The best show I’ve seen in double-aught-eight thus far, and not by a little. So, so much better than shivering in front of Radiohead, the World’s Chilliest Band. (TM) That cover of “Adam Raised a Cain”? Just nuts. I only wish Shonna had sung one of her three fine tunes on the new record.
Drive-By Truckers at the 9:30 Club, Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Setlist
01 That Man I Shot
02 Self-Destructive Zones
03 The Righteous Path
04 A Ghost to Most
05 Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
06 Daddy Needs a Drink
07 Bob
08 Why Henry Drinks
09 Sink Hole
10 Three Dimes Down
11 Adam Raised a Cain (Springsteen cover!)
12 Ronnie and Neil
13 Marry Me
14 Steve McQueen
15 (unknown; sung by Mike Cooley – a cover?)
16 Puttin’ People on the Moon
17 Shut Up and Get on the Plane
18 I’m Eighteen (Alice Cooper cover)
19 Let There Be Rock
- ENCORE
20 Zip City
21 Eighteen Wheels of Love w/ “the rest of the story” from Patterson
22 Lookout Mountain
23 Buttholeville / State Trooper (feat. The Dexateens)
24 People Who Died (feat. The Dexateens)
The Band
Brad Morgan – drums
? – keyboard, lap steel
Shonna Tucker – bass, vocals
John Neff – guitar
Mike Cooley – lead vocal, guitar
Patterson Hood – lead vocal, guitar
