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My 9th time seeing Lucinda, second time just her and her guitarist. Lucinda sounded great, strong and clear. Hated her new guitarist, Blake Mills. Great technically I’m sure, but progressive interpretation didn’t work. Of course he’s no Doug Pettibone, didn’t expect that, but he was distracting.
The eminently lovable and perhaps sometimes distracting (from lyrics/because of his virtuosity on guitar) Blake Mills did a fine five-song opener in Napa, without “It’ll All Work Out.” Perhaps it was truncated because of some patrons sitting log-like on the plush seats, less engaged certainly than the Santa Cruz and San Juan folks.
The setlist:
World Without Tears
Jackson
Bus to Baton Rouge
Memphis Pearl
Blue
People Talkin’
Knowing [cp. reviewer’s title in the Santa Cruz press post]
Kiss Like Your Kiss
Trying to Get to Heaven
Drunken Angel
Pineola
Crescent City
Well Well Well
Can’t Let Go
Out of Touch
Don’t Let The Devil Ride
Changed the Locks
Honeybee [again, cp. title]
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I Ain’t Got No Home. . .
Blessed
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Get Right with God“Pineola” had the most elaborate intro I’ve ever heard, calling some of the graveyard mourners by name and also referencing the poet CD Wright (clearly, though not by name). Lucinda gave a shout-out to the traveling writers of the world here.
Blake went back to a more electronic instrument for Well Well Well after all that 10-string talk in S Cruz.
Lu pronounced herself “not very technically oriented” near end of set.
Forgot a bunch, but thanks to ralph/webmasta for restoration! And good to see longtime fans/friends Tom and Stephanie, to meet Christina and Mark too.
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