Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Lenny Kaye & more celebrated 50 years of 'Nuggets' @ City Winery (pics, setlists, video)

Nuggets, the classic Lenny Kaye-curated garage rock / psych compilation, turned 50 this year, and there have been a number of celebratory events, including two all-star shows at NYC’s City Winery on July 28 & 29 that also raised money for Jesse Malin’s recovery fund.

The sets were pretty much the same both nights, with Kaye leading the house band, plus guest performances from Patti Smith covering The Electric Prunes and The Leaves, Bob Mould covering The Castaways and The Litter, Steve Wynn & Peter Buck covering The Moving Sidewalks and The Spades, The Bangles‘ Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill covering The Beau Brummels and The Knickerbockers, Juliana Hatfield covering The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Marshall Crenshaw covering Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Ivan Julian covering Love and The Music Machine, Richard Lloyd covering Count Five and The Vagrants, and more.

Check out photos by Al Pereira and both night’s setlists and video, below.

SETLIST: Nuggets 50 @ City Winery 7/28/2023 (via)

I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)(The Electric Prunes cover with Patti Smith)

Hey Joe(The Leaves cover with Patti Smith)

Do You Believe in Magic?(The Lovin’ Spoonful cover with Tom Clark)

Dirty Water(The Standells cover with Joe McGinty)

Laugh Laugh(The Beau Brummels cover with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill)

Lies(The Knickerbockers cover with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill)

Farmer John(Don & Dewey cover with James Mastro and Peter Buck)

I Want Candy(The Strangeloves cover with Tammy Faye Starlite)

99th Floor(The Moving Sidewalks cover with Steve Wynn and Peter Buck)

You’re Gonna Miss Me(The Spades cover with Steve Wynn and Peter Buck)

First Cut Is the Deepest(Cat Stevens cover with Mary Lee Kortes and Eric Ambel)

Respect(Otis Redding cover with Richard Lloyd The Vagrants version)

Psychotic Reaction(Count Five cover with Richard Lloyd)

It’s Cold Outside(The Choir cover with Edward Rogers)

Crazy Like a Fox(Link Cromwell cover with Lenny Kaye and Peter Buck)

I Won’t Hurt You(The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover with Juliana Hatfield)

I Cannot Stop You(Cherry Slush cover with Juliana Hatfield)

Outside Chance(The Turtles cover with Dennis Diken)

I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time(The Third Bardo cover with Marshall Crenshaw)

It’s-A-Happening(The Magic Mushrooms cover with Marshall Crenshaw)

Wooly Bully(Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs cover with Glen Burtnik)

Open My Eyes(Nazz cover with Jack Petruzzelli)

Pushin’ Too Hard(The Seeds cover with Ivan Julian)

Talk Talk(The Music Machine cover with Ivan Julian)

7 and 7 Is(Love cover with Tony Shanahan )

Sleep Walk(Santo & Johnny cover)

Liar, Liar(The Castaways cover with Bob Mould)

Action Woman(The Litter cover with Bob Mould)

Gloria(Them cover with everyone from the concert minus Patti Smith and Ivan Julian)

SETLIST: Nuggets 50 @ City Winery 7/29/2023 (via)

I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)(The Electric Prunes cover with Patti Smith)

Hey Joe(The Leaves cover with Patti Smith)

Do You Believe in Magic?(The Lovin’ Spoonful cover with Tom Clark)

Dirty Water(The Standells cover with Joe McGinty)

Laugh Laugh(The Beau Brummels cover with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill)

Lies(The Knickerbockers cover with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill)

Time Won’t Let Me(The Outsiders cover with Tony Shanahan)

Road Runner(Bo Diddley cover with James Mastro)

I Want Candy(The Strangeloves cover with Tammy Faye Starlite)

99th Floor(The Moving Sidewalks cover with Steve Wynn and Peter Buck)

You’re Gonna Miss Me(The Spades cover with Steve Wynn and Peter Buck)

First Cut Is the Deepest(Cat Stevens cover with Mary Lee Kortes and Eric Ambel)

Baby, Please Don’t Go(Joe Williams’ Washboard Blues Singers cover with Mary Lee Kortes and Eric Ambel)

Respect(Otis Redding cover with Richard Lloyd The Vagrants version)

Psychotic Reaction(Count Five cover with Richard Lloyd)

It’s Cold Outside(The Choir cover with Edward Rogers)

Crazy Like a Fox(Link Cromwell cover with Lenny Kaye and Peter Buck)

I Won’t Hurt You(The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover with Juliana Hatfield and Peter Buck)

I Cannot Stop You(Cherry Slush cover with Juliana Hatfield and Peter Buck)

Outside Chance(The Turtles cover with Dennis Diken)

I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time(The Third Bardo cover with Marshall Crenshaw)

It’s-A-Happening(The Magic Mushrooms cover with Marshall Crenshaw)

Wooly Bully(Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs cover with Glen Burtnik)

Invitation to Cry(The Magicians cover with Joan as Police Woman)

Put the Clock Back on the Wall(The ’E’ Types cover with Joan as Police Woman)

Open My Eyes(Nazz cover with Jack Petruzzelli)

Pushin’ Too Hard(The Seeds cover with Ivan Julian)

Talk Talk(The Music Machine cover with Ivan Julian)

My Little Red Book(Burt Bacharach cover with Lenny Kaye and Vicki Peterson )

7 and 7 Is(Love cover with Tony Shanahan and Vicki Peterson)

Sleep Walk(Santo & Johnny cover with Vicki Peterson)

Liar, Liar(The Castaways cover with Bob Mould)

Action Woman(The Litter cover with Bob Mould)

Encore:Gloria(Them cover with everyone from the concert including Linda Pitmon, minus Patti Smith and Ivan Julian)