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Old Joe

Don't Tell the Band · 2001

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103performances
65 showslongest gap · ’17–’19
Apr 3, 2000first played
Jul 8, 2026last played
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April 8, 2000

Downtown ColumbiaColumbia, SC

0:00 4:04
Lyrics
Well, Old Joe, he moves slowHe likes to look at things and paint pictures on his radioHe says they make the songs look better.One day, Joe met a girlSweet breathing thingDancin' naked, nudey, in the winter snow
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Old Joe promoted shows in Florida, and the night he met the band the ceiling began melting, so he went outside and found Schools out there having seen the same thing. He had painted his car radio, because it makes the songs look better.
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Every Old Joe on record

1 in 15shows since debut
Encore 160% of sets
4:10average length
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City Era Set Notes
July 8, 2026KettleHouse AmphitheaterBonner, MTJohnsonSet 13:59
July 24, 2025ExploreAsheville.com ArenaAsheville, NCHerringEncore4:48with John Keane
April 14, 2024Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringEncore3:52
October 21, 2023Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringEncore4:09
July 29, 2023The Orion AmphitheaterHuntsville, ALHerringEncore3:57
April 21, 2023ACL Live at The Moody TheaterAustin, TXHerringEncore3:58
February 9, 2023Durham Performing Arts CenterDurham, NCHerringEncore3:55
January 22, 2022Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 14:10
October 22, 2021Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringEncore4:03
August 23, 2019Ryman AuditoriumNashville, TNHerringSet 14:00
March 29, 2019Durham Performing Arts CenterDurham, NCHerringSet 14:11
June 23, 2017Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringEncore4:11
September 21, 2016Saenger TheaterPensacola, FLHerringSet 14:12
April 26, 2016Tennessee TheatreKnoxville, TNHerringEncore3:55
February 17, 2016Mobile Civic Center TheaterMobile, ALHerringSet 2—
December 30, 2015Fox TheatreAtlanta, GAHerringSet 14:10
October 27, 2015Akron Civic TheatreAkron, OHHerringEncore4:47
July 10, 2015Sandia CasinoAlbuquerque, NMHerringEncore4:01
October 22, 2014Peabody Opera HouseSt. Louis, MOHerringSet 14:07
October 14, 2014ACL Live at The Moody TheaterAustin, TXHerringEncore4:04
June 28, 2014Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 13:35
June 14, 2014The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAHerringEncore3:48
March 13, 2014Ryman AuditoriumNashville, TNHerringSet 24:13
March 8, 2014The NationalRichmond, VAHerringSet 13:47
November 15, 2013Orpheum TheatreBoston, MAHerringSet 15:08
October 3, 2013Tuscaloosa AmphitheaterTuscaloosa, ALHerringEncore—
April 26, 2013Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore ParkAlpharetta, GAHerringEncore3:30
February 17, 2012Belly UpAspen, COHerringSet 13:19
January 25, 2012The Fillmore Silver SpringSilver Spring, MDHerringSet 13:34
October 20, 2011Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringEncore3:18
July 15, 2011The Joint at Hard Rock HotelLas Vegas, NVHerringEncore4:02
October 17, 2010Fox TheaterOakland, CAHerringEncore4:26
July 20, 2010Tower TheatreUpper Darby, PAHerringSet 13:35
November 24, 2009Royal Oak Music TheatreRoyal Oak, MIHerringEncore5:44
November 8, 2008Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 13:21
July 22, 2008House of BluesNorth Myrtle Beach, SCHerringSet 13:49
June 20, 2008Orpheum TheatreLos Angeles, CAHerringSet 13:59
April 18, 2008The Wharf AmphitheaterOrange Beach, ALHerringSet 13:57
December 31, 2007Philips ArenaAtlanta, GAHerringSet 1—
November 9, 2007BJCC ArenaBirmingham, ALHerringSet 13:48

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