Greg Brown

Performances between 1985/01/01 and 1994/11/19

Title 1985
11/18 1986
07/05 1986
07/06 1986
12/?? 1987
11/21 1988
10/21 1990
01/27 1990
10/25 1990
10/28 1991
04/?? 1991
05/28 1991
09/13 1992
04/07 1992
05/16 1992
05/25 1992
08/08 1992
11/13 1993
03/30 1993
04/03 1994
01/?? 1994
11/19 Tot Title

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson) 9 1 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
All the Money's Gone 6 10 2 All the Money's Gone

America Will Eat You 6 11 8 12 2 5 America Will Eat You
Angel Poop Lullaby 14 1 Angel Poop Lullaby

Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) 13e 25e 2 Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
Bedtime Song 3 1 Bedtime Song

Big Boss Man (Al Smith and Jimmy Reed) 11 1 Big Boss Man (Al Smith and Jimmy Reed)
Blow It Off 5 1 Blow It Off

Boomtown 3 1 Boomtown
Brand New '64 Dodge 8 1 Brand New '64 Dodge

Cakewalk into Town (Taj Mahal) 3 1 Cakewalk into Town (Taj Mahal)
Canned Goods 3 3 3 5 18 7 11 7 Canned Goods

A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) 1 1 A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
Cheapest Kind 12 1 Cheapest Kind

Chicken Polka 18 1 Chicken Polka
The Chimney Sweeper (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown) 8 16 13 3 The Chimney Sweeper (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)

Counting Feedcaps 2 14 9 16 4 Counting Feedcaps
Daughters (9)f 2 9 15 3 Daughters

Downtown 9 19 2 Downtown
Dream Café 5 2 6 17 4 Dream Café

Dream On 10 4 8 3 Dream On
Driftless 7 1 Driftless

Early 4 21e 2 Early
Ella Mae 7 1 Ella Mae

Every Street in Town 11 11 15 3 Every Street in Town
Fever (John Davenport and Eddie Cooley) 21 9e 19e 14e 4 Fever (John Davenport and Eddie Cooley)

Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas) 6 1 Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas)
Fishing With Bill 13 5 4 6 11 9 6 Fishing With Bill

Fooled Me Once 13 16 12 16 4 Fooled Me Once
Four Wet Pigs 8 14 2 Four Wet Pigs

God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.) 1 1 God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
Good Morning Coffee 5 2 4 5 2 2 4 6 7 5 7 6 11 13 Good Morning Coffee

Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/Leadbelly) 11e 10 2 Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/Leadbelly)
Hacklebarney Tune 13 13 22e 3 Hacklebarney Tune

Happy Birthday, Grady 9 1 Happy Birthday, Grady
Help Me Make It through This Funky Day 4 12e 14 16 7 5 Help Me Make It through This Funky Day

Hillbilly Girl 1 1 Hillbilly Girl
Holy Thursday (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown) 7 1 Holy Thursday (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)

I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (Sleepy John Estes) 19 1 I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (Sleepy John Estes)
I Can't Get Used to It 12 3 17 3 I Can't Get Used to It

I Don't Know That Guy 4 3 11 3 I Don't Know That Guy
I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day 5 4 5 7 10 3 19 7 I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day

If I Had Known 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 9 12 12 If I Had Known
(I Got) Something Else 10 1 (I Got) Something Else

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan) 23e 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan)
I'm from Ottumwa 11 1 I'm from Ottumwa

In the Dark with You 8 8 20e 7 20 5 In the Dark with You
Iowa Crawl (Joe Price) 13 1 Iowa Crawl (Joe Price)

I Want to Be Your Lover 8 1 I Want to Be Your Lover
Jimmy Lee (Bo Ramsey) 14 1 Jimmy Lee (Bo Ramsey)

Just a Bum 6 15 15 10 7 5 Just a Bum
Just by Myself 6 7 5 8 1 15 3 1 8 Just by Myself

The Lamb (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown) 5 10 2 The Lamb (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)
Laughing River 9 16 2 Laughing River

Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (Randy Newman) 11 1 Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (Randy Newman)
Letters from Europe 15 1 Letters from Europe

A Little Place in the Country 4 6 7 2 8 8 6 A Little Place in the Country
The Little Vagabond (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown) 6 9 12 15 4 The Little Vagabond (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)

Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart 4 1 Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart
Love Is a Chain 13 10 15 3 Love Is a Chain

Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan) 7 1 Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan)
Me and the Devil Blues (Robert Johnson) 6 1 Me and the Devil Blues (Robert Johnson)

Mississippi Moon 8 1 Mississippi Moon
The Monkey 18 1 The Monkey

My Home in the Sky 11 13e 2 My Home in the Sky
My New Book 11 1 My New Book

Nice When It Rains 1 9 18 12 4 Nice When It Rains
No Place Away 14 5 12 1 9 1 6 No Place Away

One Big Town 3 1 2 One Big Town
One Cool Remove 3 15 14 13 4 One Cool Remove

One More Goodnight Kiss 1 20 10 6 10 5 One More Goodnight Kiss
One Wrong Turn 5 4 2 One Wrong Turn

On I Go (Goin' Around) 3 10 7 3 On I Go (Goin' Around)
Our Little Town 1 12 2 Our Little Town

Out in the Country (8)f 1 8 14 3 Out in the Country
Plain Lovers 9 1 Plain Lovers

The Poet Game 4 2 3 6 4 The Poet Game
Poor Backslider 7 10 6 5 10 4 5 13 8 Poor Backslider

Quite the Deal 3 1 2 7 4 Quite the Deal
Regina 4 1 Regina

Ring around the Moon 10 1 Ring around the Moon
Rolling Stone (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters) 14 1 Rolling Stone (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)

Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon 17 1 Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
Say a Little Prayer (7)f 3 1 Say a Little Prayer

A Showman's Life (Jesse Winchester) 1 1 A Showman's Life (Jesse Winchester)
Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis) 2 1 Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)

Sleeper 12 1 Sleeper
Slow Food 7 17 8 5 14 6 10 7 Slow Food

Smiling in the Photograph 19 20 11 3 Smiling in the Photograph
Speed Trap Boogie 2 4 14 2 5 13 8 9 8 Speed Trap Boogie

Spring Wind 8 11 9 8 2 13 8 7 Spring Wind
Tell Me It's Gonna Be Alright 9 1 Tell Me It's Gonna Be Alright

Things Go On 5 6 2 Things Go On
Time (Tom Waits) 24e 1 Time (Tom Waits)

The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home 7 16 15 3 The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
Train Whistle Blues (Jimmy Rodgers) 9 1 Train Whistle Blues (Jimmy Rodgers)

Twenty or So 1 9 10 3 Twenty or So
Two Little Boys (Public Domain) 19 1 Two Little Boys (Public Domain)

unknown song 9 8 2 unknown song
unknown song 10 1 unknown song

Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie) 10 1 Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie)
Walkin' down Linn Street 16 1 Walkin' down Linn Street

Walking Down to Casey's 6f 8 13 3 Walking Down to Casey's
Walking in Madison 1 5 2 Walking in Madison

Wash My Eyes 18 18e 13 3 Wash My Eyes
The Way In 1 1 The Way In

The Way They Get Themselves Up 4 17 2 The Way They Get Themselves Up
Where Do the Wild Geese Go? 11 1 Where Do the Wild Geese Go?

Who Woulda Thunk It? 4 5 7 6 9 7 17 12 6 14 12 11 Who Woulda Thunk It?
Worrisome Years 12 3 2 Worrisome Years

You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) 12 20e 2 You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)
You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters) 12 1 You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)

You Can Watch Me 17 1 You Can Watch Me
You Drive Me Crazy 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 4 6 5 2 11 You Drive Me Crazy

You Might as Well Go to Sleep 20 19 2 You Might as Well Go to Sleep
songs performed 6 12 13 16 10 21 20 10 9 20 20 13 15 14 16 14 25 20 14 9 17 314

1985
11/18 1986
07/05 1986
07/06 1986
12/?? 1987
11/21 1988
10/21 1990
01/27 1990
10/25 1990
10/28 1991
04/?? 1991
05/28 1991
09/13 1992
04/07 1992
05/16 1992
05/25 1992
08/08 1992
11/13 1993
03/30 1993
04/03 1994
01/?? 1994
11/19

(115 songs listed)

f - fragment; s - soundcheck; e - encore
Italics indicates that the exact song order is unknown.
Parentheses around a song number indicates that it is not included in the counts.
Parentheses around the number of songs performed indicates that the song list for the performance is incomplete.

Venues

1985/11/18: Strayer Wood Theatre, University of Northern Iowa (KUNI), Cedar Falls, Iowa
    radio broadcast
1986/07/05: Lutsen Resort, Lutsen, Minnesota
1986/07/06: Lutsen Resort, Lutsen, Minnesota
1986/12/??: Live from Studio One, KUNI-FM, Cedar Falls, Iowa
    with Dave Moore and Randy Sabien. Radio Interview.
1987/11/21: "Our Front Porch" Central Michigan Public Radio, Michigan
    With Bo Ramsey
1988/10/21: Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
    with Bo Ramsey, Prudence Johnson, and Angus Foster
1990/01/27: Venue Unknown, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1990/10/25: WUMB Radio Interview, Circles in the Stream, Boston, Massachusetts
1990/10/28: Passim (WERS broadcast), Cambridge, Massachusetts
1991/04/??: Roaring Brook Nature Center, Hartford, Connecticut
1991/05/28: J.R.'s Warehouse, Traverse City, Michigan
    Opener: Dave Moore
1991/09/13: Strawberry Music Festival, Groveland, California
1992/04/07: The Left Bank Cafe, Blue Hill, Maine
1992/05/16: Sala Consigliare, Sesto Calende, Italy
    With Bo Ramsey & Radoslav Lorkovic
1992/05/25: Timela, Emilia, Italy
    With Bo Ramsey
1992/08/08: Unknown venue, Whitefish, Montana
1992/11/13: Eighth Step Coffeehouse, Albany, New York
1993/03/30: Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, Colorado
1993/04/03: Pima County Community Centre, Tucson, Arizona
    With Robin Anders on percussion
1994/01/??: Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    with Bo Ramsey
1994/11/19: Treestar Coffeehouse, Mt. Kisco, New York

(21 performances listed)

Title	1985 11/18	1986 07/05	1986 07/06	1986 12/??	1987 11/21	1988 10/21	1990 01/27	1990 10/25	1990 10/28	1991 04/??	1991 05/28	1991 09/13	1992 04/07	1992 05/16	1992 05/25	1992 08/08	1992 11/13	1993 03/30	1993 04/03	1994 01/??	1994 11/19	Tot	Title
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)																					9	1	1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
All the Money's Gone		6																	10			2	All the Money's Gone
America Will Eat You						6	11					8					12	2				5	America Will Eat You
Angel Poop Lullaby											14											1	Angel Poop Lullaby
Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)												13e					25e					2	Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
Bedtime Song					3																	1	Bedtime Song
Big Boss Man (Al Smith and Jimmy Reed)															11							1	Big Boss Man (Al Smith and Jimmy Reed)
Blow It Off																				5		1	Blow It Off
Boomtown																					3	1	Boomtown
Brand New '64 Dodge																					8	1	Brand New '64 Dodge
Cakewalk into Town (Taj Mahal)										3												1	Cakewalk into Town (Taj Mahal)
Canned Goods	3		3	3	5		18					7	11									7	Canned Goods
A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)			1																			1	A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
Cheapest Kind				12																		1	Cheapest Kind
Chicken Polka											18											1	Chicken Polka
The Chimney Sweeper (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)				8			16				13											3	The Chimney Sweeper (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)
Counting Feedcaps				2			14			9											16	4	Counting Feedcaps
Daughters	(9)f	2					9				15											3	Daughters
Downtown			9								19											2	Downtown
Dream Café									5	2		6					17					4	Dream Café
Dream On		10								4	8											3	Dream On
Driftless																				7		1	Driftless
Early				4													21e					2	Early
Ella Mae										7												1	Ella Mae
Every Street in Town												11				11	15					3	Every Street in Town
Fever (John Davenport and Eddie Cooley)						21			9e	19e									14e			4	Fever (John Davenport and Eddie Cooley)
Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas)											6											1	Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas)
Fishing With Bill										13			5			4	6	11	9			6	Fishing With Bill
Fooled Me Once						13				16			12					16				4	Fooled Me Once
Four Wet Pigs		8																			14	2	Four Wet Pigs
God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.)													1									1	God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
Good Morning Coffee				5		2	4	5	2		2	4	6			7	5	7	6		11	13	Good Morning Coffee
Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/Leadbelly)			11e		10																	2	Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/Leadbelly)
Hacklebarney Tune													13	13			22e					3	Hacklebarney Tune
Happy Birthday, Grady								9														1	Happy Birthday, Grady
Help Me Make It through This Funky Day		4	12e			14					16								7			5	Help Me Make It through This Funky Day
Hillbilly Girl														1								1	Hillbilly Girl
Holy Thursday (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)			7																			1	Holy Thursday (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)
I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (Sleepy John Estes)															19							1	I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (Sleepy John Estes)
I Can't Get Used to It		12							3	17												3	I Can't Get Used to It
I Don't Know That Guy								4			3						11					3	I Don't Know That Guy
I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day	5				4		5	7				10	3				19					7	I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day
If I Had Known						3	2	2	4		4	2	2	2		3	3	9	12			12	If I Had Known
(I Got) Something Else																		10				1	(I Got) Something Else
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan)																	23e					1	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan)
I'm from Ottumwa						11																1	I'm from Ottumwa
In the Dark with You						8			8	20e	7						20					5	In the Dark with You
Iowa Crawl (Joe Price)															13							1	Iowa Crawl (Joe Price)
I Want to Be Your Lover																				8		1	I Want to Be Your Lover
Jimmy Lee (Bo Ramsey)															14							1	Jimmy Lee (Bo Ramsey)
Just a Bum				6		15	15			10				7								5	Just a Bum
Just by Myself								6	7					5		8	1	15	3		1	8	Just by Myself
The Lamb (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)			5	10																		2	The Lamb (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)
Laughing River													9				16					2	Laughing River
Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (Randy Newman)										11												1	Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (Randy Newman)
Letters from Europe				15																		1	Letters from Europe
A Little Place in the Country						4	6						7		2		8	8				6	A Little Place in the Country
The Little Vagabond (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)			6	9							12		15									4	The Little Vagabond (Words: William Blake/Music: Greg Brown)
Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart																					4	1	Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart
Love Is a Chain				13		10															15	3	Love Is a Chain
Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan)															7							1	Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan)
Me and the Devil Blues (Robert Johnson)															6							1	Me and the Devil Blues (Robert Johnson)
Mississippi Moon														8								1	Mississippi Moon
The Monkey																		18				1	The Monkey
My Home in the Sky		11	13e																			2	My Home in the Sky
My New Book																			11			1	My New Book
Nice When It Rains												1				9	18				12	4	Nice When It Rains
No Place Away										14	5			12		1	9	1				6	No Place Away
One Big Town								3							1							2	One Big Town
One Cool Remove														3	15			14			13	4	One Cool Remove
One More Goodnight Kiss					1	20	10		6								10					5	One More Goodnight Kiss
One Wrong Turn																		5	4			2	One Wrong Turn
On I Go (Goin' Around)															3	10	7					3	On I Go (Goin' Around)
Our Little Town						1	12															2	Our Little Town
Out in the Country	(8)f	1			8											14						3	Out in the Country
Plain Lovers																				9		1	Plain Lovers
The Poet Game																		4	2	3	6	4	The Poet Game
Poor Backslider						7		10		6		5	10	4		5			13			8	Poor Backslider
Quite the Deal																		3	1	2	7	4	Quite the Deal
Regina																				4		1	Regina
Ring around the Moon			10																			1	Ring around the Moon
Rolling Stone (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)														14								1	Rolling Stone (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)
Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon							17															1	Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
Say a Little Prayer	(7)f	3																				1	Say a Little Prayer
A Showman's Life (Jesse Winchester)										1												1	A Showman's Life (Jesse Winchester)
Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)			2																			1	Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)
Sleeper										12												1	Sleeper
Slow Food		7				17	8			5			14			6					10	7	Slow Food
Smiling in the Photograph						19	20							11								3	Smiling in the Photograph
Speed Trap Boogie	2		4	14	2	5	13			8	9											8	Speed Trap Boogie
Spring Wind								8			11	9	8				2	13	8			7	Spring Wind
Tell Me It's Gonna Be Alright					9																	1	Tell Me It's Gonna Be Alright
Things Go On															5					6		2	Things Go On
Time (Tom Waits)																	24e					1	Time (Tom Waits)
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home					7	16				15												3	The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
Train Whistle Blues (Jimmy Rodgers)															9							1	Train Whistle Blues (Jimmy Rodgers)
Twenty or So	1	9									10											3	Twenty or So
Two Little Boys (Public Domain)							19															1	Two Little Boys (Public Domain)
unknown song														9	8							2	unknown song
unknown song														10								1	unknown song
Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie)															10							1	Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie)
Walkin' down Linn Street				16																		1	Walkin' down Linn Street
Walking Down to Casey's	6f		8													13						3	Walking Down to Casey's
Walking in Madison																				1	5	2	Walking in Madison
Wash My Eyes						18				18e							13					3	Wash My Eyes
The Way In				1																		1	The Way In
The Way They Get Themselves Up															4			17				2	The Way They Get Themselves Up
Where Do the Wild Geese Go?				11																		1	Where Do the Wild Geese Go?
Who Woulda Thunk It?	4	5		7	6	9	7				17	12		6			14	12				11	Who Woulda Thunk It?
Worrisome Years						12	3															2	Worrisome Years
You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)																12		20e				2	You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)
You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)															12							1	You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (McKinley Morganfield/Muddy Waters)
You Can Watch Me																					17	1	You Can Watch Me
You Drive Me Crazy							1	1	1		1	3	4			2	4	6	5		2	11	You Drive Me Crazy
You Might as Well Go to Sleep											20							19				2	You Might as Well Go to Sleep
songs performed	6	12	13	16	10	21	20	10	9	20	20	13	15	14	16	14	25	20	14	9	17	314
	1985 11/18	1986 07/05	1986 07/06	1986 12/??	1987 11/21	1988 10/21	1990 01/27	1990 10/25	1990 10/28	1991 04/??	1991 05/28	1991 09/13	1992 04/07	1992 05/16	1992 05/25	1992 08/08	1992 11/13	1993 03/30	1993 04/03	1994 01/??	1994 11/19