Part 2) although experienced an occasional cut-out in the sound. Next, you can download it from the MPBN site, as one huge mp3. Your third option is courtesy of Darek, who cut the MPBN copy into separate tracks. You can download that zip file here.

MPBN has also made Marie Morsehead's set available. You'll have to grab that from their site, however.

I've tacked on the setlist for the show which includes a long commentary by Nuphus, so check that out while you wait for your downloads. Also, if you were in attendance at the Pickle Barrel, on the 27th, we are missing that setlist and/or details. Get in touch with us if you have something! Thanks to everyone for their efforts!

Labels: Audio, Links, Rustic Overtones, Setlists

Pictures and setlists are up, from the weekend's shows at Harpers Ferry, in Allston / Boston, Massachusetts. Both nights featured some treats, such as Dig, Pop Trash, and Long Division; and as usual, hijinks and wisecracks from the guys. There's some tidbits included as notes with the setlists, as well as some discussion on Tim's message board, including taping Friday's performance.

Friday: Setlist, Gallery
Saturday: Setlist, Gallery

Labels: Links, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Site News

I am off to Boston for the weekend, to catch Saturday's (and maybe Friday's too) performance at Harpers Ferry. Getting together with my old roommate, and with questionable weather, it could be a few days until I'm able to upload and post my pictures. I'm bringing my camera junk with me, so if there's time I'll do it there.

In the meantime, I leave you with some old goodies. First item of business, all of the photo galleries have been revamped. The images have been moved to a dedicated photobucket, and the galleries were reworked so that it's no longer a single column down the whole page. Faster loading, less scrolling, happier fingers!

The second item is another bootleg, featuring Rustic Overtones, live at Fletcher's, in Baltimore, Maryland. This set is from June 14, 2001. I thought it was on Archive.org, but I can't find it anymore, so I put it up. You can download it here. Have a great weekend!

Labels: Audio, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Site News

No surprises here, Darek came through once again with some great shots of the Stone Church performance from Saturday, December 8th. You may have seen them already, I forgot to post something up here, but if you haven't, go check 'em out and learn more of Rustic's affinity for pumpkins.

The setlist is also up. We're missing Friday's, but there is a recording of that show in the works, that should clear things up. We'll put a link up when it becomes available. Stay tuned 'toned..

Labels: Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Setlists

Thursday night, the Rustic Overtones played the Mercury Lounge, in New York City. Tonight and tomorrow they're at The Stone Church, in New Market, New Hampshire. And last Friday they were at the Ultra Lounge, in Orono, Maine. All in all a busy week.

I have added the setlist from the Mercury Lounge, but we are looking for reports from the 30th, and if you are attending a show, let us know how it went. We will credit you for anything you can contribute - a setlist/review, pictures, and so forth. This is a fan site, so we need your help! Just be sure to leave us a comment, send us an email, or shoot me (jeffd) a private message on the Rock Like War forum with anything you can share, because I'm not going to put things up without your permission.

As mentioned in a previous post, Oxygen is in the WEQX rotation. Today, during the Top 5 at 5, they announced the New Years Eve bash, confirming that it is indeed a triple-header, with not only Rustic, but As Fast As, and Paranoid Social Club.

A lot of board members have said they will be traveling, and with their popularity in EQXland factored in, I expect a solid turnout. Be advised to reserve yourself some tickets, else you could be turned away. Also, if you're buying online, I recommend using musictoday instead of ticketmaster, as the service charge is a bit less.

Labels: As Fast As, Links, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, WEQX

In case you don't read the message board (you should!) members Darek & 4khiker unearthed an old gem of a show and have shared it with us. It is a live acoustic recording from The Big Easy on August 17th, 2001. You can a) download it here, b) check out the setlist here, or c) read (and register!) for the forum here.

Labels: Audio, Links, Rustic Overtones, Setlists

The 2001 setlist archive is now fully functional. It was a bit monotonous pasting the archived information and adding the formatting, but it was really cool to read all the stories and comments included with many performances. For example, their Halloween show from 2001:

In honor of Halloween, the band took to the stage with pumpkins on their heads! Yes, these were actual pumpkins that the guys gutted and carved. Jon had lights in the eyes of his pumpkin which made it look pretty evil.

Rustic was not as active as they normally are on stage because they wore the pumpkins for the entire show! At the end of their set, all of the guys removed
their pumpkins and
smashed them on the stage.

The setlist index will continually be updated from here on out, with the old performances as well as their most recent ones. To do so, we need help with reports from concert-goers like you! If you have any information regarding shows that have no setlist or description, by all means send us a note, throw a post up on the forum, or leave a comment, and we'll get it added.

Labels: Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Site News

There is a new link on the Rustic Overtones area for setlists. There was a suggestion to add such a section to the site, and with some help from the forum community collecting information, we were able to compile them in one location. Sign up and join in!

For the time being, only the 2007 shows and the 2002 State Theater Final Show are working, hopefully using the Wayback Machine we can recoup the old data from the old Rustic fan sites. We'll also work to keep the collection up to date.

Labels: Links, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Site News