Lovett has a new album coming out this month, and the title track, “Natural Forces,” which he played late in the set, showed why he is such an amazing songwriter. It might be Lovett’s best song, and he said the track was inspired by seeing a beer commercial during a football game, followed by an ad for the local news. Over a simple blues line, Lovett contrasts someone “safe at home, with a cold Coors Light and the TV on,” with the people fighting overseas, concluding “Lord I pray that I’m worth fighting for.”

After finishing the set with “Ain’t No More Cane,” the two returned for an encore. Hiatt played a passionate “Have a Little Faith in Me,” and Lovett followed with crowd favorite “If I Had a Boat.”

Seeing these two performers stripped down to acoustic guitar, sans their normal large backing bands, gives you a new appreciation for their talent.

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Candace Horgan is a Denver freelance writer/photographer and regular contributor to Reverb. When not writing and shooting, she plays guitar and violin in Denver band the defCATS.

Nathan Rist is a freelance photographer and a regular Reverb contributor. He hails from the mountains of Telluride, but he’s currently studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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