About the site
DBT setlists?
The idea of a website about DBT setlists is somewhat ironic, as most fans of the band know that they hardly ever use setlists for their shows. In fact, out of the more than a thousand shows they have played, only 5 or 6 setlists are known to exist. Patterson has given each of these to a good friend of his, who has been nice enough to send me a copy of them. The most recent is a more formal typed setlist for the Turner South TV show Music Road that was taped in January. Click on each image for a closer look:
The origin
This website started in 2004 as a way for me to keep track of all of the shows I have collected from my favorite band. I decided it would be fun to teach myself some php and mySQL with the benefit of being able to look up every song the band has done, how often, where, etc. While I was wrong about the fun part, it was definitely the right decision, and adding to the site in the future will be much easier.The policy
Originally, this site only listed shows for which I have a copy and could verify the setlist. Since there are close to a thousand shows where no recorded copy exists, this would have severely limited the value of the information on the site. So I have begun listing any shows for which I can find evidence. As I find out more about individual shows, I'll add that information, but for now there might only be a date and place.Of course, I'd love for this site to be comprehensive, so if you see that a performance is missing for which you have a tape, CD, or other information, please feel free to send it to me. I promise it will be posted to the database as quickly as possible.
The thanks
This site simply would not work without the help of my good friend, Nicole Harris. She spent many hours helping me parse out code, explaining how things worked, and showing me where I was going wrong. I didn't (and probably still don't) even know enough about php and mySQL to be dangerous, and Nicole has been a lifesaver in making things work.The main picture on the front page was taken by Jason Wilson on February 13, 2008 at the Mezzanine in San Francisco, CA.
I'd like to thank the following fans for the rest of the live pictures on the site:
- Carlton Freeman
- Tinah Utsman
- Rodney Lipps
- Jamie Jacobs
I'd also like to thank BW (aka rex ubu) for help he's provided in researching the band's early years. BW was one of the contributing artists for Southern Rock Opera. He says he may eventually sell the painting that was used, so keep an eye on his eBay store:
http://stores.ebay.com/Make-Room-For-dAdA
The colophon
Everything about this site was done on a Mac. I use BBEdit for coding, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for graphics, and Transmit to FTP the files. When I have to work with the database, I'm forced to use phpMyAdmin.As far as the site design goes, I have been more than a bit influenced by Khoi Vinh's http://www.subtraction.com. The navigation bar in particular was pretty much lifted from his site. So my apologies to Khoi if he's offended. Just let me know and I'll change it.
The font used in the header graphic is Anticca, a free font from Peter Bruhn's Fountain type foundry.