So last night, while tGG celebrated our very fun indieATL video shoot over chocolate cream pie, John had a nerdy but interesting idea for a set list. We were discussing the upcoming—and likely final—Good Graces show (yes… final, at least for the ATL… May 21 at Kavarna, so be there!), talking about things to do to make it a little more “special” than the average show. Jim mentioned the possibility of playing both our records in sequential order. But John one-upped that by saying we should play the songs in chronological order according to the when the story in the song happened. Genius! Well, perhaps. I’d say a good 90% of my songs are autobiographical. So it stands to reason that I should be able to order them according to when they happened, right?. Here’s an attempt at just that. This includes all the tunes from both records, Sunset Over Saxapahaw and Bring on the Tambourines!, and also a few others that aren’t on either but we play pretty regularly. And as a bonus, I even attempted to date the tunes, not according to when they were written, but when the situations they are about actually took place. You’ll have to come to the show to see if we make this our set list!
1. Real to Me*
2. Promise I Can’t Keep (1997-ish)
3. You and Me and Our Ghost (late 2002/early 2003)
4. Bad Idea (early 2003)
5. What’s Wrong (Feb. 2003)
6. Already Broken (March 2003)
7. Not Yr Lover (2004/2005)
8. Unhappy Ending (Dec. 28, 2006)
9. Over It (2007)
10. Pepper (2007)
11. Who We Are (2007/08)
12. Disassembled (2008)
13. Bad Driver (April 2008)
14. Working Title (2009)
15. I Miss the 90s (2009)
16. Yo No Puedo (2009)
17. Pretty New Song (2009-present)
*Interestingly, Real to Me is probably the only song I’ve written that isn’t really autobiographical. But it was one of the first songs I ever wrote, probably around 1996 or so, so that’s why it’s first on the list.
