Big Thief debuted a forthcoming triple album called Horsepower in its entirety at their August 22nd show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
During the 29-song set, the indie folk trio were joined on certain numbers by renowned Americana artists, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, and Iris DeMent, who will be featured on the new album. Welch joined the band for nine songs and DeMent sat in on 12 tunes. Williams took the stage for one song during the encore.
Studio musicians who helped record Horsepower also joined Big Thief onstage. Guitarist Greg Leisz and pedal steel player Russ Pahl sat in, and Richard Bowden, Hannah Read, and Zosha Warpeha joined on fiddle.
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While the setlist of all yet-to-be-released material was certainly a surprise, some of the songs have been played live in the past. The band had previously played the album’s title track live as well as the song “Carry.” A couple of songs, such as “Happiness,” have been part of frontwoman Adrianne Lenker’s solo repertoire.
Big Thief start the next leg of their North American “Somersault Slide 360 Tour” in September.
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Big Thief Setlist:
Set 1:
Horsepower
Baby Honey Sweetheart Darlin’
Wait a While
Space and Time
21
Casual Touch
Muscle Memory
Highway (with Iris DeMent)
Stay (with DeMent)
Carry (with Gillian Welch, DeMent))
Sadness as a Gift (with Welch, DeMent)
True Love (with Welch, DeMent)
Where Will We Go (with Welch, DeMent)
Set 2:
Beautiful World
Faker
Loneliest Boy
Happiness
Oldest
Bright Future
Beautiful Powerful
Avalanche, Hurricane (with Welch, DeMent)
Snail (with Welch, DeMent)
Spatchcock Chickenshit Bingo (with Welch, DeMent)
Trade Tomorrow (with Welch, DeMent)
6-7-8-9 She’s Fine (with Welch, DeMent)
These Are the Days (with Welch, DeMent)
Encore:
No Matter What
Born For Loving You (with Lucinda Williams)
Gift Pleasure Joy