The Eli Young Band, out of Texas, returned to The Grizzly Rose on Friday night as part of their Strange Hours Tour. Celebrating 25 years of EYB, Mike Eli took lead vocals and played acoustic guitar; James Young sang and played guitar; Jon Jones played bass and sang; and Chris Thompson crushed the drums.
Eli Young Band took the audience through a wild ride from older tunes to new ones. Crowd favorites included Guinevere, Crazy Girl, Drunk Last Night, Even If It Breaks Your Heart, and Always the Love Songs.
EYB surprised fans by mixing in Learning to Fly and Shut Up and Dance. New songs off their latest release, Strange Hours (2025), were Nothing on the Wild, Whiskey Told Ya, What Lonely People Do, and the title track Strange Hours. Find the full setlist below. Visit Eli Young Band for more information.
Arizona’s Desert Country Music’s Best Group, Nathan Dean & The Damn Band, from Phoenix, showcased their original music and a diverse range of covers.
Running with no setlist, Nathan Dean & The Damn Band incorporated good-timin’ anthems and drinking songs. NDATDB started with their own song, Cheap Liquor, then Should’ve Been a Cowboy and Chattahoochie, before another original tune, One More Bender.
They kept the party going with originals Son of a Gun and That’s My Kind of Bar, and more solid covers of Starting Over, Rocket Man, Man I Feel Like a Woman, Country Roads, I Lose Control, When It Rains It Pours, Beautiful Things, Mr. Brightside, Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incidence), and ‘Til You Can’t.
Arizona’s Desert Country Music’s Best Male Vocalist, Nathan Dean, on guitar and vocals, was supported by Wild Bill Bogan on drums and backing vocals, Ty Thompson on guitar and vocals, and Chris Duke on bass.
That’s my kind of bar, that’s my kind of party. Chase down Nathan Dean & The Damn Band at nathandean.net.
