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Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit 8/14/09


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Great show at the Birchmere tonight. I'd never seen Jason before, having got into DBT after he left the band. He played just about everything I really wanted to hear, except John Henry and Dress Blues, but I can't complain about the set list. Their cover of Psycho Killer with Brownan Lollar on lead vocals was terrific, and they managed to work in the riff from Spiders (Kidsmoke) into a super-long jam version of Never Gonna Change to close out the show. I could have done without the chick who kept bumping into me, or the dude who puked a few feet from me, or the guy who flailed around like a lunatic during the encore, but that's for another thread I guess.

 

Setlist as far as I can remember (not in order):

 

 

Streetlights

Soldiers Get Strange

Goddamn Lonely Love

Chicago Promenade

Try

Grown

Seven Mile Island

Psycho Killer

Cigarettes and Wine

Danko/Manuel

Decoration Day

Outfit

 

The Blue

Hurricanes and Handgrenades

Never Gonna Change

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Yes, excellent show last night. Got on the DBT wagon late as well, but enjoyed hearing some older stuff. Nice mix on the set for sure.

 

Goddamn Lonely Love was a highlight for me. And Never Gonna Change with the transition into Spiders was awesome!

 

The Bridge opened and thought they were good as well.

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Saw the 400 Unit and Jason this past Wednesday. It was a rocking show. Talked to Jason for a bit before the show, and he was so nice, and called me "darlin" several times. I love southern dudes sometimes :wub especially when they're RSBF's. I wish I could remember the set list. I do know there were 3 covers, "Psycho Killer", "American Girl" and "When My Baby's Beside Me".

 

Pretty sure he played the following:

Outfit

Chicago Promenade

Soldiers Get Strange

Grown

Seven Mile Island

Try

Never Gonna Change

Streetlights

The Blue

Hurricanes and Hand Grenades

Danko/Manuel

Decoration Day

Cigarettes and Wine

 

It was a pretty epic show. Came on right at a little before 11, finished up at 1:15am. My ears rung for most of the next day.

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Cool, I like that he is doing "when my baby's beside me" in tribute to Alex Chilton. Is he still playing "Kidsmoke" in the middle of "Never gonna change"?

No, I was really hoping that he would though. I mentioned how cool I thought it was that he did that when I talked to him. He was tickled that I knew they even did that. :)

Some of my favorite pictures from the night

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