He never played that Vic Chestnut song, which I'm assuming was going to be "When I Ran Off and Left Her".
I was there with my 4 year old son, who enjoyed it at first but grew restless and I had to walk laps around the park and listen to the last few songs. Dave started early and that was nice, I think both me and my boy were getting sleepy from the Opera singers before him. He said he was going to play a few songs to get warmed up. His voice wasn't with him through Get On Out and he seemed to have ADD through the first several songs. He'd explain what he was doing while he played. I wondered if he was on drugs, it just seemed weird for Dave to be off of his A game. It felt more like Westerberg than Pirner. He warmed up though and the show got more entertaining. It was definitely a light hearted affair. I enjoyed the kids and family coming up to the stage and Dave commenting.
The setting was awesome, this little Park in Downtown St. Paul had always seemed cool to me, it has a neat creek that flows through it's one city block size, and several quaking aspens planted throughout. Weather was perfect.
Performance wise Dave wasn't "Melting my face with awesomeness!", but I really enjoyed it. It was free, family friendly, and loose. He touched on Politics a bit, but his topics were a bit outdated, and it seemed the crowd wasn't in the mood for Politics as there was little to no reaction during those parts. But they loved Black Gold! I held my tongue on requesting Rhinestone Cowboy, swear I was on the verge of yelling it when he brought up Glen Campbell and then proceeded to play it. Was happy to hear Gone Till November as well.
I got video of
Without A Trace and his
Welcome/first words on stage, Video is a little shaky which is why I only grabbed one song. Enjoy!