I have no time these days to be posting to this blog. Work is crazy, and home is crazy, and I’m busy, busy, busy… But I just heard this artist for the first time today and I have to put up some kind of short post about her…

Melody Gardot. Check this girl out.

Love Me Like a River Does

The next video doesn’t allow embedding. Could it be my new favorite version of Aint No Sunshine? Too bad it’s a partial video.

Ain’t No Sunshine
HERE. check it out.

Worrysome Heart

So yesterday I went to the Slow Food Rocks festival at Fort Mason, San Francisco. Now this was my kind of festival. ONE stage (so tandjam won’t get confused), all the sets lasted over an hour (not just the headliner), a crowd of reasonable proportions, and the kicker: perfect weather.

Could there have been a more beautiful day in San Francisco? I don’t think so.

Here is a short video clip of John Butler performing ‘Ocean’…such a beautiful day, and beautiful guitar…

A short clip of the scene during the Phil Lesh and Friends set (it was great):

I feel so relaxed just watching that…

Nice.

More short vids of John Butler after the jump.

Another short clip of “Ocean”…

Short clip of John Butler Trio performing “Gov Did Nothin’”

I love the John Butler Trio’s drummer, Michael Barker. Half the reason I go to the shows is to hear and feel his solos pound through the atmosphere…

I can’t believe I didn’t get any vids of G. Love and Special Sauce… bummer! They were great…

Phil Lesh and Friends:

I taped and I’ll post some mp3s of the shows, but it will take me quite a while to get to it. However, there were a couple other tapers there who will have much better recordings, so keep an eye out on the interwebs…

(ETA: I missed London Street, the first band of the day.)

This is the story of my first music festival. The whole story. You might be bored by it as it includes my adventures on the bus and so forth. Read at your own risk.

I thought I was going to hear music, but it turned out that the music is important, but it really is a rather small part of the whole experience.

The story:

I drove up from the south bay and parked at Union Square. I took a short walk to Market Street to catch the number 5 bus.

For a moment, I considered walking up Market Street for a while and catching the bus at the next stop, but decided against it because just then the bus pulled up right next to me. So I jumped on at the first stop.

I climb aboard, annoy the driver by dropping my change too slowly, and then take a seat.

The bus proceeds up Market to the next stop, and a giant mass of people cram onto the bus. Every seat is taken and ever inch of standing room is full of bodies pressed together. They are all going to Outside Lands. The bus is so full it feels like it is going to burst.

A couple sitting next to me introduced themselves and we start talking about the festival. They went on Friday they say. They say it is too bad that I missed Radiohead. And Black Mountain. Black Mountain was really good, they say. They also mention that after the festival let out Friday night, and thousands of people poured onto the streets of San Francisco, it was impossible to catch a bus. All the busses were packed full and they would not stop to pick anyone up. My new friends said that late Friday night they waited an hour in the cold dark at a stop as bus after bus passed. Then they started walking. As they walked, they would stop at bus stops along the way, hoping a bus would stop for them. But the busses never stopped. It was the same with the Taxi’s they said…all full, not stopping. They walked the entire way back to their hotel that night. It took them two hours.

Well, that was some good information. Right then and there I crossed Tom Petty (the last performer of the night) off my list of shows to see. I was leaving the festival while the busses would still pick me up. I was not walking for two hours in the middle of the night in San Francisco. Oh hell no.

*******

So we arrived at Gold Gate Park and proceed to the entrance of the festival. I was very casually searched, and my backpack was very causally searched, my ticket was scanned, and I’m in at around 12:55. The first bands take the stage at 1:00. But first things first. I see a merch tent and no lines because it is so early. I stop and buy a Outside Lands t-shirt and a poster and put them in my backpack (PS: the t-shirt does not fit. Anyone want a brand new Outside Lands t-shirt? Moonshadow?) Next I see a BBQ stand. I stop and grab a sandwich and a coke for $12.

And then it is off to the Sutro stage to see Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet. By the time I get there they have already done two songs. I find a seat on the grass and get ready for some music. As soon as I sit down this hippy dude walks up and plants himself a couple of feet in front of me. The next song starts and this guy jumps to his feet and starts dancing.

How to describe his dancing…..? It was very free. It was very stream-of-consciousness. It was very entertaining and distracting.

This dude was about 60, with a long gray beard. He had on a pair of green corduroy pants that I am sure he has had since 1972, and a green shirt with a giant pot leaf on the back. Very quickly he took that shirt off so that he could be more free. His body was the rich dark brown color of a white dude who doesn’t work and spends most of his time for the last 30 years with no shirt on so that he can be more free. He had a purse with a mushroom on it. It came off at the same time as the shirt. He had his hair covered with a bandana. He had rhythm.

So I start to think how great it would be to live like that…to be so free. To not buy into all the crap our materialistic society teaches us. To not be constrained by the so-called rules that are all really just bullshit anyway. To go to the beach or the park and smoke pot everyday and enjoy the sun and the water and the air. To live at peace.

Then I snap out of it and Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet are done. All I can tell you is that the hippy really enjoyed them. How could I be so distracted by him that I missed the whole set??

Oh well, no time for regrets. Gotta live in the now. So I took off for the next show, Rupa and the April Fishes. They had already started by the time I got to their stage. Stupid festival is set up that way. Grrrrr. Sounded good. Beautiful girl, fun music. Dudes on stilts in the crowd dancing. Very entertaining. There was a booth right next to the stage giving away ‘peace’ buttons. I took a few and decorated my backpack.

Rupa and the April Fishes at Outside Lands

After the April Fishes, I head over to another stage to catch Devendra Banhart. I don’t remember that set, except that the singer said he could not wait to get off the stage so that he could run over and catch the Liars, his favorite band. I stayed for a few songs that I don’t remember, and then left early so that I could catch the start of the next band that I wanted to see.

The funny thing is, it turns out I had been at the wrong stage. The singer I saw was not Devendra Banhart. Who knows who I was listening to…I have no idea who they were, but I wish I had caught the ‘psychedelic minstrel’ Devendra Banhrt:

By now I’m sure you are wondering what the hell tandjam ingested that day so as to miss an entire set of music that was playing right in front of her and then to go to the wrong stage and listen to the wrong act and not even know it. You might even be wondering where you can get some of what tandjam ingested. Well, believe it or not I managed to be this confused and distracted while being totally sober. (Ok, maybe I had a little contact high from all the smoke, but other than that, nothing. I swear.)

So anyway, after I watched the mystery band on the unknown stage, I made a trip to the other side of the festival to the BIG Lands End stage. This was the stage that Radiohead had performed on the night before, and the stage that Tom Petty would perform on later that night. It was an amazing stage: huge, huge, HUGE.

I was at the huge stage to catch Galactic’s Crescent City Soul Krewe, featuring Cyril Neville and The Dirty Dozen Horns. This was a fun set of music, straight from NOLA. They had some problems with their sound, but I was close enough that it didn’t matter. Cyril Neville was great, the horns were great, the music was great…I really enjoyed their set. And I finally felt like I heard some music.

It was around the end of this set that the weather in San Francisco became a bit chilly. Imagine that? I put on a giant sweatshirt and checked my watch. I had 20 minutes until the next show that I wanted to catch, Nellie McKay. I was hungry again (contact high munchies?), so I stopped on my way to Nellie’s stage and got a hamburger and a tea for $14. Ouch! That one hurt.

I slowly made my way over to the stage, found a spot on the grass and had a seat. I had 10 minutes to wait. I knew I was missing other music…
Lupe Fiasco, for example, who I really wanted to check out.

But Lupe Fiasco was clear on the other side of the festival and I had wanted to see Nellie McKay for several years now, so I ate my very expensive hamburger and waited on the grass patiently.

At the appointed time, Nellie did not take the stage. There was nobody checking mics, there was nothing. 5 minutes later…still nothing. 10 minutes….nothing….Now I know that I will have to choose between seeing the end of her set and getting to the next show on my list. She is messing up my schedule. Grrrrrr. 16 minutes later Nellie McKay suddenly jumps on stage in a cute little dress and I know she is freezing. San Francisco was in the 50’s with the wind blowing chilly ocean air by this time. I was bundled up. I felt bad for this skinny vegan girl in her little shift dress. Teeth chattering she sat at the piano, mumbling about Lupe Fiasco’s hit song. Was she saying she was late because she was watching Lupe Fiasco?? If so, that is fucked up. Seriously. If not, sorry for the profanity.

Nellie’s set was late and felt rushed and it felt cold. But it was really fun and very funny. Nellie McKay is hilarious. And so talented. Here is a vid of her performing “Sari” on the Late Late Show a few years ago:

She performed “Sari” at Outside Lands and yes, she gets every single of those words in there, included the ones that the Late Late Show edited out. One of these days I’ll have to do a post on Nellie…she’s an interesting artist.

So anyway, back to my story….Nellie’s set runs late, because she started late. Then I wait in line for 15 minutes to use a gross port-a-potty. Because of Nellie running late and because of the wait at the port-a-potty, I miss most of Donavon Frankenreiter…but I really, really liked what I did see. I caught about 3 songs I think. I think I’m going to pick up some of his music soon…

After Donavon, the next artist to see was Ben Harper. I took a short walk over to the BIG Lands End stage again. Steve Winwood had just finished performing on that stage, so there was already a larg crowd gathered. Now I was part of a second crowd of people coming to the stage to see Ben Harper. We streamed in and filled up all the little spaces in the first crowd and soon the lawn was packed so solid that it was difficult to move.

I snaked my way through the crowd to a pretty good center spot with a very nice view, right next to the VIP section. And the VIP section fence gave me a nice place to lean on for a rest. More and more people streamed in, pushing their way to front. And then more and more and more people came and I could not imagine how they were all fitting in up there. And then I looked back behind me to see a huge sea of people packed in behind me and suddenly I felt the enormity of the crowd. Wow.

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals came out and they played a great set. Ben Harper was fantastic. He was fantastic. I don’t know what else to say…he just blew the doors off the place….if there had been doors… The most memorable part of the set was when some familiar notes floated across the audience and a guy in front of me said, “Oh this is a great song! This is seriously one of his best songs!”….it was “Use Me.”

Here is a partial vid of that performance that I found on youtube…you can get an idea of the crowd size and an idea of how Ben was performing…

After Ben Harper, the last band that I was going to see was Cake, and then I was going to leave the festival to beat the rush after Tom Petty. But I decided to skip Cake and leave a little sooner, just to be safe. I wanted to be sure I could catch a bus back to Union Sqare.

I took my time on the way out and checked out some tents and booths. There was some really cool stuff, especially in the “Crowd Fire” tent where you could just chill out in the dark, listen to a DJ, upload your media from the festival, watch media from the festival, surf the net, or have your picture taken and incorporated into a concert poster for your favorite band. Those personalized concert posters were pretty cool. They don’t sound cool, do they? Well, they were. I wish I had gotten one.

After the Crowd Fire tent, I checked out a few more booths full of environmentally friendly this that and the other thing. And then I made my way to the exit, wondering what great music I was missing at that moment and what great music I would be missing.

Right next to the exit, there was a stage. Primus was on the stage. The crowd was insane. Just a seething sea of people moshing and slamming and crowd surfing and pumping their fists and singing and cheering and generally rocking out. I watched for quite a while. Wow. There was a pretty big crowd on the other side of the fence, outside the festival, watching too. THis band was on fire…the energy was crazy.

Primus at Outside Lands:

Finally I dragged myself away and said goodbye to Outside Lands as I made my way out of Golden Gate Park and out to the street.

I took the number 5 bus (packed full) to market and then walked to Union Square. It was dark by now and Union Square was packed with shoppers, tourists, street musicians and demanding panhandlers. I did not hurry to my car. I soaked up the evening and the sites.

I heard some unusual but beautiful music coming from the Square and when I looked over I saw a huge Tibetan flag. I’m interested in Tibet and Tibetan culture and I have a Tibetan student, so I made my way over to the music to see what I could see. I listened to the music and participated in a “Free Tibet” demonstration.

And then I took the short walk to my car and drove home. It was a full and satisfying day.

A big thank you to Moonshadow for posting a recap of her first John Butler Trio show. I love recaps, especially of JBT shows, so I thought I would bring it to the front. Enjoy. And thanks again, Moonshadow!

t&jam, I didn’t know the best spot to post my recap, so I landed here. I hope that’s okay.

I can be a bit long-winded. Here goes…..

My husband and I arrived at the concert a bit early. JBT’s website listed the concert as starting at 6:30, but the tickets said 7:00. We arrived at the amphitheatre at 6:00 just in case the latter time was the correct one. We passed the time by buying a t-shirt each. They had a really cool brown tour shirt, but were out of my size. I settled for the women’s blue t-shirt. A little FYI here - If you buy one of the blue shirts, buy one that is a size larger than you would normally wear. I usually wear a size 6-8 so I bought a medium. The shirt is way too small. Twenty five bucks for a shirt I can’t even wear. Would anyone like a JBT t-shirt? Next we went in search of food. Slim pickins. I had Nacho cheese and chips. The cheese sauce was fake (of course) and cold. I was extraordinarily hungry so I managed to choke it down with the aid of a watered down coca cola. MMmmm….good! Ha.

We then made our way down to our seats. Not too bad. Only 18 rows from the front. As the time reached 6:45 we assumed the show was to start at 7;00 just as the tickets read. 7:00 passed by…7:15…..7:30…..at 7:40-ish I smelled biodiesel. I’m guessing the band must have been held up by traffic. Who knows?! A few minutes after smelled the strong odor of biodiesel, the DJ from davefm came on stage to introduce the bands. He told the crowd thank you for coming to see G.Love and Special Sauce, which was followed by a cheer from the crowd. Then he said the opening act is the John Butler Trio, which was followed by a HUGE cheer from the crowd. The DJ threw his head back, laughed, and said “How did I know that was going to be the reaction?!”.

(I realize the above wasn’t necessay to the recap but remember I warned that I can be long-winded!)

Wow, wow, wow, the moment I’d been waiting for. Finally!

At 7:55 the trio casually walked on stage. They opened with “Company Sin”. (After “Company Sin”, I thought to myself (no joke)…..How does t&jam remember all of the songs, and the order of them, for her recaps? Shoot, she records the concerts! I should have brought a pen or pencil so I could jot the set list down! ) I can tell you all that the last song they played was “Funky Tonight”. Each and every song absolutely rocked. And it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to, if not the best.

The rest of the set list (in no particular order):

-Used To Get High
-Better Than
-Ocean……John Butler is a phenom on guitar. Absolutely amazing. t&jam, when you witnessed him playing this song could you feel the ocean? The swelling and subsiding of the tide, the waves? How he is able to capture the ocean, I don’t know. But he does. The word “amazing” doesn’t do him or the song justice.
-Gov Did Nothing….John, Shannon, and Michael captured the catastrophic event that was Katrina. The helicopters, the water, the anguish, the despair, the anger……the sounds came through their instruments and their voices.
-Zebra…One of my favorite JBT songs. We can be whatever we want to be. The choice is ours. Rock on John, rock on!
-Good Excuse….Halfway through this song, John yells “Turn off your Fox News, people!”. I love John Butler.
-Funky Tonight

I was so caught in the moment of the concert, I cannot remember if the solos were during Good Excuse or Funky Tonight. What I do remember is Shannon did an awesome job with his double bass solo. Michael on drums. The man is fierce.

I’m sorry my recap isn’t the best. All I can say is I would buy the same ill-fitting tshirt over and over again if it gained me more opportunities to see these guys play.

Finally, after their time on stage, they signed CD’s at a table by the merch stand. The concert-goers poured out of the seating area, up the stairs to the signing table. My husband and I decided to pass because we just weren’t up to standing in line with a bunch of quasi-sober twenty-somethings. About 15-20 minutes later, and bored out of our minds as we waited for GLove to take the stage, we headed to the merch stand to see if they were still signing. They were! Cool. I decided to buy a CD (Live At St. Gallen) to have signed. When we got in line we were about 50 people back. When the line was cut we were about 20 people back. I was so upset. I had just bought a $30 CD and I wasn’t going to be able to get it signed. Everyone around us looked every bit a dejected as I did, and they all starting leaving the line. Suddenly there were only 7 or 8 people in front of us. My husband kept saying to me, ” Go ahead, they’re still there signing. Go ahead!”. Stepping waay outside of my comfort zone, I was making my way up to the signing table as quickly as I could when John rose from his chair. At that point, the only person standing between me and John Butler was a 6 foot 3 inch security woman. Fortunately for me, I was good at side-stepping the 6′3″ security women. John was descending the stairs just as I reached him. I said “Excuse me” as I leaned toward him and put my right hand on the front of his left shoulder. He then turned, put his right hand on my left shoulder and tilted his head to within an inch of mine so he could hear what I was going to say.

This is what I WANTED to say :

“Thank you for “Gov Did Nothing”. Thank you for “Something’s Gotta Give”. Thank you for speaking truth to power. A dear, dear family member of mine was killed in Iraq. Thank you for “Fire In The Sky”. It has helped me through the grieving process. I have cried in despair, until I’ve had no more tears, when I’ve listened to this song. I’ve felt anger while listening to this song. I have felt hope while listening to this song. Thank you John, for the words and the music.”

This is what I DID say :

“Thank you for lyrics that actually say something”.

After I spoke, he leaned back, looked kind of suprised, and said, “You’re welcome”.

I turned to walk away and he continued down the stairs.

My husband asked me what I said to JB, and when I told my husband what I had said, I realized how foolish I must have sounded. All I can hope is that somehow, someway, John Butler was able to make sense of my words. I hope he knew my simple words were heartfelt and filled with gratitude.

During the course of the evening, I spent money on a shirt that does not fit, I didn’t get to hear “FITS”, and I bought a CD that I wasn’t able to get signed.

It was the best concert experience ever.

I experienced live music of The John Butler Trio. I was able to meet and thank one of my musical heroes.

Ok, so I skipped Friday.

I checked out the schedule for today and made my plans. Here’s my lineup:

1) Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck
http://www.abigailwashburn.com/

2) Rupa and the April Fishes
http://www.cumbancha.com/albums/extraordinaryrendition/

3) Devendra Banhart
http://www.devendrabanhart.com/listen.html

4) Galactic City Soul
http://www.galacticfunk.com/NEW2007/index.php?skin=1

5) M. Ward
http://www.mwardmusic.com/deluxe/

6) Nellie McKay (I LOVE her!!)
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/artists/nellie-mckay/

7) Donavon Frakenreiter or café tacvba ?
?? Difficult choice…
http://www.donavonf.com/media/default.asp

http://www.myspace.com/cafetacvba

8 ) Ben Harper

9) Cake
http://www.cakemusic.com/

9) Tom Petty

See ya later!

Photos: Overture Hall, Madison WI
July 13th, 2008
Credit for all photos to Bryan Gladding. Thank you, Bryan.

Lyle’s 2008 tour is one great tour. After every show, this blog gets tons of hits for Lyle and his band, and my email gets messages from person after person who was there for the magic of another show on another night…

The set list is great. It really is. It’s fantastic. But it’s more than the set list…

From Kate:

“This Lyle Lovett concert at the Mountain Winery was the best musical performance I have ever attended.

“I am so glad you were there, because the evening, the weather, the night sky and band with the mission as the backdrop, along with the dramatic lighting…..well……..it was heaven.”

From Gary:

“I hadn’t actually seen Lyle in concert until August 9th, I was just a casual fan. But that show made me a convert.”

“..The most amazing thing: There was a thunderstorm going on behind the stage in the mountains not too far away. When Lyle was singing “I Will Rise Up/Ain’t No More Cane”, when he sang “As the storm clouds gather and the lightning strikes”, a big bolt of lighting filled the sky behind him. To make the effect even more amazing, when he sang the next line “And the thunder rolls”, it did exactly that. The thunder rumbled down from the mountains and the crowd went wild. It couldn’t have happened more perfectly if he’d have timed it himself. From then on, the crowd was transfixed.”

From Sam:

“I have seen Lyle on several tours and this is my absolute favorite.”

“The BIG highlight of the Louisville show was that Lyle’s monitor went out and while they fixed the technical glitch, he chatted with the audience and told a story about a woman that was on the plane with him that came to the show that night. It took about 5 min. to fix the glitch and Lyle was pure magic during the give and take with the audience. After the glitch, he resumed the show with “This Old Porch” and proceeded through the rest of the set with anecdotes and stories not heard at the other shows.

Now while I can’t promise you great stuff like technical glitches and lightening and thunder on cue at your show, I think it’s safe to say this is a tour not to be missed.

If you do go see the show, drop me an email or a comment about it. I love that sort of thing.

Link to some audio of the Saratoga show HERE.

Well? Who should I see Friday? I need to make a plan…

Honestly, Friday’s lineup doesn’t have me going crazy or anything. Should it? Somebody tell me what the can’t miss show of Friday is, and don’t say Radiohead.

If I had the chance to see these guys in the next few weeks I would be all over it. No special reason that I’m saying that. Just a comment. And speaking of comments, check out those comments on youtube from the folks who were there… Wow. Seems they liked the show.

This has nothing to do with music, it has to do with Bernie Mac.

I’m gonna miss him.

I can’t believe he’s gone.

Here’s something tame from The Bernie Mac Show…(this is a family blog, after all…and the Bernie Mac show was hella funny…)

Some serious Bernie…something to remember, America.

Lyle Lovett
August 1, 2008
Saratoga Mountain Winery

Set list in bold, with some comments and a few audio samples from the show.

This was my favorite Lyle Lovett and his Large Band concert ever. The large band wasn’t quite as large this time around, and you know, I liked it better. I guess it’s true …size isn’t everything!

He started right on time. He was wearing a nice cream colored suit, dressed for church, as was everyone on the stage.

I dropped into my seat about ten seconds before the first notes of his first song…

Church - A great song with a gospel sound, but not a gospel song. I thought to myself how I wish he would do some gospel type music in his show. I love it, but when I’ve seen Lyle in concert previously, he didn’t perform as much of it as I would like. Little did I know I would get my wish in spades later in the evening. Anyway, with Church opening the night, everybody had a smile on their face.

I Will Rise Up
Make It Happy

No Big Deal - This song features the type of vocals and lyrics that first hooked me on Lyle.

Private Conversation
If I Were The Man You Wanted
Truck Song
Then came some banter (“Make a note: pick up some shorts”) - hahahaha. The audience says he is hilarious.
This Old Porch

Cowboy Man - Texas swing with a classical cello intro. You don’t hear that every day.

Penguins - I’ve always liked this song, but thank goodness in the banter he said he wrote this song to make fun of someone who had penguins all over their home. Now I can enjoy it without the confusion that always troubled me.
Cute as a Bug
Give Back My Heart

Long Tall Texan - This one I have a real soft spot for. I had never heard him sing it live before this, but I’ve worn out my mp3 of this song. I love how he says, “Oh lor,’ oh lor’ …Is that your hat?” I was pretty happy he sang it. Too bad about the feedback.

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Don’t Cry a Tear

More banter - Lyle says that growing up Lutheran and going to Lutheran school influenced his taste in music. Just for fun, here’s some banter:

South Texas Girl - a beautiful, amazing song. A song that happens to mention Sid Lasher. When Lyle was growing up, Sid Lasher was a TV weather man in Texas who conveyed extra facts and information about the towns on his weather maps. Kinda like I am telling you about Sid Lasher in the middle of a concert recap.
All Down Hill From Here
You Were Always There - haunting, beautiful, heartbreaking song that I dedicated a post to a few months ago.

Keep it in Your Pantry - Funny bluegrass song. Aways a hit! Not on an album yet, I don’t think.

Up in Indiana - love this bluegrass tune

Happy Birthday, Mitch - aww! Lyle sings Happy Birthday to Mitch Watkins (guitar).
If I Had a Boat - crowd favorite. Poetic. Lots of people in the audience know the words and you can hear some singing along.

She’s No Lady - Classic Lyle

North Dakota

My Baby Don’t Tolerate - Yeah I love this song! Turn it up!

That’s Right, You’re Not From Texas - crowd favorite. Lots of fun.

Ok… if you’ve ever seen Lyle perform you know that compared to some other artists, he doesn’t move around a bunch. It is as if he won’t allow a little bits of music to take detours to his fingers to snap, or his legs to dance or his body to sway. Instead he stays still and channels it all through is voice.

But over the years, I’ve started to notice all the little movements he does make. For example, there were a few points in the show that were really magical, and one of them I could see coming before it happened, because of the way he moved…

By the way he put his guitar down. By the way he stepped to the mic. By the way he tensed up and held his hands, by the way he set his feet…oh lord I thought…this is going to be good. And it was. And it kept getting better and better. And better.

I’m Gonna Wait > I’m Going To The Place

Ain’t No More Cain - bringing it back down to close the show… Wow. Perfect.

-encore-
Soldier in the Army of the Lord - And one more for the road!

a ‘clean’ set list after the jump…

If you are interested in my so-so recording of this great show, drop me a line at tandjam at hotmail dot com and give me a few days to get back to you with a dl.

ETA a clean set list:

Lyle Lovett August 1, 2008
Saratoga Mountain Winery
Set List

Church
I Will Rise Up
Make It Happy
No Big Deal
Private Conversation
If I Were the Man You Wanted
Truck Song
This Old Porch
Cowboy Man
Penguins
Cute As a Bug
Give Back My Heart
Long Tall Texan
Don’t Cry a Tear
South Texas Girl
All Downhill from Here
You Were Always There
Keep It in Your Pantry
Up In Indiana
Happy Birthday, Mitch
If I Had a Boat
She’s No Lady
North Dakota
My Baby Don’t Tolerate
That’s Right, You’re Not from Texas
I’m Going To Wait
I’m Going To The Place
Aint No More Cain
-encore-
Soldier In The Army Of The Lord