Mike Watt/Eddie Vedder/Foo Fighters 1995 Live Album Announced

Columbia and Legacy Recordings have announced a new Mike Watt live album, “Ring Spiel Tour ’95,” recorded at the Metro in Chicago during the former Minutemen/fIREHOSE bassist’s first solo tour in 1995. Watt’s backing band included some members of the opening bands Hovercraft and Foo Fighters—Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and William Goldsmith. The 2xCD, 2xLP release is available to pre-order now; find the full tracklist and cover artwork below. In 2011, Watt had Grohl, Vedder, and Smear join him to close out a show in Seattle, re-creating the lineup from their ’95 tour.

Ring Spiel Tour ’95:

01 Walking the Cow
02 Big Train
03 Formal Introduction
04 Against the ’70s
05 Drove Up from Pedro
06 Habit
07 Makin’ the Freeway
08 Chinese Firedrill
09 Piss-Bottle Man
10 Forever… One Reporter’s Opinion
11 E-Ticket Ride
12 Political Song for Michael Jackson
13 Coincidence is Either Hit or Miss
14 The Red and the Black
15 Secret Garden
16 Powerful Hankerin’

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