It's a tribute to New Orleans, past, present, and future. Yeah, that was fun to write... it uses the phrase ‘before the beginning,’ which I actually got from Firesign Theatre... It dates back to the beginning of time that a place like New Orleans was always meant to be created. It was inevitable, a geographic hot spot where things were going to happen no matter what, and New Orleans is what manifested.
John Bell · jambands.com, 4/30/2010
By the numbers
- Frequency
- 1 in every 6.5 shows
- Most common lead in
- Little Lilly (11 times)
- Most common lead out
- Tall Boy (6 times)
- Most common set position
- Set 1, song 4 (20 times)
- John Bell, "True to Our Nature" interview by Randy Ray · jambands.com, 4/30/2010
- Type & first-played · Everyday Companion / Burnthday catalog