9. Little Red Bird

At the Gorge in 2010, Dave introduced it as a "song about a one legged bird." "Little Red Bird" was released on the bonus disc for Big Whiskey and the Googrux King, but made it's live debut in December of 2009 at a Dave and Tim show in Las Vegas. They played it again on the third night, and was released on the Dave and Tim album Live in Las Vegas. The first time Dave played the song solo at a full band performance was on June 25, 2010 at Cuyahoga Falls and he introduces the song:

"I was visiting, a few years ago with a friend of mine, I was visiting these little tiny islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean and there was this little, little bird and it had just one leg. But it would come and bounce around underneath the chair, and so you knew it was that bird 'cause I'm sure there's just not a bunch of tiny little red birds with one leg. So then I wrote this song over there a couple years ago or something like that."

Title: Little Red Bird
Album: Misc. Release (see notes above)
Show Stats: Fully played 9 times
Why I Love It: This song is short and sweet. The guitar is simple and beautifully picked and strummed. Dave sings the song in falsetto, which he pulls off with a delicate finesse that gives the song such a sweet tone. His inspiration for the song, so he says, is adorable, yet the message of the song is deep and thoughtful. Being a new song (debuting in late 2009), I'm excited to see this song flourish and hopefully emerge as a crowd favorite.
Memories: I first heard this song after purchasing the Dave and Tim album Live in Las Vegas, but the song didn't catch my attention until I heard it at the Gorge in 2010. It was a change in pace, slow, unknown to a majority of the crowd, but so, so beautiful, almost nobody was speaking, just listening. From that moment on, I knew I'd love this song for it's simplistic, beautiful melody.
Favorite Lyric: A comfort to count the battles won after the war is lost