After a too long summer hiatus, I returned to the stage Wednesday night at Brennen’s to open for my good friends Jeff, Son, Cooper and their band Cowspace!  In this set I barreled through a bunch of new tunes I’ve been working on and a couple I hadn’t touched in a while, with varying degrees of success.  On this night, I was reminded that the song is king, and all you can hope to do is serve it.  I look forward to many more shows with Jeff and company, my new inspiration for making bad analogies about servitude.  Here’s what was offered:

1. “Drinkability” - Original - co-written by Jeff Cleveland and Anheuser Busch

2. “Hard to Believe” - original, co-written with David Bowick

3. “Hold On” - Tom Waits

4. “Sad Smile” - Bobby Bare Jr. 

5. “Come Pick Me Up” - Ryan Adams

6. “Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy” - Mose Allison

7. “Shiseido” - The Katies

8. “She’s Got You” - Patsy Cline

9.”Transcendental Blues” - Steve Earle (featuring Son Vo on bass)

10. “A Good Man is Hard Find” - Tom Waits

11. “Go Away” - Elvis Costello

12. “A Thousand Stars” - Monster Magnet

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