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2007 Haiku Reviews

12-16-07 Jacksonville, FL
Highlight of the tour
We were all witnesses to
A Ben Shive concert

and

Power out mid-song
Jill and Sara start dancing
As Cason performs

12-15-07 Augusta, GA
Cool old theater
Jill starts the stupid game of
Water on the shoes

12-14-07 Tampa, FL
More bus problems
Made Dan the Sound Man work hard
With late arrival

12-13-07 Nashville, TN
One thing is for sure
The great David Wilcox is
Quite animated

12-12-07 Charlotte, NC
Familiar faces
Watching us concentrate on
Games of Speed Scrabble

12-11-07 Birmingham, AL
It is an honor
To be joined by such greatness
As Allen Levi

12-10-07 Huntsville, AL
It was a dark day
Losing my disc golf crown to
Adam Steverson

12-09-07 Milford, OH
Impromptu solo
It was Osenga’s time to
Partake in roast beef

12-08-07 New Milford, CT
I found two treasures
Snooping around the high school
Washer and Dryer

12-07-08 Michigan City, IN
Troy and Sara left
Now we’re on the bus o’ boys
It smells like urine

12-06-07 Terre Haute, IN
Beside the highway
Pulling our luggage out of
The broken down bus

12-05-07 Huntsville, AL
Marraige Proposal
Always a good thing to see
Except when it is from someone in the audience to your wife

12-03-07 Austin, TX
Playing my hometown
Means me reconnecting with
Taco Cabana

12-02-07 Cordova, TN
Temptation was great
To climb up the singing tree
And we all succumbed

12-01-07 Richardson, TX
Inventing new games
Today it was “Throw The Mints”
As hard as you can

and

Knot on my forehead
Apparently Marcus missed
The rule about throwing the mints at people’s faces


11-30-07 Sugarland, TX
Phoenix from ashes
Like out of Oklahoma
And into Texas

11-29-07 Leawood, KS
I am not quite sure
If those BBQ Baked Beans
Could ever be beat
(outside of Texas of course)

and

Dear contact lenses
I don’t know how you did it
But requiring a prescription to buy extra contacts even in an “emergency” is absolutely ridiculous

11-28-07 Wasau, WI
A mighty return
To the place where Applebee’s
Is not quite so bad

11-27-07 Elkhorn, NE
O Sweet Bethany
The soup, the cookies, the love
Its good to be back

11-11-07 Atlanta, GA
From Aaron and Todd
To Scott’s elderly insults
It was a great show

11-10-07 Nashville, TN
A concert at home
Seems my kids got bored after
just 30 minutes

11-9-07 Naperville, IL
Every now and then
Jill says something she regrets
Like, “I hope we aren’t folking you to sleep”

11-8-07 Huntsville, AL
I like washing down
Some disc golf domination
With some folk music

or

Steverson Challenge
Ha! We should have just called it
Steverson Smackdown

11-3-07 Bridgeport, WV
Stunning countryside
I saw it courtesy of
A bad G.P.S.

10-28-07 Ruston, LA
You would be surprised
At how many churches have
An accordion

10-27-07 Richmond, VA
Though we’re not famous
It felt like paparazzi
With all those star lights

10-23-07 Amarillo, TX
Only in Texas
Would folks know my son’s namesake
Cowboy Ty Murray

10-21-07 Thomasville, GA
This church is lucky
To have Chet Atkin’s ghost for
A worship pastor

10-13-07 Olympia, WA
Another house show
My proudest contribution?
The cookie platter

9-23-07 Huntsville, AL
Someone said “You Suck”
In the middle of the show
But I asked for it

9-20-07 Nashville, TN
Remembering Rich
Meant hearing stories about
Petersons kissing

9-08-07 Tremont, IL
The combines were out
And harvest time means one thing:
Disc Golf Tournament

9-07-07 St. Charles, MO
I had two women
Ask me to go out with them
Ben’s Grandma and Aunt

9-02-07 Nashville, TN
Playing Wrecking Ball
Made a lot of sense before
Tearing down the place

8-31-07 Little Rock, AR
Like men at weddings
My electric gear sat there
With nothing to do

8-26-07 Omaha, NE
Proof that my movies
Have eclipsed my songwriting:
Requests for Ringo

8-12-07 Ocala, FL
Here is some advice
If you need stress in your life
Fly into Gainesville

7-27-07 Metarie, LA
Twas love at first sight
This was the night that I met
The Nintendo Wii

6-16-07 Hartland, WI
Tonight’s cheese song proved
Every solo is better
With played on kazoos

6-8-07 Conyers, GA
This was our last trip
As a family of four with
A big-bellied mom

6-2-07 Bonne Terre, MO
First state park concert8-12-07
Complete with my bronchitis
And peed pants stories

6-1-07 St.Louis, MO
Wonderful house show
Well, the house was wonderful
And there was a show

5-25-07 Naperville, IL
Wonderful venue
And great show were topped off by
Ted’s Montana Grill

5-23-07 Chicago, IL
Air Conditioning
Cooled rooms are overrated
I used to think that

5-13-07 Gothenburg, Sweden
We rushed through sound check
Then sprinted about a mile
To go see Hot Fuzz

and

It was mother’s day
I sent my wife a picture
Of the flowers they gave me after the show before I gave them away to the kind lady singing for erik

5-12-07 Huskvarna/Jonkoping, Sweden
After the sound check
I tried the swedish thrift store
But it had just closed

5-11-07 Sundbyberg, Sweden

Jet lag finally comes
Almost drool on my guitar
Sleeping through two songs


5-10-07 Norrkoping, Sweden
Sounds like NOR-SHER-PING
Its still hard to make jokes here
However you say it

5-9-07 Orebro, Sweden
Late morning bike ride
First show with Erik and Ted
I have two sore legs

5-5-07 San Diego, CA
Pad in the city
If it wasn’t for these kids
I would be cool too

5-4-07 LaMesa, CA
So good to be back
But gone was the green room where
I would watch football

4-29-07 Winchester, TN

Must have missed the sign
So we were late for sound check
And the potluck feast


4-28-07 Dalton, GA
I am having more kids
So we can someday compete
With Earl’s bluegrass band

4-24-07 Knoxville, TN
Mullet song requests
I guess they’ll have to wait for
The new new city

4-22-07 Chattanooga, TN
Church bathroom shower
Washing off poison ivy
Before the concert

4-21-07 Lawrenceville, GA
Tonight’s opener
Comedy with Faith Hill song
“I can smell you breathe”

4-20-07 Columbia, SC
All downhill from here
When the opener is a
Banjo champion

4-19-07 Mooresville, NC

You better drive slow
Or in the dark you might miss
This camouflaged church


4-11-07 Jonesboro, AR
“This is horrible”
Heard at Left Behind movies
And tonight, my show

3-21-07 LaMirada, CA - Biola University
Right after the show
We raced two hundred meters
To my victory

3-17-07 Chesapeake, VA
Yet another first
Walk out on stage following
The voice of Jafar

3-11=07 Amarillo, TX
Free advertising
Four Larrivees on the stage
But no endorsements?

3-9-07 Dallas, TX
1:30 a.m.
A young girl plays in ash tray
Taco cabana
(yummy)
(no - I mean it. The food was yummy.)

3-7-07 Baylor University Chapel Waco, TX
Quote of the morning
“Really, Jill, I think of you
In all sorts of ways”

3-6-07 Waco, TX
Mighty house concert
This place brings me pasta bake
And Jill - allergies

3-1-07 Bowling Green, KY
Just like basketball
Mandolin comes to the games
Then just rides the pine

2-26-07 Memphis, TN
Much like my stardom
That feedback you’re hearing?
Imagination

2-22-07 Orlando, FL
Beautiful weather
Much better than years ago
With the alpacas

2-21-07 Leesburg, FL
Good looking cheesecake
Of course, I gave up desserts
This first day of lent

2-18-07 Monument, CO
A house full of folks,
Enchalada casserole
And legend, Don Lash

2-17-07 Colorado Springs, CO
Glen eyrie castle
Ancient architecture and
Seventies decor

2-16-07 Castle Rock, CO
The lengthy concert
Was nothing compared to the
Drive through the snow storm

2-11-07 North Augusta, SC
When no one could see
I would sneak up the stairs for
Volunteer donuts

2-10-06 Augusta, GA
Thong on a clothesline
A first time for everything
And, I hope, the last

1-27-07 Asheville, NC
Men sharing feelings
So whatever happened to
That drum beating stuff?

1-24-07 Laity Lodge, TX
What a big sissy
I found myself tearing up
At poetry night

1-5-07 Colorado Springs, CO
You get some eggs and
Way too much information
From the omelet chef