…I Am A Tree

I was updating my Railroad Earth statistics just now and found some interesting things. First, we’ve now seen Railroad sixty one times. Sure, that’s nothing compared to the Brothers Ronquillo or Sapia or other Old School folks, but that isn’t too shabby for five years.

Among the stats, we’ve seen 141 different songs played, and a total of 981 songs. We average a little over 16 songs per show, with the longest being a couple shows clocking in with 22 songs, and the shortest being 5 songs in length (one, opening for Hot Tuna at the House of Blues in Atlantic City – the band didn’t really get a soundcheck, and the other at the Beacon, also opening for Tuna).

Below is the list of songs played, in order of the most-played to the least. Times played is after the song title. A whole bunch of those tunes in the single digits are ones I’d love to hear a whole lot more…  And missing from the list: In the Basement and ‘Neath the Stars. One of these days…

Long Way To Go, 25
Bird in a House, 23
Elko, 23
Head, 21
Like a Buddha, 21
Peace on Earth, 21
Seven Story Mountain, 21
Mourning Flies, 20
Old Man and the Land, 20
Crossing the Gap, 19
Warhead Boogie, 19
Mighty River, 18
Storms, 18
Waterfountain Quicksand, 18
420, 16
Dandelion Wine, 16
Little Rabbit, 16
Magic Foot, 16
Railroad Earth, 16
Saddle of the Sun, 16
Stillwater Getaway, 15
Colorado, 14
Luxury Liner, 14
Ragtime Annie Lee, 14
Reuben’s Train, 14
Old Dangerfield, 13
Sing for Me, 13
Fiddlee, 12
I’m a Mess, 12
Mission Man, 12
The Cuckoo Bird, 12
The Good Life, 12
Everything Comes Together, 11
For Love, 11
Lordy Lordy, 11
Shockenaw Mountain Breakdown, 11
1759, 10
Bread and Water, 10
Dance Around Molly, 10
Hunting Song, 10
Loving You, 10
Black Bear, 9
Butterfly & The Tree, 9
Came Up Smilin’, 9
Cold Water, 9
Give That Boy a Hand, 9
Goat, 9
New Lee Highway Blues, 9
Raindance, 9
Carrying Coal to Newcastle, 8
Cuckoo Medley, 8
Dover to Dunkirk, 8
Just So You Know, 8
The Forecast, 8
Happy Song, 7
Hard Livin’, 7
Acadian Driftwood, 6
Chains, 6
Donkey for Sale, 6
Little Bit O’ Me, 6
Lonecroft Ramble, 6
Mountain Time, 6
My Sisters and Brothers, 6
Right in Tune, 6
Been Down This Road, 5
Bringin’ My Baby Back Home, 5
Daddy-o, 5
Drag Him Down, 5
John’s Jig, 5
The Wheel, 5
Walk Beside Me, 5
Where Songs Begin, 5
Any Road, 4
El Cumbancharo>St. Anne’s Reel, 4
Fire on the Mountain, 4
Fisherman’s Blues, 4
Keep Moving On, 4
Lois Ann, 4
Mississippi Half Step, 4
Moonshiner, 4
RV, 4
Said What You Mean, 4
Soul of a Man, 4
The Green Roofs of Eirann, 4
Wayfaring Stranger, 4
All Alone, 3
Birds of America, 3
Chapel Waltz, 3
Dixieland, 3
Fruitful Acre, 3
Real Love, 3
A Day on the Sand, 2
Bowling Green, 2
Brown County Breakdown, 2
Duncan & Brady, 2
Genesis, 2
Gone to the Fields, 2
Hobo Song, 2
Jerusalem Ridge, 2
New Jam, 2
Peggy-O, 2
Waggin’ the Dog, 2
Walk on By, 2
You Never Know, 2
All You Need is Love, 1
Because, 1
Big River, 1
Big Sciota, 1
Black Clouds, 1
Bluegrass Breakdown, 1
Bonaparte’s Retreat, 1
Cakewalk, 1
Carrick Fertus, 1
Catfish John, 1
Cocaine Blues, 1
Desolation Row, 1
Do the Dog, 1
Down to New Orleans, 1
Flowers Between the Stones, 1
Hardwick Road, 1
Harvest Moon, 1
How Sweet It Is, 1
I Still Want Her, 1
Jellyfish, 1
Josephine’s Waltz, 1
Juliet, 1
Melodius Thunk, 1
Midnight on the Water, 1
Missouri Waters, 1
Old Plank Road, 1
Pack a Day, 1
Powderfinger, 1
Rocky Road Blues, 1
Shine On, 1
Standing on the Corner, 1
This Blue Earth, 1
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You, 1
Wade in the Water, 1
Walls of Time, 1
Way Downtown, 1
Whiskey River, 1

Comments are closed.