I couldn't bring myself not to mention "Long Black Veil," mainly because I had the amazing good fortune to actually hear this song live, a rarity these days. This song was originally written and performed by Lefty Frizzell, but made popular by Johnny Cash. Dave began covering the song in 1999 for a tribute to Cash and began to feature it in sets regularly through 2003. Since then, it's been played only four times in seven years. The band's last show for at least a year (so says the band, thinks not I) was in Charlottesville, VA just before Thanksgiving in 2010. This is where I heard "Long Black Veil" for the first time. It was possibly the only song I didn't know the lyrics to the whole night, but it didn't matter. Everyone around me was singing, Dave sang so delicately, and it was so new to me, I was brought close to tears. I don't know my chances of hearing this song again, slim at best, but this song covered by DMB is something special. I could listen to it over and over and it would never get old.
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