Just though I'd give ya a bit on the Tweetsie Shows in Boone, N.C. this weekend. The Riders were in great shape this weekend...refreshed and rowdy! They really didn't do a 'normal' set at all during the whole weekend. Heard a lot of new stuff that I hadn't heard the boys play before...even Woody's son Jacob came on stage and picked out a couple of tunes on the Mandolin with the boys. Was really great to see the guys cuttin' up as good as ever! Highlights were 'Cowboy Camp Meetin' being sung acapella, Jacob on the Mandolin (and runnin' the Merc), Alice dancing to 'Arms of my Love' and of course the whistle coming from the Train Engine triggering 'Orange Blossom Special'!

A young girl, Deborah, from Bostic N.C., did a great painting of the guys and presented it to them. Slim stopped during the show and pointed her out and the whole band thanked her during the last set on Saturday...was a really neat painting of the guys and was quite large...2 feet by 4 feet maybe. She took the painting from the Cyberpal Mouse Pad photo.

I'm not real good at reviews but here's the whole Saturday Songlist...(I didn't put in Sunday's because it would just be Too Long!)

Texas Plains
That's How the Yodel was Born
Wah-Hoo
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
The Blowfly Song (by Too Slim - on the spot made-up song...funny though...really deep voice)
Clarinet Polka
Autumn on the Trail
Play Your Face
Sioux City Sue
Phantom of the Chuckwagon
Hoop-Dee-Doo
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Im Going to Leave Old Texas Now (Kids)
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Rawhide / Bowling
Ranger Doug sings a few lines of 'Danny Boy' & Slim does 'Phist-Yah!' (It Works) Cowboy Camp Meetin' w/o Guitar
Woody's Roundup
Jesse the Yodelin' Cowgirl
Bullseye
Act Naturally
Pete the Old Prospector
To Infinity and Beyond
You've Got a Friend in Me
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
One More Ride with some really bad harmony yodeling... the guys definitely hadn't played that one in a while! It was still excellent!!!

Second Show-
Texas Plains
How Does He Yodel
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Cool Water - w/ Joey cracking up during the whole tune! (having some fun with Slim)
A new Polka from the upcoming 'Pair of Kings' - I didn't know the title of the tune
Maybe I'll Cry Over You
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Welcome Matt w/ Woody Paul Cyrus
State Fair Burnout
Texas Sand
Questions - Winner: 'How'd you guys get to be so Good?' (7oz Can of Spam)
(A little girl then stood up and asked: "What's Reincarnation?" The guys did the whole routine for her and switched off with each line of it...Joey finished right at the end by saying: Woody, you haven't changed all that much!"
Requests
Yellow Submarine
El Paso (Marty Robbins Version)
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro
Red Haired Boy w/ Jacob on Mandolin then an Encore with another tune; didn't know the name
Woody's Roundup by Request
The Arms of my Love w/ Alice dancing in front of the stage...it was very touching watching Slim as he watched his daughter dance...was the highlight of the whole weekend...a 'Truly' proud father watching his child
When Payday Rolls Around
Happy Trails
Encore: You are my Sunshine
Train Whistle-Orange Blossom Special Intro w/ Woody & Slim over at the Mercantile after Ranger Doug and Joey had already put their instruments away. Sounded really cool with just Bass and Fiddle!