A whompin' good time was had last night at Phog Lounge as Tim and the band returned to the stage for their first live performance in over 8 months. Also featured at the show was the first ever live performance in Windsor by roots banjo player Lotus Wight and Windsor's own rockabilly roots duo The Tipsy Two. A capacity crowd was engaged the whole night long by the diverse acts.
Tim played his longest Phog show to date, fourteen songs in length. Seven songs were songs under consideration for the next record, five songs from Manifests and two Bob Dylan covers (Down Along The Cove from 1968's John Wesley Harding album, and Million Miles from 1997's Time Out Of Mind album) for the bard's 83rd birthday later this month. Of the seven songs being considered for the next album, three of them made their live debut at the show: Price You Gotta Pay, Knows I Know and The Riverside.
Down Along The Cove was a live debut performance for Tim. Million Miles was performed for the fifth time overall by Tim, the first since October 4, 2019 in Leamington and the first performance of the song with a full band. The October 2019 Leamington show has been added to the setlist archives page.
Two Manifests songs, The C&O Don't Stop Here Anymore and The Devil's Tail, were performed in new arrangements with many new lyrics. This arrangement of C&O was performed live with the band for the first time, the two previous performances of this arrangement were done as a duo and solo performances.
Midnight Trail, a song recorded in a few different arrangements for Manifests but not released on the album, was performed in an all new arrangement with new lyrics. It was the fifth performance of the song overall, first since January 23 2023 in Cottom, Ontario.
