I had a bunch of choices for today’s On this Date in History- a Toad the Wet Sprocket DAT soundboard from 1997, Naked Raygun from Anti-Club, Poi Dog Pondering from WXRT, but then I saw this one.

I don’t know how I missed this semi-local show- I was pretty busy with the kids and travelling a lot so maybe that was why. I am so glad someone taped it. This is one of my all-time favorite Barbara shows. It was one of those free “concert in the park” type things that the city puts on. First of all, she had a brand new band- this is their debut gig after the Go-Luckys dissolved. The solo mini-set at the beginning was what grabbed me- a cover of the Handsome Family’s “Butterflies (too much wine)”, right into Gram Parson’s “$1000 Wedding” plus “Bold Letters” later on. Then the band comes up and play a much mellower set than what the Go-Luckys did to start and then rocks at the end, including some covers at the end she had never played! Really awesome.

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