I try my best not to miss Dashboard when they are touring. Especially when Chris does the solo acoustic gigs. Tonight was a solo one and as expected, Chris brought a set list full of fan faves and had a few surprises up his sleeve as well.

Dashboard Confessional
(solo acoustic)
House of Blues San Diego
1/20/12

The Good Fight
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Swiss Army Romance (Say Anything “Wow I Can Get Sexual Too” tease)
Where There’s Gold
As Lovers Go
Saints and Sailors
Tall Green Grass (Cory Branan cover)
So Impossible
Cold Comfort
The Sharp Hint of New Tears
Screaming Infidelities
Again I Go Unnoticed
Carry This Picture
The Cape (Guy Clark cover)
Get Me Right
Ghost of a Good Thing
Remember to Breathe
Stolen
Vindicated
Hands Down

Encore:
The Best Deceptions

The first surprise of the night was definitely the Say Anything tease - Chris loves to tease songs in the middle of his own and those choice “Called her on the phone and she touched herself” lyrics were (gasp!) shocking. Most of the set went the way of most D/C shows, Chris banter, crowd sing-a-longs, girls professing their love. I was really happy to get “Ghost of a Good Thing” …

“Love is like a role that we play.”
But, I believe in you so much I could die for the words that you say
But, you’re chasin’ the ghost of a good thing…