Needtobreathe & The Wild Feathers Rick's Cafe Starkville, MS 11/6/13

Needtobreathe for the third time this year? My thoughts were something like "OK. Great. But, since this is The Stomping Ground Tour, it better be a lot better than the last show I went to." While the band STILL did not play any songs off their earlier albums, this show was better than Birmingham because they played longer and the show was much more intimate. Plus, I got to meet the band again for the first time in almost three years, which was great. There was also a different opening act, The Wild Feathers. They were great!

The Wild Feathers are from Nashville, Tennessee. They just recently released an album and they have even opened for one of my favorite Nashville musicians, Will Hoge and now Needtobreathe. They reminded me a lot of Tom Petty. They played

Hard Wind

Back Woods Company

Love (What it said on the setlist. Not sure if there is more to the title)

American

Got It Wrong

Hard Times

Left My Woman

The Ceiling

This is me cutting to the chase because I am running out of introductions for Needtobreathe because I have seen them so may times. They played

Devil's Been Talking

Prisoner

The Reckoning

Washed By The Water

Lay 'Em Down

Something Beautiful

Oh, Carolina (New song)

Girl Named Tennessee (MY FAVORITE)

Wasteland (New song. Read description at the end)

White Fences

Wanted Man

Drive All Night

(Encore)

Difference Maker (New song)

Keep Your Eyes Open

The Outsiders (Read description at the end)

Like I said earlier, this show was so much better than Birmingham. I was a bit surprised to find out that NTB had never played at Rick's Cafe before (according to Bear) considering that this show was part of The Stomping Ground Tour, but hey, it is cool!

We got a few more songs here than at Workplay and we got more songs that I like a lot more such as Prisoner, Girl Named Tennessee, Wasteland (New song) and White Fences (In Birmingham, instead of those, we got Squeeze Box, More Time, and Through Smoke)

In regards to the new song, Wasteland, this was only one the second(?) time they played it live. The lyric that stood out was "If God is on my side, then who could be against me?" The whole crowd practically screamed their heads off.

During The Outsiders, the band left the stage and went to the right side of the building and sang a cappella. Talk about beautiful.

At this moment in time, I had no idea that I would be seeing Needtobreathe again in a week. That, my friends, is what I call dedication. :)