Set List Changes? (Page 1 of 2)

Still no Joe playing harmonica though....LOL

The set list seems to be staying basically the same.(Check fall reviews)  You are going to get some stellar shows with the rumors of recording at the HOB...Lucky dogs!!!!!! Cathy

Thank you guys!!!!

Cathy...Are the recording rumors for the Cleveland HOB show?...Oh please, please say yes!!!

The Other Joe B.

dear joe, please change the set list by chicago if possib;le, one song you havent been playing every night for aomtnh straight or more is all i assk.  i have seen you alot, and due to my not huge budget if the setlist is going to be the exact same even almost two months apart that takes alot of incentive away from me going.  dont get me wrong it will still be a great show and id see the same one every night if i could, but id think for the artist it would be more fun to change it up a little at least, and also from my standpoint i cant justify spening the gas money(ticket money is no problem i count myself lucky as hell one of the best shows on earth is so cheap) to see you multiple times in a year.  were i made of money i would follow your tour and several others.  seeing tea for one was still the highlght of the concert year for me, because it was something so unique i feel lucky i am one of the only people whog t to see it.  ps sorry for the bad typing i got a fracturd rwist

If thats how it's done (cherrypicking), it would be great if the liner notes state where and when each song was recorded.

i appreciate everything, feel free to look at any of my reviews.  however i dont like to lie and id be lying if i said i didnt like variety.  and i dont think that is a good way to approach life.  basically you are saying if you dont like how something is, just be satisfied with it anyway.  stuck in a dead end job, well hey act like you are happy about it and it will all go away.  no one is putting anyone down or whining here, i am stating my opinion so dont accuse me of whining just because i dont have the if joe does it it must be perfect attitude.  please

This discussion has been brought up numerous times over the years. I'll use for an example my first Joe show which was essentially the ANDY DVD with out HTCT. a few months later he again returned to the area and they were working in some SILT material before it actually came out. I was hoping for the same set list I had seen the first time since that is what I brought several realatives and friends to see. The show was still good. I got to see Lie #1 performed for maybe the first and last time, not sure. My Mistake too. Still wasn't what I had come to see.

Not everyone attends multiple shows. Joe can't assume everybody saw you last night so we have to do an entirley different set. Over the course of the last 5 years the set the band the sound has evolved to an entirley different animal. It didn't change over night but it has evolved much in the way that songs evolve during the tour. Sloe Gin has a different ending than it had in May. One of These Days has been exchanged for Ball Peen Hammer. The solo's in Just Got Paid is constantly changeing. Bridge to Better days has a different break and a snippet of Deep Purple. So Many Roads has been brought back in and Blues Deluxe retired for the moment. I saw back to back nights last weekend with a short set the second night. No acoustic and Joe exchanging licks with Jim Suhler made Another Kind of Love a special treat.

One thing that I noticed was the tightness of the band and cohesiveness they all have just since May. You don't get that by reinventing the wheel every night. Somepeople would like to see Joe get up there and jam and trust me they all could hang but would it be tight. Eventually. But would that be fair to the new fans that want to see a Joe show at its best. The A set list. Rehearsed polished night after night and smoking that is what they deserve.

I always say that Joe had me at sound check the first time I saw him but he sealed the deal with AYE. I have seen that played many times. It never got old and each time he threw in something different that made that version unique. Most people wouldn't notice the subtle differences but I did. I wouldn't expect him on the current tour to dust that off and play it for me. That is a chapter closed in the life of Joe B. Darn good thing there is a DVD I can pop in whenever I feel the need.

Just a thought..If they are putting together a live cd from this tour, wouldn't it make sense to play the same set list? Then, it seems from reviews, that 1 or 2 songs get switched, because I'm certain they will play Richmond in Richmond!....Cathy