SongBase: Donna the Buffalo                     

Q1: Who did write "Mr. King"?
Q2: When did "America" show up in the repertoire?
Q3: Has "40 Days & 40 Nights" ever been on an album?
Q4: What song was played the most in 2006?
Q5: Which 'Jeb tune' has been played the most?
Q6: What's the first line to "All the Time"?

See below for answers.

Dwight SongBase Manager At a Donna Festival, with french pressed, organic, shade grown coffee: it's the only way to go. It doesn't get any better than this!

Answers to these and many such similar questions can be found in SongBase.  This is a list of all songs known to have been played by Donna the Buffalo (currently with data through February 10, 2007 -- Check back for regular updates!)

It tells you who wrote the song, what album it's appeared on (if any), when were the first and last times the band played it, how many times they've played it in all -- and more! It also has a link to the song's lyrics over on the Donnabase.com lyrics site.

Please note: Donnabase is an incomplete record of Donna the Buffalo shows, particularly so in the early years.  All data in SongBase, which draws on the setlist information in Donnabase, should be understood in this context.

ANSWERS TO ABOVE 6 QUESTIONS: (1) Jeb & Tara; (2) First played 2/2/90; (3) Nope; (4) Blue Sky (289 times); (5) Conscious Evolution (430 times through 2/10/07); (6) "Once a dream, once was set in stone..."

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You can view and access this file in two ways:

• As a webpage, with selected information (to keep the screen somewhat manageable)
• Click here to see the webpage (html) version. May take a few moments to load.
• As an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) file.  The advantage of using the Excel spreadsheet is, besides having more information than the webpage, you can also sort the information in any number of ways (e.g., by "times played," by "album", by "author", etc.  This is helpful for answering questions like the ones listed above.
• To view or the Excel file, click here; to download the file, right click here and choose "save target as", "save link as" or whatever similar choice your browser offers: 

Excel file - SongBase

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The SongBase files give you the following info:

• SONG TITLE as they appear in Donnabase; alternate titles in parentheses.  Included are:
  
     1] All songs known to have been performed by Donna the Buffalo excluding those performed only with guest artists; and 

   2] songs written by Jeb and Tara even if not yet performed live by Donna the Buffalo

• WRITTEN BY (includes both original and cover tunes)

• ALBUM on which the song appears

• FIRST LINE of the lyrics

• FIRST TIME PLAYED  according to Donnabase records

• LAST TIME PLAYED according to Donnabase records

• TIMES PLAYED thru 2006 = no. times played through 12/31/06

• TIMES PLAYED in 2006 = no. times played during 2006

• 2007 thru 2/10/07 = no. times played in 2007 (this will be updated periodically)

• SPAN (YRS.) = how long from the first time played til the present

• TIMES/YR DURING SPAN = average no. times played per year

• DAYS SINCE = no. of days since the last known rendition

• GRAND TOTAL TIMES PLAYED THRU 2/10/07 = just what it says

• LYRICS - clickable link to the song lyrics on Donnabase (thanks, Linda!)
  
  

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