Songs

A Jimmy Rogers shuffle that Gary Moore turned loose. Guitar out front, and the rhythm section keeps its head down.

Texas boogie, and one of the first covers we learned together.

Bo Diddley wrote it, half the world has covered it, and it still swings.

The slow one in the set, and the one people sing back at us.

Jangle and harmony, and a chorus everybody in the room already knows.

One we pull out when the room wants something with a bit of shuffle.

The riff is the whole thing. Guitar takes it, bass and drums stay out of the way.

Power pop the way they meant it: two chords, a big chorus, out.

Quiet verse, huge chorus — the nineties knew what they were doing.

Straight out of the gate, and no let-up once it starts.

Jonny Lang cut it at fifteen. We let the guitar do the talking.

Everyone knows the words, which is exactly why it is in the set.

Builds from almost nothing to the loudest thing we play.

The first thing we've put up here.