A night with the Outlaws

Willie Nelson is celebrating his 90th birthday this summer with The Outlaw Festival. The tour kicked off this weekend in Somerset. Providing a tour with past and present musical legends. The Somerset Amphitheater hosted the festival featuring Particle Kid, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Duluth Minnesota Legends Trampled By Turtles, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and of course Willie Nelson and Family.

Somerset Amphitheater warned in advance about the parking and entering the venue, and they were right. It took two hours to park and what seemed all night to exit. But that still did not take away from the evening music.

Trampled By Turtles set was electrifying. Minnesota’s top band was as tight as I have ever seen. Dave’s voice was on point ant the fiddles got the crowd on their feet dancing and screaming.

Set List

Life Is Good on the Open Road

Kelly’s Bar

Burlesque Desert Window

All the Good Times Are Gone

ew Son/Burnt Iron

Silver Light

The Middle

Victory

It’s So Hard to Hold On

Wait So Long

Quitting Is Rough

Keep Me in Your Heart (Warren Zevon cover)

Days Like These (Low cover) (with Alan Sparhawk)

Alone(with Alan Sparhawk)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss set featured some Led Zeppelin classics including a haunting version of When the Levee Breaks which sent shivers up my spine giving me goosebumps and silencing the crowd. only to end with thunderous applause. Plant and Krauss were soulful, elegant, and with awe-inspiring harmonies. The set list seemed a little short as I did not want it to end.

Set List

Rich Woman (Li’l Millet and His Creoles cover)

Fortune Teller (Benny Spellman cover)

Can’t Let Go (Randy Weeks cover)

The Price of Love (The Everly Brothers cover)

Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin cover)

Please Read the Letter (Jimmy Page & Robert Plant cover)

High and Lonesome

Trouble With My Lover (Allen Toussaint and Leo Nocentelli cover)

In the Mood / Matty Groves (Robert Plant cover)

Gallows Pole

The Battle of Evermore (Led Zeppelin cover)

When the Levee Breaks (Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy cover)

Gone Gone Gone (The Everly Brothers cover)

With respect to Willie Nelsons No-Photo Policy, we can only give you his setlist. Though I will say that he sounded incredible and the backup vocals from his family added to the show. Happy 90th birthday Willie and thank you for the gifts and memories that you have given so many.

Whiskey River

Stay a Little Longer

Still Is Still Moving to Me

Bloody Mary Morning

I Never Cared for You

(Die When I’m High) Halfway to Heaven

Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

On the Road Again

You Were Always on My Mind

Everything Is Bullshit

Good Hearted Woman