What a Concert!

My wife and I went down to Hickory, NC with another couple from church for a Caedmon's Call concert Saturday night. Now, those of you who have read the blog for a while know that I went to see them in October, but Cliff and Danielle were not there (due to having a false alarm on the delivery of baby #4) and Derek Webb had not joined the Overdressed tour yet. Well, all three were present and accounted for (though their keyboard guy, Josh, was not present and they did not mention him).

What a great concert! Courtesy of caedmonscall.net, here was their song set:

Derek Webb opened the night with songs from his solo albums (so talented that he performed them ONLY with his twelve string and no other instrumental backup):

1. Lover
2. Nobody Loves Me
3. A New Law
4. King and a Kingdom
5. Name
6. Wedding Dress

7. I Wanna Marry You All Over Again
8. Savior on Capitol Hill
9. This Too Shall Be Made Right

The great thing about Derek's songs is that they are a bit controversial at times but I really think they cause people to think about where they are in their own walk with Christ and what they define as Christianity. Unlike some people that break away from a band to pursue their own career, I don't think Derek did it because he didn't like Caedmon's (as could easily been seen the other night--he had a blast), but that he had something that needed to be said (and wasn't being said by ANYONE else in the Christian music industry).

Then Caedmon's came out and did the following set:

1. My Calm Your Storm
2. There is a Reason
3. Climb On (A Back That’s Strong)
4. Trouble
5. Expectations
6. Two Weeks In Africa
7. Share In The Blame
8. Hold The Light
9. Forty Acres
10. In God’s Country
11. Share The Well

Then Cliff did a little spiel on the Dalit Freedom Network and spoke more in general about Compassion International, a group that they are very involved with and really do more than just give lip service to (Cliff and Danielle sponsor two children themselves).

Then Caedmon's took a break and new member Andy Osenga (who had at least 8 guitars on stage!) came out and sang the following songs from solo projects he has done:

1. When Will I Run (with Derek singing backups)
2. Swing Wide The Glimmering Gates (w/o the band)
3. New Beginning (with Todd, Garret, Jeff, and Josh)

The band then came back on and did this set of songs:

1. There’s Only One (Holy One)
2. Not Enough
3. Faith My Eyes
4. Shifting Sand
5. Hope to Carry On (this one REALLY made my wife and I feel like we were back in college seeing them)

Then the band went off in preparation for the encore, and Derek was the first out, to do one off the Overdressed record that is going to be featured in a Grey's Anatomy Episode:

1. Ten Thousand Angels

Then the band joined him and sang the last two songs--the crowd was actually not as young/energetic as the crowd in Salem in October, but got into it with Thankful. Caedmon's pulls out all the stops on this song, even Cliff does some percussion.

2. April Showers
3. Thankful

All in all, it was a great show--if you're counting, that's 31 songs and almost three hours of music. We didn't get out of Hickory until about 10:30 PM (I'll have a post on a certain fast-food incident later) and didn't get home until about 2:00 AM. But it was certainly worth the drive, for sure. Caedmon's and Derek Webb may never be back together again but I'm glad I got to see them. What a great concert!