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(links to show videos and dates for the Shadowy Men 2019 shows)

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In 2012, Mammoth Cave Recording Company began a reissue campaign for the three Shadowy Men albums and convinced Don Pyle and Brian Connelly to reunite for a few shows to promote them. Dallas Good of The Sadies (and Phono-Comb) was drafted to handle the bass duties. Reid's wife generously lent Reid's old Firebird bass to Dallas for the shows.

Here's roughly how the year (and beyond) have played out:

MARCH

• The official announcements are made for the reissues, and the shows at Sled Island and Lee's Palace.
• The official Official Shadowy Men YouTube channel is launched.
• Exclaim.ca, March 20, 2012: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Launch Reissue Campaign, Get Sadies' Dallas Good for Live Shows

JUNE

• Mammoth Cave makes the first reissue, Savvy Show Stoppers, available for pre-order.
• June 9 - St. Albans Boys and Girls Club, Toronto
  • "Customized" [ExclaimTV]
  • "Musical Interlude" [ExclaimTV]
  • interview with Vish Khanna [CBC Music]
• June 20 - Legion Hall, Calgary (Sled Island Festival)
  • Calgary Herald, March 19, 2012: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet to return at Sled Island
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [travelnetworkca]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [allan16qb]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [hamfisted]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [lives1979]
  • "16 Encores" [hamfisted]
  • Band introductions and "Siesta Cinema" [ferrisjak]
  • "Good Cop, Bad Cop" [ferrisjak]
  • Sled Island Recap, with a little performance and interview [sledisland]
  • Interview with Brian Connelly on CFCR 90.5 FM [CFCRSASKATOON]
• June 22 - Broken City, Calgary ("Secret" Show at Sled Island Festival)
  • "Run Chicken Run", "Egypt Texas", and "Customized" [hamfisted]

JULY

• July 14 - Lee's Palace, Toronto
  • Set list scans - Page 1 and Page 2
    NOTE: The S Men did a second encore that's not on the set list page: "Run Chicken Run", "Jackpot", and "Three Piece Suit"
  • Now, July 12-19, 2012: Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Never say never, learns the reunited Toronto band
  • BlogTO, July 14, 2012: Don Pyle sheds light on Shadowy Men reunion
  • Mechanical Forest Sound, July 15, 2012: Recording: Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
  • Complete show [UglyGoblinBoy]
  • "Good Cop Bad Cop" [funcitygirl]
  • "Good Cop Bad Cop" [PrankZabba]
  • "Good Cop Bad Cop" [Matzohball77]
  • "Egypt Texas" [funcitygirl]
  • "Egypt Texas" [PrankZabba]
  • "Egypt Texas" [kohlchak1974]
  • "Egypt Texas" [darkewar cano]
  • "Siesta Cinema" [kolchak1974]
  • "Siesta Cinema" [OwenTGwilliam]
  • "They Don't Call Them Chihuhuas Anymore" [funcitygirl]
  • "Bennett Cerf" [funcitygirl]
  • "Zombie Compromise" [funcitygirl]
  • "Zombie Compromise" [PrankZabba]
  • "Zombie Compromise" / "Musical Interlude" [OwenTGwilliam]
  • "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother" [funcitygirl]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [UglyGoblinBoy]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [sonicmoremusic1]
  • "Magic Words" [funcitygirl]
  • "Who Painted Whistler's Mother" / "Babakganoosh" [funcitygirl]
  • "Shadowy Countdown / That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse" [funcitygirl]
  • "Sugar In My Hog" [kohlchak1974]
  • "16 Encores" [funcitygirl]
  • "16 Encores" [ChernozymVideo]
  • "16 Encores" [Matzohball77]
  • "Run Chicken Run" [funcitygirl]

AUGUST

• August 2 - Cameron House, Toronto (Early Show - Benefit for Mindfulness Without Borders)
  • "Having An Average Weekend" / "Customized" [ChernozymVideo]
• August 2 - Cameron House, Toronto (Late Show - Benefit for Hospice Toronto)

SEPTEMBER

• September 14 - Starlight Lounge, Waterloo
  • Set list scans - Page 1 and Page 2
    NOTE: The S Men did a second encore that's not on the set list page: "Rover & Rusty" and "Run Chicken Run"
  • "Shadowy Countdown" / "Sugar In My Hog" / "16 Encores" [Mark Tolch]

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2013

FEBRUARY

• February 9 - This Ain't Hollywood, Hamilton

JUNE

• June 13 - Terminal 1 Arrivals Area, Pearson Airport, Toronto
  • short bits of several songs [Toronto Pearson]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [ChernozymVideo]
  • "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother" [WillandCon]

JULY

• July 28, Hillside Festival 2013 (Island Stage), Guelph Lake Island
  • Shadowy Men and The Sadies play Alice Cooper's Love It To Death album in its entirety. [pixiekeith]
    NOTE: The video shot in portrait mode, so a lot of the footage is of Dallas Good playing gutiar and singing. You can see Don and Brian near the end when Don takes a turn on lead vocals.
  • "I'm Eighteen" [Desmond Howl]
    NOTE: This video is shot in landscape mode, so you can see pretty much everyone but Don. However, the sound's pretty bad.
  • "The Ballad Of Dwight Fry" (with Don Pyle on lead vocals) [gammahydra4]

SEPTEMBER

• September 5, The Dakota Tavern, Toronto
  • Set list picture - Photo of both pages
    NOTE - The S Men did an extra encore that's not on the set list page: "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
  • "Reid's Situation" (partial) [ax174]
  • "Our Weapons Are Useless" [ax174]
  • "Fortune Tellin' Chicken" / "Run Chicken Run" / "Zombie Compromise" [ChernozymVideo]
• September 12, The Dakota Tavern, Toronto
• September 19, The Dakota Tavern, Toronto

• September 21, The Garrison, Toronto
  • Shadowy Men and The Sadies played Alice Cooper's Love It To Death album in its entirety.
  • "Is It My Body?" [ChernozymVideo]

• September 26, The Dakota Tavern, Toronto
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [rivum_nation]

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2014

JUNE

• June 29, Vazaleen, Wrongbar, Toronto
  • The show was a benefit for the Will Munro Memorial Queers Living With Cancer fund. Will's brother Dave sang "Sugar In My Hog" with the band.
  • Set list scan

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2015

MARCH

• The band announces that Yep Roc Records will be handling fresh releases of the original three Shadowy Men albums, plus a new box set.

DECEMBER

• The band announces that the box set will be coming for Record Store Day 2016, and that it contains a new 4th album, Soft Polished Separates.

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2016

JANUARY

• The band announces that the box set release will be greeted with a pair of shows on April 15 & 16 at Lee's Palace with co-headliners The Sadies.

MARCH

• Details released for Oh, I Guess We Were A Fucking Surf Band After All….

APRIL

• April 14, DSTRCT, Guelph
  • Set list: "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother", "Bennett Cerf", "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore", "Haig, Earl", "Aunt's Invasion", "Egypt Texas", "Mr. Sandman", "Reid's Situation", "Our Weapons Are Useless", "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School", "Memories Of Gay Paree", "Off Our Back Conrad Black", "Plastics For 500, Bob", "Algoma Reflections", "Babakganoosh", "Theme From T.V.", "5 American 6 Canadian / Jackpot", "Three Piece Suit", "Who Painted Whistler's Mother", "Shadowy Countdown", "Harlem By The Sea", "Good Cop Bad Cop", "You Spin Me Round '86", "Musical Interlude", "Spend A Night, Not A Fortune", "Siesta Cinema", "Fortune Tellin' Chicken", "Run Chicken Run", "Zombie Compromise", "(Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken", "Peas Porridge Rock", "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse", "Customized", "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo", "Teenage Kicks", "Having An Average Weekend", "Hot Box Car", "Magic Words"
  • "Aunt's Invasion" [dyjomat]

• April 15, Lee's Palace, Toronto
  • Set list scans - Page 1 and Page 2
    
  • "Who Painted Whistler's Mother" [Jeremy Schultz]
• April 16, Lee's Palace, Toronto
  • "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo" / "Teenage Kicks" / "Having An Average Weekend" / "Hot Box Car" / "Magic Words" [Steven Frank]

JUNE - 2016 WEST COAST TOUR

• June 3 - The Rickshaw, Vancouver
• June 4 - The Shakedown, Bellingham
• June 5 - The Tractor, Seattle
  • "Plastics For 500, Bob" [nightdriver]
  • "Teenage Kicks" [nightdriver]
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [nightdriver]
  • Pictures from the show in the M. Anthony Collection Page.
• June 6 - Star Theater, Portland
• June 8 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
  • "Having An Average Weekend" [numero9]
• June 9 - The Echoplex, Los Angeles
  • The Echo, April, 2016: Preview of the Sadies / Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet Show At Echoplex
  • Set list pictures: real photo, photo doctored to reflect the actual songs played.
  • Pictures from the show in the Shawn Nagy Collection Page.
• June 10 - Pappy & Harriet's, Pioneertown
  • Set list picture: real photo, doctored photo (as above).
  • Pictures from the show in the Phil Tiki Collection Page.
  • Up close, high quality footage of THE WHOLE SHOW (well, except for a song or two) shot in 4K!:
    • Part one (15:50) [Phil Tiki]
    • Part two (15:50) [Phil Tiki]
    • Part three (23:11) [Phil Tiki]
    Interestingly enough, if you compare the set list to the video, you'll see that some songs were dropped from the set. Wondering if they had less time than anticipated and shortened to compensate. Even more interesting is that "16 Encores" has a new segment added! It's "Picture My Face" by Teenage Head, and it's slotted in between "More Than A Feeling" and "Smoke On The Water".
  • Timelapse footage of Shadowy Men and The Sadies, set to The Sadies "Oak Ridges" [James Good]
• June 11 - The Hideout, San Diego
  • "Egypt Texas" / "Reid's Situation" / "Our Weapons Are Useless" [Max Sound]

OCTOBER

• October 7 - Freemasons Hall, Edmonton (Up+Downtown Music Festival)
  • "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother" / "Mr. Sandman" / "Bennett Cerf" / "Aunt's Invasion" / "Our Weapons Are Useless" / Plastics For 500, Bob" / "Algoma Reflections" / "Jackpot" [DramaticSituations]

NOVEMBER

• November 18 & 19 - Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario (Voix de Ville Extravagonzo)
  • S Men provided musical backing for each of the three shows (one on the 18th, two on the 19th).
  • Short promo film with "Aunt's Invasion" as backing.

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2017

JULY

• July 22 - Bengough, Saskatchewan (Gateway Festival)

AUGUST

• August 25, St. Catherines, Ontario

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2018

MARCH

• March 31 - Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Ontario (opening for Yo La Tengo)
  • "Zombie Compromise" [HamBoneElectronics]
  • "Having An Average Weekend / Hot Box Car / Bennett Cerf" [Blüm Media]
  • "The Little Black Egg" (Yo La Tengo with Shadowy Men) [HamBoneElectronics]

JULY

• July 5 - Bell Parc, Sudbury, Ontario (Northern Lights Festival Boréal)

OCTOBER

• October 4 - Niagara Artists Center, St. Catherines, Ontario

DECEMBER

• December 10 - The Bowery Ballroom, New York
  (secret opening act for the last night of Yo La Tengo's eight-night Hanukkah shows)

• December 31 - The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
  (secret opening act for The Sadies)
  • Set list picture - Photo of both pages

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2019

SEPTEMBER

• September 19 - Niagara Artists Center, St. Catherines, Ontario (Sonic Glow)

OCTOBER

• October 5 - Downtown Moncton, New Brunswick (Mud City Festival)
  • Set list picture - Page 1 of Don's set list
  • "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore" / "Egypt Texas" [dugost]
  • "You, Me & Mexico" / "5 American 6 Canadian" / "Jackpot" [dugost]
  • "Fortune Tellin' Chicken" / "Rover & Rusty" / "Off Our Back Conrad Black" [dugost]
  • "Siesta Cinema" / "Aunt's Invasion" [dugost]
  • "Spend A Night, Not A Fortune" / "Cheese In The Fridge" / "Run Chicken Run" [dugost]

NOVEMBER

• November 21 - The Monarch Tavern, Toronto
  • Set list scans - First set and Second set
• November 22 - The Monarch Tavern, Toronto
• November 23 - The Monarch Tavern, Toronto

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2022

FEBRUARY

• February 17 - Sadies singer/guitarist and Shadowy Men bassist Dallas Good passes away.
  • tributes and obituaries.

MAY

• May 13 - Season 6 of The Kids In The Hall premieres on Amazon Prime.