Time for the annual Winter migration to that venue Webb has described as
"what it would be like if Aunt Bee had a nightclub."
Hot on the heels of a smokin' show last Saturday in Chicago, this promises to be an event not to be missed. If yer anywhere in the vicinity of EastTennessee , please make it on down to the Down Home,where WW & Co. have been holdin' court twice a year since 1986!

CDs, DVDs, T-shirts & all sorts of mess available @ the show. They serve
food, too! Jukin' in January! Don't tarry!

I wish I could come, but I'll be stuck in frozen Ohio working this weekend. Rock 'em hard, Webb!!!

sorry you won't be there, Gary!

We're coming down from the frozen tundra known as Ohio. I will swing by and forceably bring Gary Brill if ya'll want me to. I will be sneaking in under the ever vigilant eyes of Bufort T. Justice again as usual.

Please, Mr. Bodine, let's not sully Mr. Brill's good name by way of forced association

Got my tickets for Saturday, bringing a copy of the first vinyl the Webbster ever did, back when vinyl mattered. Can't wait to get in the 'way back machine' and go back a few years.

Way back? We are right NOW! :) Just kidding. come on! WW

Yeah, Tater. GARY used the word "working." You don't wanna drag ANYBODY away from a job these days! WW

I am stuck in the northern tundra of Wisconsin until next week when I leave for Clear Lake , Iowa and the Buddy Holly Tribute

Somebody, PLEASE drag me away from work! This lack of snow days in Southwest Virginia is killing me.
Susan

Coming down and bringing friends - AND getting to see all my fellow webbheads from both here and all across the country (and Ohio) is a huge plus... see y'all tomorrow!!

Hey Susan - usually when Webb comes to town in January we have a "Cold Front" moving in (examples - '93 and '96??) ... maybe it'll kick in after the show and get you a Monday snow day.

E

And ya know, a few hours at the Down Home, with some friends, good food and beverages, listening to snappy Beatnecks tunes, is just a great way to spend an evening ... yes

Re: "maybe it'll kick in after the show and get you a Monday snow day."

If only . . .

I hope ya'll have a rockin' time!! I'll have ta get my Webb fix by puttin' "More Like Me" on auto repeat. Was jammin' to JuJu Man on the way home tonite!!!

Gonna miss hangin with ya' Gary... next time for sure... summer time bike ride for you !!

E

Show was the best one I've seen you guys do at the Down Home in years,I brought a good friend that hadn't seen you or heard much of your music instead of my wife for the 20th time LOL.. He was blown away & I came home bragging so much on you guys that she's jealous & I can probably convince her we should go to Webb Fest.We've been avid followers since you opened up for 38 Special in Bristol 20-21 years ago.. BTW I can't remember my old password. :(

Thanks, Allan! WW

It was a great show Webb .... be sure to tell Jimmy we missed him but Marshall filled in quite well. Everybody was on target including Marshall ... we got to see Tom break a bass guitar string which is a rare sight.... and Webb did GLORIA in the encore which was flat awesome...

Got to see and hang out with lots of fellow Webb heads, plus I brought along several friends, 3 of which had never seen Webb live and were all blown away. Plus we got to celebrate Tony's birthday on his big night and Tater's birthday one day early.... which made it even more of a special occasion.

Good to see everyone again - and thanks guys for a great night.

E

Thanks, Eric! Great to see ya. WW

Yes, that was an excellent show! WW was in top-notch form, Bob was en fuego, Tom was Tom (and that's a high compliment), and Marshall was super (but JOC, what was on the little pad attached to his hi-hat stand?) ... and nice to have a tune to whip out while the bass player runs to get a string, huh?

Perhaps Tater or Dori will offer up the playlists ... or maybe Birthday Boy Tony, who walked out with at least one.

And any encore with both G-L-O-R-I-A (which, BTW, Webb, even if it WAS the "worst one you've ever done," it still beat most other non-WW versions we'll ever hear) and Jumpin' Jack Flash is aces with me!

Thanks so much, Frank. Obviously you were payin' close attention. I THINK the thing Marshall has is an electronice metronome kind of thing to reference tempos? Yeah, there were lots of set lists distributed. Now, somebody just needs to "report." Thanks again! BTW, folks...Frank is quoting ME on the "Gloria" thing NOT judging me! I rely on spontaneity for the "rap" in there. Didn't think it was "all that" and said so! WW

Yeah, I could've worded that more carefully, but thanks for the clarification, WW ... wouldn't want to attract undue heat to myself! :)

The Down Home was awesome as usual. Great to see Mike, Dori, Eric, Tony, Susan and all the other regulars at that venue. I did come away with a broken Tom Comet Bass string and a couple set lists and got to share a birthday weekend with the King of them all "Tony" that is!
The band put on a fantastic show. For Marshall to fit in so well with the seasoned professionals known as Webb, Bob Williams and Tom Comet, speaks well of his abilities.
The set lists were:
Set One:
1. Big Time
2. Ruff Rider
3. Pretty Little Lights of Town
4. She Don't Come Around
5. Poolside
6. Lookin' for a Fool
7. Human Cannonball
8. The Only One
9. Hittin' Where it Hurts
10. More Like Me
11. King of the Hill (for Tony King)
12. Flat Out Get It!
Set Two:
1. Burnin'
2. Wild Honey
3. One Taste of the Bait
4. New Landlord
5. Pretty Is
6. Worried Life Blues
7. Every Day I Kick Myself
8. The Rest Will Take Care of Itself
9. Sputnik
10. It Takes Time
11. Louisianna Hannah
12. She's Not Romantic (while Tom replaced a Bass String)
13. Don't Slander Me
14. Tough It Out
Encore:
1. Gloria
2. Jumpin' Jack Flash

And, I almost forgot, we also saw Frank, Sheriff Justice, Otis, Big Goober and Floyd at the show and they all behaved themselves!

Great set list...28 songs, that's a ton of music.
Sounds like you folks had a lot of fun!

The gadget on Marshall's stand was an Ipad, which has an ap that enables him to reference charts AND tempos for any given song at the touch of his finger. He not only did his homework, but he brought it with him too!! I thought he did a great job.

Thank you Bob. I thought it was some sort of device regarding timing. I am getting ready to buy one of those ipads. I doubt it can teach me to play drums but it can read to me!
I thought Marshall did a fantastic job keeping up with you, Webb and Tom!

>> but it can read to me!

FWIW, so can a $99 Kindle Touch.

Yes, it was, TommyLee ... I walked out at 2 minutes 'til midnight, only two hours past my bedtime!

amateur

What a great show!! There is nothing like a birthday at the Down Home with great music and great friends. The band was in top form as usual. The highlights of the show for me were, of course, "King of the Hill". Tom's bass runs in the chorus of that song kill me every time. This was definitely the best version of "It Takes Time" that I have heard the guys play. The guitar tradeoffs between Bob and Webb at the end were magical and I think the crowd's response confirmed that. My sister and brother-in-law took in their first WW&BTNX show and they were impressed. When Tom broke his "A" string during "Louisiana Hannah", my sister looked at me and said "Bless his heart", but when Tom kept wailing on the E and D strings without stopping, she looked back at me and said "well evidently it doesn't matter".....HA!! Marshall did a fantastic job. It's amazing how a pro like him can fit right into a band even when he doesn't play regularly with them. The encore was awesome as well. I always love Jumpin' Jack Flash, and Webb, even the worst version of Gloria is pretty danged good! Nobody can pull that song off like you! Thanks to everyone for making the big 4-0 a great memory!!

these kids today!

What could be better than celebrating birthdays with two of the greatest Wilderians of all at the DownHome? Thanks for all the kind remarks- I had a heckuva time myself!

Sounds like I missed a heckuva show!! Great setlist! I have been to alot of shows over the years and seen several guitar players break strings, but I can't recall EVER seeing a bass player thrash one to pieces!! Tom,,YOU DA MAN!!!! Hope to see ya'll soon!!!

Gary

I was there Saturday night,the day before my birthday& it was an awesome show! i have been a fan since the early 90's! I hope to see all of you in July!!!

Thanks, Melissa! WW

If I'da knowed how much folks dig it, I'da been breakin' 'em more often. It WOULD get expensive though....

Tom, the best guitar solo I've ever seen was done by my friend, Rafael Vasquez. I was the sound guy for the band he was in, and we were playing at a club in Gatlinburg (circa 1980). One of his strings broke during his solo and he got "mad" and played a solo about four times longer than normal. Conversely, I saw Alex Lifeson break a string during a show, and he just stopped playing and threw his guitar off stage and had his tech bring out another one. Completely ruined the song.

Sometimes (especially on wiggle stick equpped strats!) when a string breaks it throws the guitar so far out of tune, that there's not much you can do but, stop playing. A broken bass string can cause a radical change in tension which often leads to this so, TC is to be commended on carrying on admirably through the rest of the song. WW

Better to embrace a 'happy accident' than behave like a child who didn't get their way- in every case! It's also great to have a guy like Webb who can- and will- cover for you while you change a string instead of fining you for not having a spare bass on stage! THAT'S Rock'n'Roll, baby!

Ooooo, Tom ... perhaps it was bad karma from that earlier unbridled outburst of fuzz bass ... or perhaps it was just a serendipitous opportunity to show off your ability to make do, as young Mr. King noted, on the E and D strings

yeah, 'cause if he'da busted his G string, they mighta had to call the police

Excuse me?

Damn, one day I'm going to make it to Down Home!