6. Baby Blue

This is one of the newest songs to make it onto my list of favorites. "Baby Blue" is almost always played as part of an encore featuring Dave solo on a beautifully crafted Veillette Gryhon painted red. This song is as emotional live as it is on the album Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King. The sweet, sad lyrics are beautifully sung, the guitar simply strummed, and when played live, the crowd goes silent to hear the gorgeous song.

Title: Baby Blue
Album: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
Show Stats: Fully played 44 times, 1 tease
Why I Love It: When Dave is featured solo at a DMB concert, nothing really makes me happier. He sings this song with so much emotion, you can practically hear the hurt and sadness in his voice. I can't help but shed a tear each time I hear it. The way he plays this song reminds me a bit of the simplicity of other solo songs he's written like "Some Devil" and even "Little Thing."
Memories: Two big moments stick out in my mind about this song. The first time I heard this song was after buying the album Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King in the summer of 2009. I had the CD in my car for at least 3 months and that was a song that played at least twice every time I'd get into the car. The first time I heard it, I literally started weeping and the beauty and emotion of the song. At the Gorge in 2010 Dave played "Baby Blue" as part of the encore. I wasn't expecting to hear it and was more than overjoyed when I heard it. I remember thinking, "I wish Joey was here to hear this!" Joey is a former roommate of mine and we both have a particular love for this song. After Dave finished his particularly emotional rendition, he said "That was for my love, Ashley." I loved it more than words can describe.
Favorite Lyric: Confess your kiss/ Still knocks me off my legs/ First time I saw you/ Was like a punch right through my chest/ I will forever/ Because you'll forever be/ My one true broken heart/ Pieces inside of me/ And you forever my baby

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