or Putty for the Hole in a Soul

9/28/01

Soooo, the lights dim, the show starts, Iris quietly came out to the spotlight and sat down at her piano. She started with 

1. Our Town 
2. "???" 
   She began to talk of how the only thing she really worried about (before 9/11) was wrinkles and the little things in life... and now, she was just glad to have one. She followed that touching moment and big round of applause with:
3. Livin' on the Inside
4. In and Out of Love" that she wrote with Merle Haggard. 
5. This Kind of Happy
6. Walkin' Home (my favorite)
7. The Way I should
8. Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day
9. Mama's Opry
10. The Shores of Jordan

Iris had 6 speakers out on stage, and it was kind of odd looking until they added the 7th speaker for John's set. I could only wonder if it was the speaker that I jokingly fried up the band with....

As always, John started his show with

1. Spanish Pipedream
2. Spend the Night with Me
3. Souvenirs (dedicated to Steve Goodman) 
4. He told a story of how he followed Andy Griffith around on the set of "Daddy and Them" wanting to let him know how "Fish and Whistle" had something to do with "Mayberry RFD" - John then did the song for us.
5. Grandpa was a Carpenter
6. All the Best
7. Far From Me (for Kitty, his first love)
8. Dear Abby and the Dear Abby Story
9. Bottomless Lake
10. The Other Side of Town and he told the Percodanned Hip story and how they aren't anything like they used to be - he twisted a verse on his new song to "in my mind I'm going to the dog race on the other side of town"
11. Sam Stone
12. Milwaukee Here I Come
13. Jet Set
14. Let's Invite Them Over Again
15. We Could
16. In Spite of Ourselves
17. Bear Creek
18. I Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
19. Great Rain
20. Lake Marie
21. Sins of Memphisto
22. Hello In There
23. Lake Marie
24. Unwed Fathers
25. Paradise