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Bitter cold at 5 pm. Had to buy a hat. Watching football next to the hotel woodstove. Supposed to be minus 6 tonite. Doors in 2 hours.
@tonyg wrote:
Bitter cold at 5 pm. Had to buy a hat. Watching football next to the hotel woodstove. Supposed to be minus 6 tonite. Doors in 2 hours.
😮 😯 ❗
Can’t let go
Metal firecracker
Right in time
Ventura
Place in my heart
Fruits of my labor
West
Over time
Jailhouse tears
Apt no 9 (aborted)
I lost it
Something wicked
Drunken angel
Essence
Down the big road blues
Joy
Honey beeThis old guitar
Apt no 9
Changed the locksAfter a similar opening performance to Phoenix, Lu hit the stage at 9:09. The place is a dumpy theater similar to Ventura; an old movie house aging disgracefully. Unlike Phoenix, it was a noisy crowd. Apartment number 9 came to screeching halt after the first 2 words. Someone was in the wrong key. Lu stated she was embarrassed but naughty words modified her statement. West was tremendous, with an extended Doug solo. Apartment number 9 was revisited and successfully performed. We learned the secret was key of C, capo second fret (Tim says 3rd fret).
Reverting back in time to Drunken Angel (I am now in flashback mode), after singing about poor Blaze’s untimely and not entirely necessary murder, Lu flew off into an huge lengthy rant about assault weapons and the second amendment. The gist of it was she was not a huge fan of either. Go figure. Lots of naughty words.
The Flagstaff night was filled with revellers going back and forth between bars, partying in the street, while Tim and I were freezing our tits off. Good thing liquor was plentiful. When we left Flagstaff this morning it was 12 below zero.
On to Albuquerque!
Hmh, to me Flagstaff was the grooviest town on the tour, wonderful bundled-up afternoon walks from my small pad next to the Linda Ronstadt Suite of the Hotel Monte Verde, explorable campus of Northern Arizona University near downtown, etc etc. I missed Walter’s opening act this time, as tonyg let me know “no more good seats [were] available” 20 minutes after doors, yet I strolled in at 9:02 to a nice standing slot stage right, four or five “rows” back. Nice compromise between the rabid tropical atmosphere of the Belly Up and the sedate (not to say narcoleptic) milieu of the Musical Instrument Museum.
Lu was pissed and muttering at walk-on, but it got better quickly. Yes, the “Apt. #9” blip was a blight, with the profanity as Tony mentioned, but Lu also said “If you have complaints, see management” during all that. I found that a bit unfair, as apparently it was simply lack of chords written down in the Book–surely not something “management” is responsible for in a microscopic sort of way. Minutes later after “I Lost It,” Lu opined “We sure do know that one” in a nicely caustic vein.
Ah,the Land of Enchantment…
tonyg wrote:When we left Flagstaff this morning it was 12 below zero.[/quote
We had a heat wave yesterday here in Southern Ontario tonyg. 17 C or 62 F.Here’s Lu’s new song “Place in my Heart” in Flagstaff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nUxxs-jcsAnd a two in one very comprehensive blog of two nights.MIM and Orpheum.
http://www.propermanky.com/2013/01/13/sweet-old-southern-thing/lwj
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