For the Relay for Life (Sunday, July 8 at 1 a.m.), the setlist looks like:

SET ONE:

Dead Things in the Shower—fast two-step (chairperson Robin requested it)

Bungee Jumpin’ Jesus—deliberate Gospel

Crosses by the Roadside—slow two-step (and one of my two cancer-related songs)

Bluebird on My Windshield—fast bluegrass

Invitation to St. Patrick—sleazy blues

The World Enquirer—fast bluegrass

Milepost 43—mod. tempo two-step

Welcome to Hebo Waltz—fast waltz

Selling Off My Body Parts—fast bluegrass

One Gas Station—mod. tempo folk

Prehistoric Roadkill—fast bluegrass

Hey, Little Chicken—slow & sleazy quasi-blues

Oil in the Cornfield—mod. tempo folk

The Termite Song—fast bluegrass

SET TWO:

I’m Giving Mom a Dead Dog for Christmas—slow & sleazy

Duct Tape—mod. tempo country

Doing Battle with the Lawn—fast bluegrass

You’ll Make a Real Good Angel (Tarra Young)—slow Gospel (the other cancer one)

Free-Range Person—fast bluegrass

Eatin’ Cornflakes from a Hubcap Blues—slow & sleazy quasi-blues

50 Ways to Cure the Depression—folk-rock

Song for Charity (and Faith, and Hope)—fast bluegrass

Leavin’ It to Beaver—mod. fast bluegrass (starts slow though)

20 Saddles for My Chicken—fast bluegrass

Writer’s Block Blues—slow & sleazy

Born Again Barbie—Everly Brothers-style rockabilly

Pole Dancing for Jesus—slow, sleazy Gospel

Meet Me at the Stairs—fast bluegrass (starts slow, again)

Un-Easy Street (Stan Good)—deliberate two-step

Yes, I remember all of them. (I’ve been running through the ones I haven’t played in a while, or don’t play very often.) I tried to concentrate on songs that didn’t require a lead break, since if I’m playing solo, there’s no one to do lead; “20 Saddles†does have a lead break, but it’s a joke—I do a voice-over saying how I’m not going to do the break from “What a Friend We Have in Jesus†at the same time as I start to play it. “Bungee Jumpin’ Jesus†also normally does the break from the “What a Friend…†song but I can leave it out easily.

And there are a few songs on the list that I don’t normally perform because they are too long if they have a lead break: “Oil in the Cornfield,†“Leavin’ It to Beaver,†“One Gas Station,†“Hebo†and “Meet Me at the Stairs.†“Oil†and “Beaver†are six minutes long as is, without a lead break. (Both are old songs, from back in the 1970s. I wasn’t insisting on a 3-1/2-to-5-minute limit back then, and the Dodson Drifters didn’t care.)

I guess I’m as ready for the Relay gig as I’m going to be. I’ll get to play music Friday night (Coaster practice), and then Saturday night at the Dylan Show in Nehalem, before going to the Relay gig. It did occur to me that this setlist would probably work okay for the house concert I’m supposed to do July 14 (I think); I can do these, plus (since they’re fans, and familiar with most of my stuff) take requests.

Joe