Song Origins
You Should Be Glad
(Woo!)
Time And Space with John Bell http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7244/TIME-AND-SPACE-WITH-JOHN-BELL/0
Kayceman: Going back to what I was saying about this Triumphant Stage, whether you view it that way or not, I would kind of think that, you know in all the years I've sort of paid attention to what you've been doing, I get the feeling you don't sing something you aren't connected to, and you don't play something that doesn't come from you. So I'm thinking about these songs, like "Second Skin" and "You Should Be Glad" and some of the verbiage in there like "About to be born again" and "You should be happy." Again, sometimes as a fan as well as a writer, maybe I read too much into it, but are these about Widespread Panic coming back, being "born again," like "you should be happy" because we're back? John Bell: Oh no, no, no. I can take a little mystery out of "You Should Be Glad." K: Last night was the first time I've ever heard it, so I was just trying to take it in. JB: Oh yeah, and sometimes if a song is coming together fairly well, it should be open to interpretation. But I know Jojo's inclination with "You Should Be Glad," a lot of the words came from him, and a lot of the music came from Sunny, and then we all started getting in and working on the arrangement and seeing where it led. And it's still way in the developmental stage, but you know he and Christi just had a new baby, so it was like "What do you do with this thing?" K: That's funny. That was the other thing I was thinking - "you should be glad we're back on tour" or "I just had a baby, life is great." JB: I think it was little Julia that inspired him. ___________________
Rested and ready to jam: Widespread Panic begins new chapter http://launch.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColoradoSpreadkin/message/8189?var=1
Citizen Times: What's the best new song the band has put forth this tour? Jojo Hermann: I am a big fan of "Second Skin," which Jerry Joseph had a big hand in writing. I am also a big fan of a song that Sunny brought in called "You Should Be Glad" or "Let Her Cry." It will be one of those two titles eventually. Sunny has been bringing in great stuff. He wrote my keyboard part.
# of times played:120
First time played: 04/01/05
Frequency: 1 in every 4.79 Shows
Longest drought: 13 shows (04/24/07 > 07/03/07)
Most common lead in: Travelin’ Man (8 times)
Most common lead out: Papa’s Home / Drums (5 times)
Most common set position: Set 2, song 4 (11 times)
Notes: Appears on ‘Earth To America’
Burnthday's Picks:
10/16/11 PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH
10/03/09 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (with Derek Trucks on guitar)