Donna the Buffalo shows I've seen

Updated 2/12/08

2002 (4 shows)

1. 6/16/02 Donna The Buffalo, Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, Croton, NY (setlist not in DonnaBase)

2. 8/24/02 Donna The Buffalo, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville , PA (setlist not in DonnaBase)

3. 9/14/02 Donna the Buffalo, State Theater, Ithaca, NY

start 10:42 pm

Way Back When, No Place Like the Right Time, Funkyside, Tides of Time, Positive Friction, When Love Comes Around, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Hamilton Club*, Who Stole My Chicken *, Riddle of the Universe *, I Don't Need A Riddle *, Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down *
---encores--- Family Picture, In the Middle Distance
*Pedal Steel

4. 11/1/02 Donna the Buffalo, Touch of Texas, Johnson City, NY

Start 11:40 p.m.

Positive Friction, Ones You Love, Me & Depression, Tides Of Time, Standing Room Only, Pretty Boy Floyd, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Ancient Arms, These Are Strange Days, Family Picture, Way Back When, Livin' On Love & Gasoline, Conscious Evolution => Workin' On A Building, Rock Of Ages, Jamestown Christmas
--encore-- Don't Make Me Come Over There And Love You w/ Jim Lauderdale, Whoa Whoa Whoa w/ Jim Lauderdale, No Place Like The Right Time

End 1:55 am

Jim Lauderdale Opened

2003 (10 shows)

5. 2/8/03 Donna The Buffalo, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Love Is The Only Thing, Ancient Arms, Movin' On, Voice In My Head, Tides Of Time, Ones You Love, Positive Friction, Living In Babylon, Born To Run, Way Back When, When Love Comes Around, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Do My Thing, Standing Room Only, Current Theme => Cherry-O Baby => Current Theme, Family Picture
--encore-- Seņor, Oh Ma => Mother => Oh Ma

6. 3/12/03 Donna The Buffalo, Town Hall, New York, NY

(setlist not in DonnaBase)

Opened for Old & In The Gray


7. 3/14/03 Donna The Buffalo, Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

start 10:40 p.m.

In This Life, Tides Of Time, Positive Friction, The Ones You Love, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Livin' On Love & Gasoline, These Are Better Days (new Jeb tune), Family Picture, Life Is Strange, Visitor, If There's Love Here, Yeah You Right, Mississippi, Way Back When, Life's A Ride (New Tara), Funkyside, No Place Like The Right Time, Conscious Evolution => Workin' On A Building
--encores-- On Our Way On (Jeb & Tara), Don't Leave Me Behind, Give Me Just A Little Time

end 1:10 AM

8. 4/18/03 Donna The Buffalo, The Paradise, Boston, MA

In This Life, Tides of Time, Positive Friction, If You Only Could, These Are Better Days, Family Picture, Mississippi, Conscious Evolution, Hey Trudy, Life's A Ride, Funkyside, No Place Like The Right Time

9. 7/11/03 Donna The Buffalo w/ Jim Lauderdale South Street Seaport, New York City, NY

Set I start 6:15 p.m.

The Mill
==Jim Lauderdale joins band for rest of set==
Wait 'Till Spring, Slow Motion Trouble, That's Not The Way It Works, Different Kind Of Lightning, Life By Numbers, Ginger Peach, Halfway Down, Slow Down

end 7:05 pm in a downpour

Set II start 7:20 pm

Love Is The Only Thing, Tides Of Time, Positive Friction, Don't Leave Me Behind => Family Picture, These Are Better Days, Killing A Man, Finally Friday, Blue Sky, Conscious Evolution
--encore-- No Place Like The Right Time

end 8:25 pm


10. 7/25/03 Donna The Buffalo, Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA

start 8:55 pm

Hit The Groove, Tides Of Time, Positive Friction, Don't Leave Me Behind => Family Picture, Visitor, Finally Friday, Blue Sky, Conscious Evolution, No Place Like The Right Time, Funkyside

end 10:10 pm


11. 7/26/03 Donna The Buffalo, JFK Plaza, Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA

start 5:10 pm

In This Life, Blue Sky, These Are Better Days, Life's A Ride, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Part Time Lover, Tides Of Time, Mississippi, Movin' On, Rock Of Ages, Voice In My Head

end 6:15 pm


12. 07/26/03 Donna The Buffalo, Dance Tent, Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA

start 9:00 pm

Way Back When, If You Only Could, Off To Dreamland, The Ones You Love, Rocking Horse, Livin' On Love & Gasoline, Behind The Door Waltz, Part Time Lover*, Down To The River*, The Mill,* Family Picture, Current Theme, Don't Leave Me Behind => Pretty Boy Floyd

end 10:30 pm

* w/ Keith Frank


13. 11/1/03 Donna The Buffalo, The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY

start 11:05 pm

These Are Better Days, Living In Babylon, Positive Friction, Tides Of Time, Movin' On, No Place Like The Right Time, 40 Days & 40 Nights, The Mill, Rock Of Ages, Conscious Evolution, Mississippi, If Only You Could, Me & Depression, Life's A Ride, Big Parade, Zydeco, Part Time Lover, Senor
--encores-- Family Picture, There You Are

end 1:35 am

w/ Bill Reynolds on Bass


14. 11/15/03 Donna The Buffalo, The Bowery, New York NY

start 10:40 pm

Movin' On, These Are Better Days, Blue Sky, 40 Days & 40 Nights, The Mill, Tides Of Time, Positive Friction, Ring Of Fire, Rock Of Ages, Pretty Boy Floyd, Conscious Evolution, Family Picture, Greatest Love Of All, Funkyside, You're Breakin' My Heart, Life's A Ride, In Another World => Revolution, No Place Like The Right Time
--encores-- Mother, Visitor

end 1:05 am

Tara was obviously ill, played while seated

2004 (7 shows)

15. 4/3/04 Donna the Buffalo, Touch of Texas, Johnson City, NY

start 10:45 pm

In This Life, Tides Of Time, These Are Better Days, Ancient Arms, Conscious Evolution, Blue Sky, Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down, Tee Black, Positive Friction, No Place Like The Right Time, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Sailing, Senor, Pancho & Lefty, Zydeco, Family Picture, Greatest Love Of All, Voice In My Head, Rock Of Ages, Funkyside
--encores-- Mother, Give Me Just A Little Time *

*w/ Trevor MacDonald (Sunny Weather) on Rubboard

end 1:40 am


16. Wed 8/18/2004 Donna the Buffalo, South Street Seaport, New York City, NY

start 7:15 pm

Movin' On, The Ones You Love, Consious Evolution, No Place Like The Right Time, Ring Of Fire, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Blue Sky, It's The Call, Went Down To The River, Family Picture, Way Back When, Rock Of Ages, Funkyside
--encores-- Tides Of Time, Living In The Promiseland

end 9:00 pm


17. Fri 11/5/2004 Donna the Buffalo, Magic City Music Hall, Johnson City, NY

start 9:28 pm

Seems To Want To Hurt This Time, Tides Of Time, Killing A Man, No Place Like The Right Time, Pretty Boy Floyd, Positive Friction, Blue Sky, One Drop Of Rain, Do My Thing*, You're Breakin' My Heart*, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, Let's Try Again (DEBUT - Jeb), Family Picture, Living In The Promiseland, Funkyside*
--encores-- Small Axe, Ring Of Fire, When I Lay To Sleep, Let Love Move Me

end 1:05 am

* W/ Ward Puryear on rubboard

18. Sat 11/6/2004 Donna the Buffalo, Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY

start 11:10 pm

Way Back When, Ancient Arms, Seems To Want To Hurt This Time, No Place Like The Right Time, Conscious Evolution, The Mill, Blue Sky, Senor, These Are Strange Days, Family Picture, Each & Every Direction, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Rock Of Ages, Zydeco => Hey Trudy, It's The Call, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, Funkyside
--encores-- Walk On Water, Let's Try Again w/ Keith Secola on flute, NDN Car w/ Keith Secola on vocals & drumsticks

end 2:00 am


19. Thu 12/2/2004 Donna the Buffalo, Irving Plaza, New York, NY

Way Back When, No Place Like The Right Time, Funkyside, Family Picture, Positive Friction, Tides of Time, Part Time Lover, Mississippi, Dark Hollow*, ? *, Lost Highway*, Conscious Evolution, Blue Sky
--encore-- Tee Black, Seems to Want to Hurt This Time

end 1:05 am

*with Del McCoury and his band

20. Thu 12/9/2004 Donna the Buffalo, Brookside Restaurant, Amenia, NY

start 8:35 pm

Way Back When, No Place Like The Right Time, These Are Better Days, Family Picture, Killing A Man, Johnny McAfee, The Real Deal, If You Only Could, America, Ancient Arms, One Drop Of Rain, Everything Is Alright, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (DEBUT) (Dylan), 40 Days & 40 Nights, Rock Of Ages, Each & Every Direction, Movin' On Up (Jefferson's Theme)(DEBUT), Seems To Want To Hurt This Time
---encores--- Mother, Ring Of Fire, Part Time Lover, Living In The Promiseland (Jeb on acoustic)

end 11:40 pm


21. Sat 12/11/2004 Donna the Buffalo, John Green Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA

start 9:35 pm

Funkyside, Ancient Arms, Positive Friction, Tides of Time, Killing A Man, Blue Sky, These Are Strange Days, Everything is Alright, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, These Are Better Days, Family Picture, Ring of Fire, If You Only Could, 40 Days & 40 Nights
--Encores-- It's The Call, Went Down to the River

end 11:20 pm

2005 (8 shows)

22. Sat 4/9/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Revolution Hall, Troy, NY

start 10:35 pm

Movin' On, Ancient Arms, Don't Go Down, Rock Of Ages, Positive Friction, I Don't Need A Riddle, Mr. King, Blue Sky, Killing A Man, Living In Babylon, Every Day, In The Summertime (instrumental) DEBUT, Funkyside, Family Picture, Pancho & Lefty, 40 Days & 40 Nights, No Place Like The Right Time, It's The Call
--encores-- Give Me Just A Little Time, Come To Life, I Wish You Love, Standing Room

end 1:15 am

23. Fri 5/13/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

start 11:30 pm

Way Back When, Ancient Arms, These Are Better Days, I Don't Need A Riddle, Killing A Man, Family Picture, Ring of Fire, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Life's A Ride, Blue Sky, Every Day, Part Time Lover, Funky Side, No Place Like The Right Time, Pancho & Lefty (dedicated to Big Wayne Schoff), Yonder, The Call, Hey Trudy
--encores-- Me & Depression, I Wish You Love

end 1:55 am

24. Thur 6/2/2005 Donna The Buffalo, State Theatre, Ithaca, NY

start 10:13 pm

Movin' On, Blue Sky, Rocking Horse I Don't Need A Riddle,* Killing A Man, Family Picture, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Love and Gasoline, Seems to Want to Hurt This Time,* Give Me Just a Little Time, Me & Depression, No Place Like The Right Time, Tomorrow Still Knows, Hey Trudy,* Conscious Evolution
--Encores-- You Take Your Last Step Away (Jeb Only), I Wish You Love, Ring Of Fire

end 12:20 am

* w/ Ward Puryear on rubboard

25. Thur 7/14/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Alive at Five, Albany, NY

start 5:30 pm

Movin' On, Living in Babylon, Conscious Evolution, Love and Gasoline, Family Picture, Every Day, I Don't Need a Riddle, Funkyside, Blue Sky, Way Back When

end 6:00 pm

26. Thur 7/21/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Finger Lake GrassRoots Festival, Trumansburg, NY

start 12:10 a.m.

Seems to Want to Hurt (started then stopped, called it a sound check), Way Back When, Living In Babylon, Positive Friction, Love and Gasoline, Family Picture, In Another World>Revolution, I Don't Need A Riddle,* 40 Days & 40 Nights, Rock Of Ages, Every Day, Hey Trudy,* If You Only Could, The Call
encore: Went Down to the River

end 2:00 a.m.

* w/ Dimitri Thomas on rubboard

27. Sat 7/23/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Finger Lake GrassRoots Festival, Trumansburg, NY

start 8:05 pm

Movin' On, No Place Like The Right Time, Tides Of Time, Every Day, Rock Of Ages, Family Picture, Killing A Man, I Don't Need A Riddle, Way Back When, Blue Sky,* Current Theme,* The Mill**
Encore-- Seems To Want To Hurt This Time, Part Time Lover

end 10:00 pm

*w/Mamadou Diabate on Kora
*WP w/ Ward Puryear on rubboard

28. Sun 8/28/2005 Donna The Buffalo, Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY

start 4:35 pm

Tomorrow Still Knows (cut short due to tech difficulties, no mics for vocals), Oh Ma (still no vocal mics, Jeb sung it unamplified), Way Back When, Blue Sky, Rocking Horse, Family Picture Tomorrow Still Knows (with vocals this time), I Don't Need A Riddle, Hey Trudy, Broken Record, It's Just Me, Love and Gasoline, New Jeb, No Place Like The Right Time, Conscious Evolution
Encore: Rock of Ages

end 6:15 p.m.

29. Sat 12/17/2005 Donna the Buffalo Revolution Hall Troy, NY

start 9:35 pm

Way Back When, Living in Babylon, Positive Friction, I Don't Need a Riddle, Come to Life, Blue Sky, Rocking Horse, Rock of Ages, Family Picture, Garden of Eden, Broken Record, Pancho & Lefty, Me & Depression, Temporary Misery, Funkyside, Diamond in the Rough, Mr. King, Wheels Keep Turning (Jeb, Tara & Kathy only), Biggie K Is a Superstar, No Place Like the Right Time
Encore #1: Nashville Christmas, Yeah You Right
Encore #2: Let Love Move Me (Just Jeb), You Made It Hurt (Just Jeb), 40 Days & 40 Nights (Jeb & Tara only)

end 12:20 a.m.

2006 (5 shows)

30. Thu 4/06/2006 Washington Ave Armory Albany, NY

start 10:35 p.m.

Movin' On, Living in Babylon, Positive Friction, Blue Sky, When Push Comes to Shove, Tides of Time, Mystic Water, Broken Record, When It's Meant to Be, Diamond in the Rough, Family Picture, Ring of Fire, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Temporary Misery, WV Rastafari, No Place Like the Right Time
Encore: Come to Life, Hey Trudy

Dave McCracken on keys

end 12:42 a.m.

31. Sat 4/08/2006 Avalon New York City, NY

start 8:12 p.m.

Movin' On, Broken Record, Positive Friction, Rock of Ages, Concious Evolution, Blue Sky, Rocking Horse, You're Breakin' My Heart, Ancient Arms, These Are Better Days, If You Only Could, Arrows Pointing Sideways, Diamond In The Rough, Family Picture, Living In The Promiseland, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Temporary Misery, Everyday, No Place Like The Right Time
Encore: Seems to Want To Hurt This Time (no Bill for 1/2 song), Give Me Just a Little Time

Dave McCracken on keys

end 10:26 p.m.

32. Thur 7/20/2006 GrassRoots Fest, Trumansburg, NY

start 11:45 p.m.

Way Back When, Temporary Misery, Funkyside, Love and Gasoline, Family Picture, Each & Every Direction, You're Breaking My Heart, Every Day,* Locket and Key, Voice In My Head, The Mill,** If You Only Could, Garden Of Eden, Yonder
Encore: Let Love Move Me

*Keith Secola vocal interlude
**Ward Puryear on rubboard

end 1:45 a.m.

33. Fri 10/13/2006 Mexicali Blues Cafe, Teaneck, NJ

start 10:10 p.m.

Way Back When, Living in Babylon, Positive Friction, Blue Sky, These Are Better Days, Tides of Time, Hey Trudy, If You Were To Love Me, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Locket and Key, Family Picture, Seems To Want To Hurt This Time, No Place Like The Right Time, America, I Don't Need A Riddle, Hot Tamale Baby, If You Only Could, Ring of Fire
Encore: Mystic Water*

*First verse just Jeb. Then Jeb & Tara. Then Jeb, Tara, Bill & Kathy. Then all.

end 12:40 a.m.

34. Fri 12/8/2006 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

start 11:05 p.m.

Way Back When, If You Only Could, Conscious Evolution, Tides of Time, Hey Trudy, Everything Seems To Want To Hurt This Time, Blue Sky, These Are Better Days, Locket & Key, Family Picture, Killing A Man, No Place Like The Right Time, Ring Of Fire, I Don't Need A Riddle, Funky Side, Love and Gasoline
Encore: Everyday, Hot Tamale Baby

end 1:10 a.m.

2007 (4 shows)

35. Thur 3/15/2007 Mexicali Blues Cafe, Teaneck, NJ

start 10:10 p.m.

Movin' On, Living In Babylon, In This Life, If You Only Could, These Are Better Days, Blue Sky, Tomorrow Still Knows, Revelation Two-Step, Temporary Misery, Voice in My Head, Spinning World, Family Picture, Garden of Eden, Broken Record, Arrows Pointing Sideways, The Beauty Within, 40 Days & 40 Nights, No Place Like The Right Time
Encores: Funkyside* There You Are** *Jeb & Tara only **Jeb only

end 12:20 a.m.

36. Sat 7/21/2007 GrassRoots Fest, Trumansburg, NY

start 11:30 p.m.

Dueling fiddles,* 40 Days & 40Nights,** Temporary Misery,** Biggie K Is A Superstar,** Conscious Evolution, Blue Sky, Rocking Horse, Locket & Key, Family Picture, Come to Life, zydeco, Beauty Within, Funkyside, No Place Like the Right Time, onstage marriage propsal, This Goes, Current Theme
Encore: If You Only Could

*Jeb & Tara only
**with horn section and back-up vocalists

37. Sat 11/17/2007 Highline Ballroom New York City, NY

start 10:15 p.m.

Movin' On, Living in Babylon, Ring of Fire, Locket and Key, Family Picture, Rockin' Horse, Hey Trudy, Conscious Evolution, Blue Sky, These Are Better Days, If You Only Could, Funkyside, Temporary Misery, Pancho & Lefty,* Broken Record, Every Day, No Place Like The Right Time *

Encores: Mystic Water,** Hot Tamale

*w/David Gans
**Jeb & Tara only


end 12:30 am

38. Fri 12/7/2007 Mexicali Blues Teaneck, NJ

start 10:10 p.m.

Way Back When, Living in Babylon, These Are Better Days, Blue Sky, Arrows Pointing Sideways, Tides of Time, Hey Trudy, If You Only Could, Each & Every Direction, Locket and Key, Family Picture, Seems to Want to Hurt This Time, If There's Love Here, Push Comes to Shove, Sailing, It's A New Day, Nashville Christmas, Voice in My Head, No Place Like the Right Time

Encores: There Must Be,* Tomorrow Still Knows, Hot Tamale Baby**

* first just Tara & Kathy, then Jeb joins on bass
** Dave McCracken joins Kathy on keys


end 12:40 am