Leftover Salmon celebrated the 15th anniversary of their acclaimed, guest-filled album The Nashville Sessions with…a guest-filled show in Nashville. The band took to Music City’s famed Ryman Auditorium last night to perform the entirety of the the 1999 LP and then some. The show featured many of the original guests from The Nashville Sessions, as well as a number of covers with all those in attendance.
Leftover Salmon got things started with a pair of originals—“Get Up and Go” and “High Country.” Del and Ronnie McCoury then came out for the album’s first song, “Midnight Blues” before Taj Mahal and Sally Van Meter took their turn for “Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes.” Reese Wynans, Jeff Coffin and Rob McCoury were up next for “Dance On Your Head,” which was followed by “Are You Sure Hank” featuring Van Meter, Sam Bush, Darrell Scott and Randy Scruggs. Scruggs, Bush, Jeff Hanna and Rob McCoury then helped with “Five Alive,” before Wynans, Van Meter, Bush and John Cowan joined in on “Breakin’ Thru.”
The next guests to take the stage were Hanna, Elizabeth Cook and Jo-el Sonnier, who all sat in for “Lines Around Your Eyes.” Scruggs, Wynans and Cowan then joined the band for “It’s Your World,” with Wynans and Cowan sticking around for the following “On The Other Side.” “Troubled Times” with Bush, Cowan and Van Meter came next before Cowan, Coffin, Wynans and Todd Park Mohr sat in for “Another Way To Turn.” Coffin and Wynans then stayed on board as Bush and Rob McCoury came out for “Way Up On The Hill Where We Do The Boogie.” The album finally wrapped up when John Bell, Taj Mahal, Cook and Mohr joined the band for the album’s closer, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine.”
The all-star covers portion of the show got started with a take on Bukka White’s bus classic “Fixin’ to Die” that featured Bush, Bell and Col. Bruce Hampton (the song has been a longtime favorite of Hampton’s). All of the night’s guests then joined Leftover Salmon for a final series of tunes—Henry Thomas’ “Fishing Blues,” ZZ Top’s “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” Del McCoury’s“Can’t You Hear Me Calling” Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)” and Little Feat’s “Willin’.”
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