WIDESPREAD PANIC 2009 FALL TOUR IN REVIEW

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Stats:
  • 20 Shows
  • 413 Songs Total
  • 102 Unique Originals
  • 72 Unique Covers
  • 174 Unique Songs
  • 20.65 Average Songs Per Show
  • 50 One-timers




Shows by state:

  • TX- 2
  • LA- 1
  • AZ- 1
  • CA- 6
  • NV- 1
  • MO- 2
  • WI- 3
  • MI- 1
  • IN- 1
  • SC- 2
  • 1 Night Runs: 5
  • 2 Night Runs: 3
  • 3 Night Runs: 3



Most Played (5):

  • Driving Song
  • Greta
  • Henry Parsons Died
  • Love Tractor
  • Pigeons
  • Tall Boy



Something Special:

  • New-found energy after Co-Bill Tour with The Allman Brothers Band
  • Lighting Designer Paul Hoffman adds new visual element
  • Colin Vereen joins the band full time to provide photographs and 'twitter' updates
  • Setlist Selection: 4 show no repeat rule with very few exceptions
  • JB uses a 'Mesa Boogie' combo amp, Jimmy uses a 'Leslie Guitar' rotating speaker, Sunny uses a sampler for drum loops
  • The first and last show of the tour are hot on paper and well executed
  • Song transitions are becoming lucid
  • Todd Nance sings 'Clinic Cynic' twice, 'Down' twice, and 'Coach' once
  • 'The Band' encore: 'Chest Fever, Ophelia > The Shape I'm In' (10/30/2009)
  • Halloween: JB dressed as 'Vincent Van Gough', Todd as 'Breast Cancer awareness', Jojo as 'The Pope', Sunny as a 'Skeleton', Jimmy and Dave as 'Brokeback Mountain'; only 'Come As You Are', 'Lake Of Fire', first Waitin' For The Bus', 'This Masquerade', JB crawls across the stage
  • coloartist does the first ever live WP blackberry stream (11/04/09)
  • 'Safety Dance' rap (10/31/09) and 'Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin' jam (11/12/09) during 'Climb To Safety'
  • 'Night People' rap during 'Just Kissed My Baby' (11/13/09)
  • JB continues to rap Leonard Cohen's 'That Don't Make It Junk' on tour
  • Dave Schools boots unruly fans down front (11/15/09)
  • JB's hat is backwards (11/18/09)
  • 'Entering A Black Hole Backwards Jam' (11/18/09) 'Spanish Moon jam' after 'Tie Your Shoes' (11/28/09), 'Under Pressure' jam during 'Arleen' (11/28/09)
  • "Happy Birthday Todd" before 'Coach' (11/20/09)
  • 'That's right motherfucker I got your hat. Throw another one?' -Dave Schools (11/20/09)
  • JB, Todd and Crew have a dance party to the PA music (11/21/09)



JBisms:

  • "Well, I admit things feel pretty good, but lets not count our chickens... ahhh go ahead and count the chickens." (post-Love Tractor 10/30/09)
  • "Happy Halloween everybody. The first of the major Holidays" (pre-Waitin' For The Bus 10/31/09)
  • "I see faces missin' already" (post-Rock 10/31/09)
  • "Alright good afternoon everybody. [We were] this far from playin' in our jammies." (pre-Thought Sausage 11/01/09)
  • "It's hard to breathe, its hard to breathe, it's hard to breathe. You know what, sometimes it's hard to breathe. It's hard to breathe. Breathe through your feet, breathe through my toes. I've had moments. Breathe through your eyelids. [Just breathe & then you got really fuckin' scared.] It's hard to breathe. (post-Thought Sausage 11/10/09)
  • "We're glad we came to work tonight!" (pre-encore, 11/13/09)
  • "Welcome to the seventh inning." (pre-From The Cradle 11/14/09)
  • "Happy Saturday Everybody. Hope all your teams won, and wishes came true..." (pre-Big Wooly Mammoth 11/21/09)
  • "A couple of moments, early moments, to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. This is a song by our friends; Danny and Eric from Bloodkin, called 'Can't Get High'. Ha!" (pre-Can't Get High 11/25/09)
  • "I think we got one more in us." (pre-Chilly Water 11/28/09)



Welcome Back:

  • Chest Fever (10/17/08 Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, LTP 52)
  • Ophelia (10/18/08 Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, TX, LTP 51)
  • The Shape I'm In (09/30/95 Horn In The West Amphitheater, Boone, NC, LTP 1196)
  • Mama Told Me Not To Come (10/26/08 Saint Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL, LTP 47)
  • Red Beans (10/17/08 Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, LTP 53)
  • Low Rider (07/23/08 House of Blues, N. Myrtle Beach, SC, LTP 66)
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (10/24/08 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC, LTP 55)
  • Sometimes (10/22/08 Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL, LTP 57)
  • Just Kissed My Baby (07/03/06 Mont Bleu Showroom, Stateline, NV, LTP 278)
  • Light Is Like Water (07/23/08 House of Blues, N. Myrtle Beach, SC, LTP 72)
  • Pusherman (11/08/08 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, LTP 49)
  • Nobody's Loss (10/29/08 The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami, FL, LTP 55)
  • Entering A Black Hole Backwards (10/19/03 Stephen C. O'Connell Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, LTP 413)
  • She Caught The Katy (07/24/07 Chevrolet Theater, Wallingford, CT, LTP 161)
  • Glory (11/08/08 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, LTP 52)
  • Coach (11/28/08 Civic Center, Asheville, NC, LTP 49)
  • Heaven (10/24/08 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC, LTP 61)
  • Dream Song (10/19/08 The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA LTP 65)
  • Already Fried (11/01/08 Kiefer Lakefront Arena, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, LTP 57)
  • Morning Dew (10/17/08 Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA LTP 67)
  • Old Joe (11/08/08 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI LTP 55)
  • Fairies Wear Boots (07/19/09 Mile High Music Festival, Denver, CO LTP 41)



Nice To Meet You:

  • Come As You Are
  • Lake Of Fire
  • This Masquerade
  • Waitin' For The Bus
  • Jesus Just Left Chicago
  • On Your Way Down



Not Played:

  • Bayou Lena
  • Breathing Slow
  • Coconut
  • Counting Train Cars
  • Don't Wanna Lose You
  • Fishing
  • Free Somehow
  • L.a.
  • Travelin' Man
  • Vacation



Hiding Out:

  • Don't Tell The Band
  • The Earth Will Swallow You
  • E on a G
  • Galleon
  • Happy Child
  • Monstrosity
  • Meeting Of The Waters
  • Nebulous
  • Raise The Roof
  • Sandbox
  • The Waker



Other Notables:

  • Porch Song (slow)
  • Don't Be Denied
  • End Of The Show
  • Can't Find My Way Home
  • Fairies Wear Boots
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  • Genesis
  • Ophelia
  • Vampire Blues
  • Weak Brain, Narrow Mind
  • Smokestack Lightning
  • Sharon
  • Last Dance
  • Lawyers, Guns, and Money
  • Pusherman
  • Maggot Brain


Special Guests:
  • Mark Ford
  • Steve Lopez
  • Jerry Joseph
  • Wally Ingram
  • DJ Logic
  • Ryan Bishop


10/30/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX Stream Cfox Torrent Sendspace

1: Lawyers, Guns, and Money, Action Man, Pleas > Love Tractor, Tickle The Truth, You Should Be Glad, Blight, Little Kin, Dyin' Man, Fishwater > Cream Puff War > Fishwater

2: Tallboy > Space Wrangler, Three Candles, Disco > Arleen > I'm Not Alone > Impossible > Machine> Barstools And Dreamers > Climb To Safety

E: Chest Fever, Ophelia, The Shape I'm In

['Safety Dance' rap during 'Climb To Safety'; Last 'The Shape I'm In' - 09/30/95, 1196 shows] 
 

10/31/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX Stream Cfox Torrent Sendspace

1: Waitin' For The Bus > Chilly Water > Rock > Chilly Water, Trouble, Gimme > You Got Yours, Give, Mama Told Me (Not To Come) > Red Beans

2: Come As You Are > Bowlegged Woman, The Last Straw, Holden Oversoul > Jam > Vampire Blues, Imitation Leather Shoes > Drums > Bust It Big > Pigeons, Lake Of Fire > Henry Parsons Died

E: This Masquerade, Postcard, Flat Foot Flewsy

[Only 'Come As You Are', Only 'Lake Of Fire', Only 'The Masquerade', Only 'Waitin' For The Bus'] 
 

11/01/09 Voodoo Experience, New Orleans, LA Stream NOLAfishwater Torrent Sendspace

O: Thought Sausage > Junior, Makes Sense To Me, Greta, Surprise Valley, Protein Drink > Sewing Machine, Blue Indian, North, All Time Low, Her Dance Needs No Body, Ain't Life Grand, Driving Song > Diner > Pilgrims > Driving Song, I Walk On Guilded Splinters, Fixin' To Die

['Highway To Heaven' rap by JB during 'Diner'] 

11/04/09 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ Stream Coloartist Torrent Sendspace

1: Blackout Blues, Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Old Neighborhood > Weight Of The World > Bear's Gone Fishin' > Jam > Little Lilly > Under The Radar Jam > Weak Brain, Narrow Mind > Good People > Dark Bar > Good People > Proving Ground

2: Tortured Artist > Genesis, Papa's Home > Walkin' (For Your Love) > Papa's Home > Airplane, Low Rider > Drums > Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) > Chainsaw City

E: Mr. Soul

['Spill The Wine' jam before 'Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi)'] 
 

11/06/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Stream terrapinj Torrent Sendspace

1: From The Cradle, Worry, Better Off, Wondering, Angels On High, A of D, Sleeping Man, Hatfield, Big Wooly Mammoth, Travelin' Light

2: Solid Rock, Stop-Go, Dark Day Program, Papa Johnny Road > Rebirtha, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys > Tie Your Shoes > Drums > Flicker > Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > Conrad the Caterpillar

E: Goin' Out West

['Norwegian Wood' jam after 'Rebirtha'] 
 

11/07/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Stream terrapinj Torrent Sendspace

1: Heroes, Porch Song > Ride Me High, I'm Not Alone, Crazy, Tickle The Truth, Radio Child, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers

2: One Arm Steve > Love Tractor, Pickin' Up The Pieces, Little Kin > Mercy, Smokestack Lightning > Drums > You Should Be Glad, Pigeons, Climb To Safety > Tall Boy

E: Up All Night, Sharon 

11/08/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Stream terrapinj Torrent Sendspace

1: Rock > Party At Your Mama's House > Ribs And Whiskey, Can't Get High, Diner > Three Candles, The Take Out > Space Wrangler

2: Jam > Holden Oversoul > Imitation Leather Shoes, Jack, This Part Of Town, Sleepy Monkey > Driving Song > Disco > Drums > It Ain't No Use* > Driving Song, Fishwater

E: The Shape I'm In*, Can't Find My Way Home*

* with Marc Ford on guitar 
 

11/10/09 Grand Sierra Theatre, Reno, NV Stream ronharpin1058 Torrent Sendspace

1: B of D > 1x1 > Chilly Water > Walk On The Flood > Chilly Water, Ophelia, Second Skin, Greta > Use Me, Ain't Life Grand, Who Do You Belong To?

2: Pleas > Action Man, Gimme, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Contentment Blues, Thought Sausage, Down > Surprise Valley > Protein Drink > Sewing Machine


E: The Last Straw, Give 


11/12/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA Stream zmanatl Torrent Sendspace

1: Good People > Dark Bar > Good People, Aunt Avis > Time Zones, Chest Fever, Chainsaw City, Clinic Cynic > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Drums, Old Neighborhood, Impossible

2: Sometimes > Papa's Home > Bears Gone Fishin' > Climb To Safety > Postcard > Airplane > Drums > Papa's Home > Slippin' Into Darkness*, North, You Got Yours

E: Her Dance Needs No Body > Last Dance

* with Steve Lopez on Percussion


['Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin' jam and 'Cars' tease during 'Climb To Safety'] 
 



11/13/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA Stream zmanatl Torrent Sendspace

1: Junior > Solid Rock, Happy > Going Out West, Big Wooly Mammoth > Pigeons, Crazy, Walkin' (For Your Love) > Don't Be Denied, Light Is Like Water*

2: Tie Your Shoes > Blight > All Time Low > Blight > Just Kissed My Baby**, C Brown > Wondering > Porch Song > Arleen > Red Hot Mama, Love Tractor

E: End Of The Show

*with Jerry Joseph on guitar/vocals
** with Wally Ingram on percussion

['Night People' rap during 'Just Kissed My Baby'; Last 'Just Kissed My Baby' - 07/03/06, 278 shows, Slow 'Porch Song'] 
 



11/14/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA Stream zmanatl Torrent Sendspace

1: From the Cradle > Weight of the World, Visiting Day > Christmas Katie > Radio Child, Dyin' Man, Tortured Artist, Me And The Devil Blues, Proving Ground > Bust It Big > Proving Ground

2: Blackout Blues > Flicker > Under The Radar Jam > Driving Song > Pusherman > Driving Song, Conrad > Drums, This Masquerade > Angels On High, Henry Parsons Died > Tall Boy

E: Pilgrims, Travelin' Light 
 



11/17/09 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO Stream coloartist Torrent

1: Better Off , Little Kin > Worry, Gradle, Barstools And Dreamers, Jack > Papa Legba > Party At Your Mama's House > Ribs And Whiskey

2: Let's Get Down To Business > Disco > You Should Be Glad, Diner > Hatfield > Jam* > Fishwater* > Life During Wartime* > Drums* > Fishwater*

E: Nobody's Loss, Fixin' To Die

* with DJ Logic on turntables 
 



11/18/09 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO Stream coloartist Torrent

1: Ain't Life Grand, Rock, Papa Johnny Road, Greta > Jam > Blue Indian, Up All Night, It Ain't No Use > Little Lilly, She Caught The Katy

2: Protein Drink > Sewing Machine, Casa del Grillo > Entering A Black Hole Backwards > Chilly Water > Surprise Valley > Dark Day Program > Maggot Brain > Chilly Water > Action Man

E: Time Waits, Space Wrangler 
 


 
11/20/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI Stream cfox Torrent

1: Glory, Makes Sense To Me, Pigeons, Coach, Stop Breakin' Down Blues > Ride Me High > Three Candles, The Take Out, Holden Oversoul > Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi)

2: The Shape I'm In, Walk On The Flood, This Part of Town, Airplane > Papa's Home > Heaven > Impossible > Drums > Papa's Home, Chainsaw City

E: Pleas > Mr. Soul
 



11/21/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI Stream cfox Torrent

1: Big Wooly Mammoth > Henry Parsons Died, C. Brown, Good People > Jam > Use Me*, Crazy, The Last Straw > You Got Yours, Wondering > Porch Song

2: Time Zones, Stop-Go > Cream Puff War > Stop-Go, Mercy > Jam > Imitation Leather Shoes > Bowlegged Woman, Driving Song > Love Tractor > Jam > Driving Song, B of D, North

E: May Your Glass Be Filled, No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature

* with Ryan Bishop on percussion 
 


 
11/22/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI Stream cfox Torrent

1: Lets Get The Show On The Road, Tall Boy, Conrad, Aunt Avis > Rebirtha > Already Fried > Flicker > I'm Not Alone, Solid Rock, Give

2: Last Dance, Radio Child, Smoking Factory, Walkin' (For Your Love) > Under the Radar Jam, Morning Dew > Tie Your Shoes > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Blackout Blues, Pilgrims > Junior

E: All Time Low, Dream Song 
 



11/24/09 Royal Oak Theatre, Royal Oak, MI Stream zmanatl Torrent

1: From The Cradle, Old Neighborhood, Thought Sausage, Pickin' Up The Pieces, One Arm Steve > Jam > Walk On, Ophelia, Second Skin > Greta > Drums > Better Off

2: Disco> Diner > Angels On High> Machine > Barstools And Dreamers, Gimme > Fishwater > Drums > Drum And Bass > Proving Ground > Fishwater, Jack, Climb To Safety

E: Old Joe, Ribs And Whiskey
 



11/25/09 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN Stream zmanatl Torrent

1: Sometimes > Weight Of The World, Happy > You Should Be Glad, Red Beans, Hatfield, Down, Her Dance Needs No Body, Travelin' Light

2: Little Kin, Rock, Tickle The Truth, Blight > Time Is Free > Blue Indian > Bust It Big > Jam > Red Hot Mama > Space Wrangler

E: Can't Get High, 1 x 1 
 


 
11/27/09 N. Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC Stream zmanatl Torrent

1: Glory, Holden Oversoul, Dyin' Man, Clinic Cynic, Heroes > Impossible > Jam > Pleas, Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) > Drums > Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi), Protein Drink>Sewing Machine

2: Ain't Life Grand > Who Do You Belong To?, Party at your Mama's House > Three Candles, Faeries Wear Boots, Bear's Gone Fishin', Contentment Blues > Surprise Valley > Drums > Postcard > Surprise Valley

E: This Part of Town > Pigeons 
 


11/28/09 N. Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC Stream zmanatl Torrent Sendspace

1: Chilly Water > Henry Parsons Died > Chilly Water, C. Brown, Driving Song > Bowlegged Woman > Driving Song > Papa's Home > Ride Me High > Papa's Home, Action Man

2: Flicker > Fishwater > Greta, All Time Low, Waiting For The Bus > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Crazy > Tall Boy > Tie Your Shoes > Slow Porch > Arleen > Junior

E: On Your Way Down, Up All Night, Love Tractor

[First 'Jesus Just Left Chicago'; first 'On Your Way Down'] 
 




Took She Caught The Katy and Just Kissed My Baby, and Entering A Black Hole Backwards from the shelf this tour!



10/30/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
10/31/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX


11/01/09 Voodoo Experience, New Orleans, LA
11/03/09 Abraham Chavez Theatre, El Paso, TX POSTPONED
11/04/09 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
11/06/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
11/07/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
11/08/09 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
11/10/09 Grand Sierra Theatre, Reno, NV
11/12/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
11/13/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
11/14/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
11/17/09 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
11/18/09 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
11/20/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
11/21/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
11/22/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
11/24/09 Royal Oak Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
11/25/09 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
11/27/09 N. Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC
11/28/09 N. Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC