House was accompanied by two band mates who played drums, keys and bass bringing new life to songs that I've only heard live as solo acoustic numbers. They opened with the beautiful, heartbreaking, song, 'Waste Another Day.' From there, the band treated the crowd to the infectious tune, 'Tell Me a Lie,' in which House draws you in with his witty yet honest lyrics. Soon after, the band picked up the tempo with the gospel-tinged song, 'Lay Down in Your Fields,' giving the crowd no choice but to pay attention.It may have been the songs or maybe the power of House's special Superman underwear, but the crowd enthusiastically brought the band back for an encore. House treated us to a mesmerizing rendition of 'Amsterdam,' saying that he doesn't play it live very much, but wanted to do so for the Madison crowd. 'Just a Dream' closed the nearly 2 hours of music ensuring that House will draw a much larger crowd the next time he is in Wisconsin.

Not wasting a lot of time chatting, except when asking folks to get up out of their seats to join the band up front, House ran through a great set list. We heard some new songs such as a beautiful piano - driven ballad called, 'Only Love Remains,' with House channeling Bono - level emotion to this listener's delight. Another new tune, 'Get This Straight,' had a strong country vibe and was a crowd pleaser. In fact, House won the crowd over with these songs enough so that a few people were inspired to break out with some, very white/non-rhythmic dance moves·be careful what you wish for, Griffin.

Near the end of the night, House shared another new song entitled, 'The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out Of His Mind.' It's the kind of heart-on-your-sleeve song that draws you in and stays with you for days after. Hopefully, House will record these new songs very soon for us all to enjoy between concerts.