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Where will the Big Wu be playing next?
 [9/17/2010]
  Ames, IA
 [9/18/2010]
  Franklin, MN
 [10/30/2010]
  Aberdeen, SD
 [10/31/2010]
  Fargo, ND
 [11/25/2010]
  Minneapolis, MN

Extra! Extra! Read all about the Big Wu's recent appearances.

 [7/11/2009]
  Geneva, MN
 [7/10/2009]
  Geneva, MN
 [7/3/2009]
  Minneapolis, MN
 [6/18/2009]
  Minneapolis, MN
 [5/23/2009]
  Geneva, MN

Of course, like every other artist, we cannot help but be deeply influenced by the music that has surrounded us in our lives. These past voices ring so loud sometimes that we simply must put it in our own words to understand it, so to speak.

The following is an attempt at an inclusive list of all of these songs that have touched us enough to makes us want to play it ourselves. If you notice something is missing from the list, please don't hesitate to let us know!



2/22/2001 50:1 The Big Wu
12/31/2004 867-5309 /Jenny Tommy Tutone
5/27/2006 A Wall The Big Wu
10/25/2000 After Midnight Eric Clapton
Aiko Aiko Traditional / Sugarboy Crawford
Alabama Getaway Grateful Dead
Alde Lang Syne Traditional
5/28/2006 Alison Elvis Costello
All Along The Watchtower Bob Dylan
All it Took Gram Parsons
All New Minglewood Blues Noah Lewis
12/31/2004 All Night Long Joe Walsh
12/31/1998 Allgood The Big Wu
Althea Grateful Dead
Amazing Grace Traditional / John Newton
4/7/2001 Angel Shaggy
Angel from Montgomery John Prine
4/21/1999 Angie 'O Plasty The Big Wu
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd
Another One Bites the Dust Queen
Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke
5/28/2005 Any Major Dude Will Tell You Steely Dan
Ass Jam The Big Wu
Baby Driver Paul Simon
Back in Black ACDC
3/14/2003 Back in the Goodle Days John Hartford
9/24/1997 Ballad of Dan Toe The Big Wu
Bartenders Blues James Taylor
Bathtub Gin Phish
12/31/2004 Beautiful Girls Van Halen
Bertha Grateful Dead
Big Boss Man Al Smith / Luther Dixon
5/27/2001 Big Bottom Spinal Tap
11/10/2000 Big Love The Big Wu
Big Railroad Blues Noah Lewis
Big River Johnny Cash
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
11/12/1997 Bird on the Wing The Big Wu
Bird Song Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
Bitter Blue Cat Stevens
Black Muddy River Grateful Dead
3/14/2003 Black Rain The Big Wu
1/1/1900 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
10/31/1995 Bloodhound The Big Wu
Blue Jayhawks
Blue Sky Allman Brother's Band
1/16/2005 Blue Vapor The Big Wu
Bobby Brown Frank Zappa
Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder
10/28/1998 Boxing Day The Big Wu
1/27/1999 Break of Day The Big Wu
Brokedown Palace Grateful Dead
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Women Grateful Dead
Bungle in the Jungle Jethro Tull
12/7/2002 Bustin' Out The Big Wu
5/5/2004 Call Me the Breeze J.J. Cale
Candyman Grateful Dead
7/4/2004 Can't You Hear Me Knockin' The Rolling Stones
Casey Jones Traditional / Furry Lewis
Cassidy Bob Weir
Charlie Brown Theme Vince Guaraldi
2/22/2001 Chateau in the Know The Big Wu
10/1/2003 Chevrolet Ed & Lonnie Young
Children Are Cryin' David Grisman
China Cat Sunflower Grateful Dead
City of New Orleans Steve Goodman
9/10/2005 Cold Cold Cold Dr. John
Cold Rain and Snow Traditional / Shorty Bob Parker
Come Dancin' The Kinks
5/24/2003 Come Together The Beatles
5/26/2002 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
Could You be Loved Bob Marley
Couldn't Stand The Weather Stevie Ray Vaughan
Country Pie Bob Dylan
Country Road John Denver
Crazy Fingers Grateful Dead
5/28/2005 Crazy Train Ozzy Ozbourne
Cripple Creek The Band
Crossroads Robert Johnson
Cumberland Blues Grateful Dead
2/1/2001 Dance the Night Away Van Halen
Dance to the Music Sly and the Family Stone
Dancin' in the Streets Martha & the Vandellas
5/29/2004 Dancing Days Led Zeppelin
5/27/1998 Dancing with Lula The Big Wu
Dark Hollow Traditional / Robert Hunter
Dark Star Grateful Dead
Day Tripper The Beatles
9/23/2004 Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones
Deal Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
1/21/2005 Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic - Winwood/Capaldi
Deep Elem Blues Traditional / Ida May Mack
Diamond Joe Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys
Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
10/1/2003 Dirty Work Steely Dan
Dixie Chicken Little Feet
12/6/2002 Dog's Dead The Big Wu
Don't Ease Me In Traditional / Henry Thomas
Don't Let Go The Manhattan Transfer
Don't Think Twice It's Alright Bob Dylan
1/16/2005 Dooley Traditional
Down on the Corner Creedence Cleerwater Revival
Dreadful Wind and Rain Traditional
Drums Grateful Dead
Easy Wind Grateful Dead
5/13/2000 Eight Days a Week The Beatles
2/2/2002 Eight Miles High The Byrds
El Paso Marty Robbins
7/24/1997 Elani, Queen of Afghanistan The Big Wu
5/28/2005 End of the Line Traveling Wilburys
Estimated Prophet Grateful Dead
Eyes of the World Grateful Dead
Fame Theme Michael Gore
5/30/2004 Family Tradition Hank Williams, Jr.
5/25/2002 Fearless Pink Floyd
Feel Like a Stranger Grateful Dead
Fire Jimi Hendrix
Fire on the Mountain Grateful Dead
5/27/2006 Five to One The Doors
5/28/2000 Flat Iron Suite The Big Wu
Flintstones Theme Ray Brown
Fluffhead Phish
9/28/2005 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
Foolish Heart Grateful Dead
Frankenstein Edgar Winter
Franklin's Tower Grateful Dead
Freaky Girl Shaggy
10/1/2003 Free Man in Paris Joni Mitchell
Freind of the Devil Grateful Dead
Funk #49 James Gang
10/28/1998 Funky Bug The Big Wu
Further on Up the Road Eric Clapton
5/30/2004 Get off My Cloud Rolling Stones
Get Out of My Life Woman Lee Dorsey
Get the Funk Out The Brothers Johnson
1/21/2005 Ghostbyrds The Big Wu
8/26/2000 Gibson Girl The Big Wu
11/13/1996 Gimme a Raise The Big Wu
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Traditional / Sam Collins
12/31/2005 Golden Years David Bowie
Good Hearted Woman Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson
Good Lovin' Arthur Resnick / Rudy Clark
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Johnny Lee Williamson
Good Times Brent Mydland
8/25/2001 Gorilla Song Raffi
Got Love in my Heart Donald O
12/27/2003 Got Me On a String The Big Wu
5/25/2002 Got to Get Better in a Little While Eric Clapton
Grandmas in the Kitchen
Greatest Story Ever Told Bob Weir
Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues Elton John
9/23/1998 Half Past One The Big Wu
Hamm's Jam The Big Wu
9/8/1999 Handle the Spam The Big Wu
Hands to Hooves
Happy Birthday Traditional
Hard To Handle Otis Redding
Hava Nagela Jewish Traditional
9/17/2005 Heart of Gold Neil Young
Heartbreaker Tom Petty
12/31/2005 Hello There Cheap Trick
Help on the way Grateful Dead
Here Comes Sunshine Grateful Dead
He's Gone Grateful Dead
7/1/2005 He's Misstra Know-It-All Stevie Wonder
5/28/2005 Hey Hey What Can I Do? Led Zeppelin
Hey Pocky Way Traditional / The Meters
Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson
5/25/2002 Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
Hobo Song John Prine
Hogan's Heroes Theme Jerry Fielding
5/27/2006 Honky Cat Elton John / Bernie Taupin
1/3/1998 House of Wu The Big Wu
5/28/2006 How Blue Can You Get B.B. King
How Sweet It Is Marvin Gaye; Holland / Dozier / Holland
Howl Chant The Big Wu
I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent David Grisman
7/14/2005 I Can't Dance Tom T. Hall
I Dream of Genie Traditional
5/24/2003 I Feel Fine The Beatles
I Know You Rider Traditional / The Big Three
5/25/2003 I Like Beer Tom T. Hall
I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley
If I Were a Carpenter Tim Hardin
8/17/2000 I'm a Nice Guy But I'm a Bastard Too The Big Wu
5/5/1999 I'm Cryin' The Big Wu
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brother's Band
5/29/2005 Instant Karma John Lennon
Into the Mystic Van Morrison
Iron Man Black Sabbath
2/22/2001 Irregular Heartbeat The Big Wu
It Ain't No Use Stevie Wonder
It Must Have Been the Roses Robert Hunter
10/22/1997 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Bob Dylan
1/17/2004 It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n R AC/DC
It's All Over Now Baby Blue Bob Dylan
5/24/2003 I've Got a Feeling The Beatles
Jack A Roe Traditional / Tom Paley
Jack Straw Grateful Dead
10/1/2003 Jawbone The Band
12/18/1999 Jazz 88 The Big Wu
Jelly Jelly Tiajuana
Jeopardy Theme Merv Griffin
Jessica Allman Brother's Band
Jesus on the Mainline Erin Burkett
Jingle Bells Traditional
Jonny B. Goode Chuck Berry
Julia Noah Slater (with New Bridge by Padre Pienbique)
5/13/2000 Julie Be True The Big Wu
5/27/2006 Jump! Van Halen
Jungle Boogie Kool and the Gang
1/17/2004 Just What I Needed The Cars
9/3/1996 Kangaroo The Big Wu
Kashmir Led Zeppelin
2/11/1998 Kensington Manor The Big Wu
8/3/2001 Key to the Highway Charles Segar & Willie Broonzy
12/31/2004 Kick in the Head Robert Hunter
7/11/2002 Kings of Bass The Big Wu
11/19/2005 Kiss of Fire Music-Villoldo, Eng. Lang. Lyrics-Allen & Hill
Knock On Wood Eddie Floyd / Steve Cropper
Knockin' On Heavens Door Bob Dylan
Kodachrome Paul Simon
LA Neil Young
Land of the Navajo Peter Rowan, Old and in the Way
6/8/1996 Last Train The Big Wu
Late in the Evening Paul Simon
Let the Good Times Roll Sam Cooke
Let's Go Crazy Prince
Light My Fire The Doors
Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
Little Red Rooster Willie Dixon
Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughan
2/2/2002 Long Haired Country Boy Charlie Daniels
12/31/2004 Look-Ka Py Py Meters
Looks Like Rain Bob Weir
Loose Lucy Grateful Dead
Loser Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
Louie Louie The Kingsmen
5/30/2004 Love Handles The Big Wu
Love Me With a Feeling Magic Sam
5/28/2006 Love the One You're With Stephen Stills
Lovelight Scott-Malone / Olympics
12/5/2002 Lowdown The Big Wu
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds The Beatles
8/25/2001 Make Believers The Big Wu
Mama Tried Merle Haggard
Man Smart, Woman Smarter Norman Span
Man with a Suitcase The Police
Me & Bobby McGee Kris Kristopherson
Me & My Uncle John Phillips
1/14/2001 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Paul Simon
2/22/2001 Mean Spirits The Big Wu
12/12/1994 Meow Meow The Big Wu
Mexicali Blues Bob Weir
10/1/2003 Middle of Nowhere The Big Wu
Midnight Moonlight New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/29/2004 Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones
5/27/2000 Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band
11/20/1996 Midnight Rudy The Big Wu
3/11/1998 Minnesota Moon The Big Wu
9/23/2004 Miss You The Rolling Stones
Mississippi Half Step Grateful Dead
3/14/2003 Misty Mountain Hop Led Zeppelin
Moby Dick Led Zeppelin
Monkey & the Engineer Jesse Fuller
Morning Dew Bonnie Dobson
Mountain Jam Allman Borther's Band
Mr. Charlie Grateful Dead
5/9/1997 Muddy Water Traditional / J. Bundrick
Music Never Stopped Grateful Dead
Needle and the Damage Done Neil Young
Next Time You See Her Eric Clapton
Next Time You See Me Earl Forrest / William G. Harvey
5/25/2003 No Place Like a Road C. Castino
Nobody's Fault But Mine Traditional / Clara Smith
1/1/1900 North to Alaska Johnny Horton & Tillman Franks
Not Fade Away Charles Hardin / Norman Petty
5/29/2005 Ocean Man Ween
5/29/2005 Octopus' Garden The Beatles
Old Home Place J.D. Crowe & the New South
On the Road Again Traditional / Memphis Jug Band
4/25/2001 On the Road Again Willie Nelson
One More Saturday Night Grateful Dead
One Way Out Sonny Boy Williamson
3/16/2001 Ooh Las Vegas Gram Parsons
Operator Grateful Dead
9/25/1996 Oxygen The Big Wu
Oye Como Va Santana
Padre Rap The Big Wu
5/30/2004 Paint it Black The Rolling Stones
Panama Red David Nelson / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Parade Drums The Big Wu
Paul Revere Johnny Cash
Peace Frog The Doors
Peggy-O Traditional / Ewan MacColl
Peter Gunn Henri Mancini
5/28/2005 Picture Book The Kinks
Pinkdown street The Big Wu / Pink Floyd / Grateful Dead
10/23/1996 Pinnacle The Big Wu
Possum Phish
4/30/1996 Precious Hands The Big Wu
Promised Land Chuck Berry
9/3/1996 Puerto Rico The Big Wu
5/24/2003 Pump it Up Elvis Costello
Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
9/10/2005 Qualified Dr. John
Quinn the Eskimo Bob Dylan
8/24/2001 Ray Charles Can See The Big Wu
8/24/2001 Recipes The Big Wu
3/12/1996 Red Sky The Big Wu
Red Sky Reprise The Big Wu
2/20/1997 Red Sneakers The Big Wu
Reelin' in the Years Steely Dan
5/24/2003 Revolution 1 The Beatles
2/22/2001 Rhode Island Red The Big Wu
Ride Mighty High Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
Right Street Potliquor
Rio Duran Duran
Ripple Grateful Dead
12/31/2004 Rock & Roll Band Shel Silverstein/Music by the Big Wu
Rock n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution ACDC
Rocky Top Osborne Brothers
12/31/2004 Roll with the Changes REO Speedwagon
Roses are Free Ween
Rubin & Cherise Jerry Garcia
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Johnny Marks
Saint of Circumstance Grateful Dead
12/31/2004 Same Old Song and Dance Aerosmith
Samson & Delilah Traditional / Rev T. E. Weems
12/3/1997 Save Our Ship The Big Wu
Scarlet Begonias Grateful Dead
12/6/1997 Scott's Mill Blues The Big Wu
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
5/29/2004 Shake Your Dice The Big Wu
Shakedown Street Grateful Dead
7/24/1997 Shantytown The Big Wu
5/26/2002 Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd
Shining Star The Manhattans
5/29/2005 Ship of Fools Grateful Dead
11/5/1997 Shoot the Moon The Big Wu
5/26/2002 Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder
10/28/1995 Silcanturnitova The Big Wu
Simmer Down Bob Marley
Simpson's Theme Alf Clausen
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
Sittin' on Top of the World Bob Dylan
Slipknot! Grateful Dead
Southbound Dickey Betts
3/24/1999 Southern Energy The Big Wu
Space Grateful Dead
Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat and Tears
Split Open and Melt Phish
2/23/2001 SPMC The Big Wu
St. Stephen Grateful Dead
12/31/2004 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson
Stir It Up Bob Marley
5/25/2003 Stole My Girlfriend Chris Castino
Stop That Train Bob Marley
Stormy Monday Blues Earl Hines / Billy Eckstine / Bob Crowder
12/1/1999 Straight Through the Ear The Big Wu
5/24/2003 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
10/31/2005 Stuck in the Middle with You Gerry Rafferty
7/30/1996 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Agai Bob Dylan
Sugar Magnolia Grateful Dead
Sugaree Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
5/30/2004 Summer Side of Life Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown Gordon Lightfoot
Sunshine Daydream Grateful Dead
Supplication Kingfish / Bob Weir
Suzi Greenberg Phish
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
1/1/1900 Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson
Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground / Lou Reed
Sweetleaf Black Sabbath
Sympathy for the Devil Rolling Stones
8/25/2001 Take the Long Way Home Supertramp
11/13/1996 Take the World By Storm The Big Wu
Take You Higher Sly and the Family Stone
Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan
1/1/1900 Tell Me Something Good Stevie Wonder
Tennessee Jed Grateful Dead
2/22/2001 Tennessee Stud Jimmie Driftwood
2/24/2001 Tequila The Big Wu
Terrapin Station Grateful Dead
6/26/1998 Texas Fireball The Big Wu
12/31/2005 Thank You Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
12/31/2005 That's Life Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon-recorded by Frank Sinatra
That's The Way It Should Be Booker T & The MG's
8/25/2001 The Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy
The Chicken Billy Emerson
5/28/2000 The Devil You Know The Big Wu
The Eleven Grateful Dead
1/1/1900 The Fondler
The Gambler Kenny Rogers
The Joker Steve Miller
5/29/2005 The Mollusk Ween
9/7/2002 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band
5/25/2001 The Ocean Led Zeppelin
The Other One Grateful Dead
The Race Is On Don Rollins
The Thrill is Gone Hawkins
The Way You Do the Things You Do Robinson Jr. / Rogers
The Weight The Band
The Wheel Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
3/14/2003 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
5/29/2005 Theme from the Love Boat Unknown
5/25/2003 There's a Place in the World for a Gambler Dan Fogelberg
They Love Each Other Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter
8/24/2001 Three Bennies Commander Cody
Three Blind Mice Traditional
Thriller Michael Jackson
Throwing Stones Grateful Dead
5/29/2005 Today Smashing Pumpkins
1/14/2000 Tom Sawyer Rush
Touch of Grey Grateful Dead
Tough Mama Bob Dylan
Trouble Cat Stevens
5/30/2004 Tumblin' Dice The Rolling Stones
9/18/1992 Tuna Tapioca The Big Wu
1/16/2005 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison
2/19/1997 Two Person Chair The Big Wu
U.S. Blues Grateful Dead
Unbroken Chain Grateful Dead
7/13/2001 Up on the Hill (where they do the boogie) John Hartford
5/26/2002 Us & Them Pink Floyd
VIKES on a Wing The Big Wu
Waiting for a Miracle Bruce Cockburn
Waiting for the Bus ZZ Top
War Pigs Black Sabbath
7/24/2001 We Can Work It Out The Beatles
Weekapaug Groove Phish
5/26/2002 We're Not Gonna Take It The Who
Werewolves of London Warren Zevon
What's Goin' On Johnny Hammond
5/10/1997 When I Paint My Masterpiece Bob Dylan
9/10/2005 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin, Memphis Minnie
Whiskey River Willie Nelson
White Christmas Irving Berlin
Wild World Cat Stevens
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Traditional
5/25/2002 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
5/24/2003 With a Little Help From My Friends The Beatles
5/27/2001 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
Ya Mar The Mustangs
1/20/2002 You Ain't Going Nowhere Bob Dylan
You can call me Al Paul Simon
12/31/2005 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
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