The Music - 8/28/10

This is Part 4 of a 4-part post of thoughts about Rising Tide 5 weekend. I'm publishing it separately so it will be independently searchable and so folks who are coming here after searching "Rob Thomas set list" don't have to dig through The Museum, The Message & The Movie to find it.

For those who don't already know, while in New Orleans for Rising Tide 5 I had the opportunity to see Rob Thomas play Studio A at the IP Casino in Biloxi. It was a bit of a mad dash in the pouring rain, but in the able hands of @brenyb, we just made it. I'll never know if the dependably punctual performers were just a tiny bit late starting as a response to our pleas via Twitter, but we're so glad they were, as we were in our front row seats just in time to take a big, deep breath before the show started. We were disappointed that we couldn't buy a beer as the venue shut down the bars 15 minutes before show time, which sucked, but I don't care. It was still Rob and, playing with Matt Beck and Frankie Romano, he was still wonderful.

It was a tough decision because a lot of us work really hard for a long time to put on this conference, and debriefing with the organizers after the main event (a/k/a the after-party) is one of my favorite parts of the weekend, but this was a special acoustic concert, the last of a special acoustic tour to raise funds for the Sidewalk Angels Foundation that he runs with his wife, Mari, as well as a local charity at each stop along the way. Who knows if he'll ever do a tour like this again? He's never done it before, and I'd never get tickets like these again. I'm so glad we went. I only wish I videoed every song, just for me. I've hesitated to publish the ones I did capture. Rob doesn't normally ask fans to take down his work they publish online, although he could, and I so would, but I hope it's okay with him if I post this one that I shot with my iPhone 3GS (in my lap), of his singing 3 A.M. to an appreciative audience, singing it right back to him.

Now, as promised, here's the set list for Rob Thomas, IP Casino, Biloxi, MS on Saturday, August 28, 2010:

Mockingbird Sleep 'til the War is Over Soul Sick Ever The Same Bent Dear Joan 3 A.M. Getting Late / That's Alright Streetcorner Symphony Now Comes The Night Swing Lonely No More Her Diamonds Someday Disease Matt Beck's solo (video) Unwell Still Ain't Over You Jane Says (Jane's Addiction) Smooth This is How a Heart Breaks Bright Lights