However audiences might describe The Dirt Deacons music, there can be no doubt that these veteran musicians call upon a variety of influences to shape a set list that is both familiar and unique. Songs are given a hard driving edge coupled with a soulful introspection that reflects more than a few nights spent performing sweat-drenched sets from a group of guys who bring, as one venue owner described it, “a high energy show … every single time! These gentlemen are always on fire.”
The Dirt Deacons song list is a snapshot. The list is ever-changing. You might hear songs the band haven’t performed in months on any given night, and they’ve been known to toss in a few they’ve never played live before, making every show a unique experience full of surprises.
Below is a sample song list.
867-5309/Jenny Jenny — Tommy Tutone
Ain’t No Sunshine — Bill Withers
Ain’t That A Shame — Fats Domino
All The Small Things — Blink 182
Are You Gonna Go My Way — Lenny Kravitz
Bad Case Of Loving You — Robert Palmer
Bad Mama Jama — Carl Carlton
Blister In The Sun — Violent Femmes
Blue On Black — Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Build A Fire — Drivin’ N Cryin’
Can’t You See — Marshall Tucker Band
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love — Bad Company
Cast Iron Soul — Jamestown Revival
Centerfold — J. Geils Band
Cuts Like A Knife — Bryan Adams
Drift Away — Dobie Gray
Fly Away — Lenny Kravitz
Fly Me Courageous — Drivin’ N Cryin’
Fooled Around And Fell In Love — Elvin Bishop
Fortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Givin It Up For Your Love — Delbert McClinton
Good — Better Than Ezra
Good Day — The Dirt Deacons
Grits Aint Groceries — Little Milton
Groove Me — King Floyd
Hard To Handle — Otis Redding
Harder To Breathe — Maroon 5
Highway To Hell — AC/DC
Highway Tune — Greta Van Fleet
Honeysuckle Blue — Drivin’ N Cryin’
Houses Of The Holy — Led Zepellin
Hurricane — Levon Helm
Hysteria — Def Leppard
I Don’t Wanna Be — Gavin Degraw
I Used To Love Her — Guns N Roses
Interstate Love Song — Stone Temple Pilots
Keep On Smiling — Wet Willie
Knock On Wood — Wilson Pickett
Learn To Fly — The Foo Fighters
Lie To Me — Johnny Lang
Long Train Running — Doobie Brothers
Love Removal Machine — The Cult
Low — Cracker
Man In The Box — Alice In Chains
Mary Jane’s Last Dance — Tom Petty
Midnight Train To Memphis — Chris Stapleton
Mustang Sally — Wilson Pickett
My Own Worst Enemy — Lit
Never Been To Spain — Three Dog Night
New Orleans Is Sinking — The Tragically Hip
Nothin’ But A Good Time — Poison
Play That Funky Music — Wild Cherry
Pumped Up Kicks — Foster The People
Rebel Yell — Billy Idol
Remedy — Seether
Rocking In The Free World — Neil Young
Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana
Some Kinda Wonderful — Grand Funk Railroad
Soulshine — The Allman Brothers Band
Stand By Me — Ben E. King
Standing On Shaky Ground — Delbert McClinton
Straight To Hell — Drivin’ N Cryin’
Summer Of 69 — Bryan Adams
Superstition — Stevie Wonder
Sweet Emotion — Aerosmith
Sympathy For The Devil — Rolling Stones
The Joker — Steve Miller Band
Them Changes — Buddy Miles
Tush — ZZ Topp
Use Me — Bill Withers
Voodoo Chile — Jimi Hendrix
Walk This Way — Aerosmith
When I Come Around — Green Day
Whole Lotta Rosie — AC/DC
Wild Night — Van Morrison
Wildflower — The Cult
Would — Alice In Chains
You Shook Me All Night Long — AC/DC
Led Zepellin Medley