I like trumpets

3 months and counting until DB hits the DC area. Huzzah.

In the meantime, whoever decided that "The Golden Voice of Vin Scully" needed a trumpet is ok by me.



ps A live album? Do tell.
pps Dan, if you need someone to sing that woman's harmony part while you're out on the east coast, just give me a call. I've got it covered.

Does this mean I have to give in to Twitter?

I joined Myspace to better keep up with Bern, will I now have to join Twitter, too?

Lulu Pepper Juliana Bern, that's a lot of name for a baby girl :) Mazel tov!

This show on the Internet Archive, from Central Park in 1997 is really doing it for me today. Especially True Revolutionaries and Talkin' Mrs. DiFranco Blues.

I am anxiously awaiting December, and hoping that DC makes it on to this list. If not, no worries, as I've convinced 3 of my favorite people we need to go to New York that first weekend in December. Best Hanukkah present ever?

Nice Hat(s)

nadal y yo en madrid

Quiero estar en Madrid con Nadal y DB. Quiero estar en Madrid sin Nadal y DB. No me importa.

Just to prove I haven't forgotten about this blog...

New CD: The "Moving Home" album is now available on iTunes etc. All proceeds go to charity.

There seem to be a lot of new Dan Bern videos on YouTube--from Germany and other places. Here's one of my favorites:



If I lived in Alaska I'd be way more excited about the upcoming DB shows than the prospect of Sarah Palin as Vice President (God forbid. I hope she's heading home to Alaska for good very soon).

life on the road is hard

hahahahaha.

more set lists...

Jammin' Java, Vienna VA, 01.06.08
Black Tornado
Trudy
God Said No
Luke the Drifter
2014
Suicide Room
Breathe
World War
(break)
City of Models
Changes
Witness
Land of the Dead
Eva
Suzanne
Art on the Run
(started to play Suzanne again...)
Marilyn
Baby Bye Bye
I'm Not the Guy
(break)
Thunder Road
Running
Walking Through Glass
Pride Goes Before a Fall
Phoenix
(attempted Bright Lights)
Mexican Vacation (aborted mid verse)
Jerusalem
Last Communist on Earth

Gravity Lounge, Charlottesville VA, 02.06.08
Black Tornado
Trudy
Witness
Eva
Suzanne
Equal and Opposite Reaction
Walking Through Glass
I'm Not the Guy
Luke the Drifter
Capetown
Baby Bye Bye
Pride Goes Before a Fall
Ostrich Town
Chelsea Hotel
Desert Rain
Joe Van Gogh
Cure for AIDS/The Day Ralph Edwards Came to Town
Marilyn
Never Fall in Love
Eleanor
Art on the Run
Jerusalem
Dear Mr. President
Royal Jelly
The Hour I Stopped Looking at Breasts
I Need You
Starting Over
Clouds

Chick Singers

My best friend (who does not have a bald head) sent me a CD of chick singers, which I received (appropriately) upon my return from seeing Dan Bern in Philadelphia. The (superb) track listing:

1) son of a preacher man - dusty springfield
2) you are what you love - jenny lewis with the watson twins
3) tears dry on their own - amy winehouse
4) nagori yuki - aiko and kiroro
5) day like any - amy lavere
6) mushaboom - feist
7) your daddy don't know - the new pornographers
8) kabukicho no jou - shiina ringo
9) god - tori amos
10) on the radio - regina spektor
11) next best western - lucy wainwright roche
12) change my night - feathermerchants
13) knock 'em out - lily allen
14) brand new key - melanie
15) mercedes benz - janis joplin
16) didn't leave nobody but the baby - emmylou harris, alison krauss, and gillian welch

Williamsburg Set List

Williamsburg Hall of Music, Brooklyn NY, 29.5.08
Black Tornado
One Thing Real
Trudy
Luke the Drifter (I think that's what this song is being called?)
City of Models
Running
Land of the Dead
Merkle
Capetown
22nd Street
Earth Girl
Chelsea Hotel
Suicide Room
Alabaster
Phoenix (Meet Me in Phoenix?)
World War
Dear Mr. President
Branford Marsalis
Freight Train Blues
I Need you

Hamell on Trial played an opening set, Paul Kuhn played the cellocaster, it was an all around great time.

mini update...

Saw Dan Bern at the Williamsburg Hall of Music in Brooklyn on Thursday night. Everything will be up, someday (sigh), but here's a link to DB and Paul Kuhn playing a favorite of mine that I was glad to hear resurface, Land of the Dead.