On Wednesday night, Dean Ween hosted another one of his famed Invitational Jams, which sees the Ween guitarist invite frequent collaborators to jam at John & Peter’s in New Hope, Pennsylvania. This week’s Invitational Jam saw performances by Deaner’s Ween bandmates Glenn McClelland and Dave Dreiwitz in addition to the likes of Bill Fowler, Keith Kenny, Mike Hampton (Parliament-Funkadelic), Eli Ward, John D’Angelo, Matt Setzer, Ray Kubian, Guy Heller, Chuck Treese, and Jonah Lloyd. You can check out videos from the night below.
Dean Ween Group, “Exercise Man”
Dean Ween Group, “Ritz Carlton”
Dean Ween Group, “Sunset Over Belmar”
Dean Ween Group, “Summer Wind”
Dean Ween Group, “I’m Gonna Get High”
Dean Ween Group, “Transdermal Celebration”
Dean Ween Group, “Width Of A Circle”
Dean Ween & The Invitational Band, “When You Bomb”
Setlists: Dean Ween Invitational Jam | John & Peter’s | New Hope, PA | 12/13/2017
Set One:
Dean Ween – Guitar/Vocals, Bill Fowler – Guitar/Vocals, Keith Kenny – Guitar/Vocals, Mike Hampton – Guitar/Vocals, Eli Ward – Bass, John D’Angelo – Drums, Glenn McClelland – Keyboards, ^Matt Setzer – Lead Vocals/Tambourine, %Ray Kubian & Matt Setzer – Backing Vocals, +Without Keith Kenny, =Without Dean Ween, *First Performance
^Let’s Go Crazy (Prince), ^I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince), ^Sexy Sexy (Dean Ween & Matt Setzer), +%Good Times Roll (The Cars), =The Man On Me (Bob Dylan), *When You Bomb (Dean Ween)
Set Two:
Guy Heller – Lead Vocals, Dean Ween – Guitar/Vocals, Bill Fowler – Guitar/Vocals, Mike Hampton – Guitar/Vocals, Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Ray Kubian – Drums, •Glenn McClelland – Keyboards
Width Of A Circle (David Bowie), •Transdermal Celebration (Ween), I’m Gonna Get High (Dean Ween Group)
Set Three:
Keith Kenny – Guitar/Vocals, Mike Hampton – Guitar, ? – Bass, Eli Ward – Keyboards, Chuck Treese – Drums, @Ray Kubian – Drums/Vocals
@Wrong Chord (Keith Kenny), Jam , All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Set Four:
Dean Ween – Guitar/Vocals, Jonah Lloyd – Guitar/Vocals, Bill Fowler – Guitar/Vocals, Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Chuck Treese – Drums, Glenn McClelland – Keyboards
~? – Guitar/Vocals & Without Bill Fowler, £Guy Heller – Lead Vocals, %Ray Kubian & Matt Setzer – Backing Vocals, ¥With “Mister Richard Smoker” Keyboard taster, $Without Dean Ween, €Keith Kenny & Mike Hampton join in during jam on guitar
~%£Moonage Daydream (David Bowie), £Crystal Ship (The Doors), ¥On Christmas Day (Dean Ween), Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra), ~Green River (C.C.R.)> ~Susie Q (C.C.R.)> ~Green River (Reprise), ~$All The Small Things (Blink 182), $€Shotgun (Junior Walker)> $€Jam!
Set Five:
Dean Ween – Guitar/Vocals, Keith Kenny – Guitar/Vocals, Mike Hampton – Guitar/Vocals, John D’Angelo – Drums, Glenn McClelland – Keyboards, Chuck Treese- Bass, £Guy Heller – Lead Vocals
£L.A. Woman (The Doors)
Set Six:
Keith Kenny – Guitar/Vocals, Mike Hampton – Guitar/Vocals, John D’Angelo – Drums, Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Chuck Treese – Guitar, ++Bill Fowler – Vocals, ^^Matt Setzer – Vocals, @@Ray Kubian, Dean Ween, Matt Setzer – Lead Vocals, ? – Guitar/Vocals
++Mr. Charlie (Grateful Dead), ^^Shape I’m In (The Band)> @@Highway Star (Deep Purple)(Kind Of)
Set Seven:
Jonah Lloyd – Guitar/Vocals, Keith Kenny – Guitar/Vocals, Eli Ward – Bass, Chuck Treese – Drums, ? – Guitar/Vocals
Jam 1> Jam 2> Jam 3>, Who Knows “Jam” (Jimi Hendrix)
Set Eight:
Bill Fowler – Guitar/Vocals, Eli Ward – Bass, Chuck Treese – Drums, Mike Hampton – Guitar
Black Napkins (Frank Zappa)> Jam!> Black Napkins
Set Nine:
Dean Ween – Guitar/Vocals, Bill Fowler – Guitar/Vocals, Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Ray Kubian – Drums, Glenn McClelland – Keyboards, ••Mike Hampton – Guitar
Sunset Over Belmar (Dean Ween Group), ••The Ritz Carlton (Dean Ween Group), ••Exercise Man (Dean Ween Group)
[H/T JamBase]