June 13, 2003 - Surf Ballroom - Clear Lake, IA
Setlist
Illegal Smile [Prine]
All My Life
[Aaron Allan story]
Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern
Statistician's Blues
[Kingsmen story]
Ballad of the Kingsmen
Better Than Ever Blues, Part 2
[Frayser, TN/Moondawg story]
Moondawg's Tavern
My Generation, Part 2
Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues > I Shall Be Free, No. 10 [Dylan] > Talkin' New York [Dylan]
[Moondawg's funeral story]
Can't Complain
Fish and Whistle [Prine]
D.B. Cooper
[Tillamook County story]
Tillamook County Jail
Easy Money > It's Only Rock 'n' Roll [Jagger/Richards]
[15 minutes story]
Sideshow Blues
Long Year
Beer Run
Alright Guy
Encore:
[Broke story]
Broke
Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Dylan]
Notes
The usual "Fifteen Minutes story" is told this time as the "Twenty Minutes story."
The version of the Moondawg's Tavern story during this show is very detailed and very entertaining.
Fish and Whistle played on the mandolin.
Todd plays the piano during the encore.
Variations
On Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern:
"Now driving's tough and the pay sucks and the hotels are weird and I can't, uh...some other lyric that I can't remember."
"It's too short to memorize words that you can't think of 'til it's too late."
On Statistician's Blues:
"They say that 70% of all the world's statistics are made up and changed right there on the spot."
On Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues:
"Space needle. Eddie Vedder. Ichiro Suzuki."
On Sideshow Blues:
"It's hard to kick the door down when you ain't wearin' no shoes."
"...in the Surf Ballroom with all you freaks and musicians."
Video
SOURCE: AUD | QUALITY: A- | COMPLETE: Yes | LENGTH: 90:38 | TAPER: Ken Keiran
NOTES: A few very small recording issues during the show. Beer Run cut slightly short.