Songs you wanna see brought back

[Smitty]

Good idea, Zip.



The Day John Henry Died
Chicago Promenade
Hurricanes & Handgrenades
Try
Superman
Crystal Clear
Whisper
The Assassin (I can imagine some peculiar reactions from some of his newer fans if he were to play this one)

[Zip City]

Try and The Assassin are the two big ones. John Henry is another

[Smitty]

Does he still play the Magician, the Blue, Streetlights and In a Razor Town?

[Zip City]

Does he still play the Magician, the Blue, Streetlights and In a Razor Town?

Last time I saw him (almost two years ago) he played The Magician and In a Razor Town

[coornelius]

John Henry
Try
Brand New Kind of Actress
Sunstroke
Good
When the Well Runs Dry

[Clams]

I would say anything from his first two records, or anything from his DBT days that isn't on Decoration Day or the Dirty South. This thread might as well be called The Wishful Thinking thread bc he's not going to play any of his older songs for a while. He's found his niche and it's working pretty well for him. No need to revisit the songs he used to play in bars for a $10 cover charge (though I wish he would).

[Iowan]

John Henry is #1 with a bullet.

[heartbreaker1976]

"I Brought a Pie"...J/K...

[Cockblocktherock]

Try, Down in a Hole, Hurricanes and Hand Grenades, Cigarettes and Wine. I loved the first album from day 1 and hate that Dress Blues is the only song he still plays from it. Of course, Dress Blues is a classic.

[Eyes Above It]

Goddamn Lonely Love, not that he can really play that one when Amanda is present.

[brett27295]

How about he stops playing songs from Something More Than Free?

[Eyes Above It]

Good idea, Zip.



The Day John Henry Died
Chicago Promenade
Hurricanes & Handgrenades
Try
Superman
Crystal Clear
Whisper
The Assassin (I can imagine some peculiar reactions from some of his newer fans if he were to play this one)

Yeah I doubt he would play the Assassin for his new crowd, but I would be thrilled if he did. Ditto Superman.

[ford911]

Stopping By

[94dawg]

Try, and ANYTHING from the self-titled 400 album, which is his best imo

[ramonz]

Not sure where to stick this, and the answer might be obvious, but has Jason played any (non-JI) DBT or PH live other than The Assassin early on? He used to give the occasional props to PH and DBT - does he still do that?

[Smitty]

By the way, back in the day between the TDS and ABAAC there was a stretch of shows where Jason sang "Nine Bullets". I would mark the fuck out if he broke that out again.

[Clams]

Not sure where to stick this, and the answer might be obvious, but has Jason played any (non-JI) DBT or PH live other than The Assassin early on? He used to give the occasional props to PH and DBT - does he still do that?

No because 99% of his current audience wouldn't know who he was talking about.

[ford911]

Agree that most of his new audience doesn't know a lot about DBT but he still mentions them by name at almost every show I go to.

[ramonz]

Agree that most of his new audience doesn't know a lot about DBT but he still mentions them by name at almost every show I go to.

What does he say, generally? It might be time for him to cover Heathens or WWW at a show.

[211poundsofpork]

Agree that most of his new audience doesn't know a lot about DBT but he still mentions them by name at almost every show I go to.

What does he say, generally? It might be time for him to cover Heathens or WWW at a show.

Agreed. On the other side of things, I would love to see DBT do Decoration Day. What hurts is you'd be missing Isbell's incendiary playing on this, but with Jay I think it could go over well.

[Smitty]

Agree that most of his new audience doesn't know a lot about DBT but he still mentions them by name at almost every show I go to.

What does he say, generally? It might be time for him to cover Heathens or WWW at a show.

Agreed. On the other side of things, I would love to see DBT do Decoration Day. What hurts is you'd be missing Isbell's incendiary playing on this, but with Jay I think it could go over well.

if they were to cover Isbell, I think they would need to cover a song from his post-DBT career. I think playing something like DD or Outfit would be kinda shitty w/o him, although I can't articulate why.

However, a Super 8 or Alabama Pines would be in good taste and very respectful.

I kind of wish artists regularly covered songs by their peers the way they did "back in the day". That's one thing I've always liked about Isbell, who's covered Todd Snider's "Play a Train Song", Mark Kozelek's "Glenn Tipton", McMurtry's "Rachel's Song" and "Levelland", Ryan Adams' "Jacksonville Skyline", Will Johnson's "Just to Know What You've Been Dreaming", Ray LaMontagne's "Jolene", and my personal favorite Malcolm Holcombe's "Dressed in White".

[gepman]

Maybe our wishes are being heard... He pulled out "Sway" at Outside Lands on Sunday...