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  • #31357
    mshedg
    Participant

    Festival lineup announced today. Lu to appear on Saturday, September 7. Other scheduled artists include Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Sam Bush, Del McCoury, Zappa Plays Zappa, John Scofield, and Luther Dickinson…and many, many more.

    http://www.ellnoraguitarfestival.com/

    #51725
    stoger
    Participant

    Yes, with another festival I believe in the Cincy (i.e., lafayette) area the next weekend, capped by Bristol Rhythm and Roots fest on Friday the 20th.

    #51726
    Lafayette
    Participant

    That festival, stoger, the following weekend in the Cincinnati area, according to my source [no, not Inside Job 😯 ] is purported to be at Riverbend Music Center, and from what I hear, includes Trucks/Tedeschi and Carolina Chocolate Drops. This news prompted a verbal “Yessss!” from the four walls I call home.

    #51727
    Lafayette
    Participant

    Yeehaw! I just checked (University of Cincinnati football) schedules [we have season tickets] to see if that Sept 7 date would work for me, AND, I can’t believe this, but UC is playing Illinois on that date in Champaign, IL! This could be, no, this IS a WIN WIN for me. Unbelievable!

    #51728
    LWjetta
    Participant

    @Lafayette wrote:

    Yeehaw! I just checked (University of Cincinnati football) schedules [we have season tickets] to see if that Sept 7 date would work for me, AND, I can’t believe this, but UC is playing Illinois on that date in Champaign, IL! This could be, no, this IS a WIN WIN for me. Unbelievable!

    Lafayette, I think you have just scored a TRIPLE PLAY.
    1. Bearcats game
    2. Lucinda concert
    3. Correct me if i’m wrong= an opportunity to see your Bro.

    lwj

    #51729
    Lafayette
    Participant

    My brother is close, lwj. I believe an hour and a half. I’ll have to see if he is available. Yes, could be a triple play!

    #51730
    mshedg
    Participant

    Nice show by Lu and the boys last night, as they helped close The Ellnora Guitar Festival. A solo rendition of “Passionate Kisses” opened the evening. “Crescent City”, “Concrete & Barbed Wire”, “Blue”, “2Kool2B4Gotten”, “Out of Touch”, “Fruits of My Labor”, “Righteously” and “Essence” were among the other selections. The encore consisted of a touching version of J.J. Cale’s “Magnolia”, followed by Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”. Halfway thru the show, Lu stated “I forgot we are in Illinois. We need to do more Rock n’ Roll”. She also related a funny story about performing “Righteously” at a karakoke bar. She was funny and charming and the music was great. You can’t ask for more than that.

    Nice seeing Stoger again, as well as meeting Lafayette. Hopefully someone will post the setlist. On to the next show!

    #51731
    tonyg
    Keymaster

    Great report mshedg!

    #51732
    stoger
    Participant

    1 Passionate Kisses [solo]
    2 Can’t Let Go
    3 Crescent City [could have sworn Lu mentioned having seen Buddy Guy the previous night, but she must have meant festivalgoers had a chance to do that]
    4 2 Kool 2 B 4 Gotten [Flannery O’Connor gets some love beforehand, along with Imes & Adams]
    5 Fruits of My Labor
    6 Blue
    7 Concrete & Barbed Wire
    8 Hard Time KFB
    9 Real Live Bleeding…
    10 Out of Touch
    11 Essence
    12 Righteously [before which Lu weighs the relative desirability of winning Grammys vs. having songs in “karaoke books”]
    13 Joy
    14 Honeybee
    ___________________
    15 Magnolia
    16 Keep on Rockin’…

    #51733
    stoger
    Participant

    @mshedg wrote:

    Nice show by Lu and the boys last night, as they helped close The Ellnora Guitar Festival. A solo rendition of “Passionate Kisses” opened the evening. “Crescent City”, “Concrete & Barbed Wire”, “Blue”, “2Kool2B4Gotten”, “Out of Touch”, “Fruits of My Labor”, “Righteously” and “Essence” were among the other selections. The encore consisted of a touching version of J.J. Cale’s “Magnolia”, followed by Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”. Halfway thru the show, Lu stated “I forgot we are in Illinois. We need to do more Rock n’ Roll”. She also related a funny story about performing “Righteously” at a karakoke bar. She was funny and charming and the music was great. You can’t ask for more than that.

    Nice seeing Stoger again, as well as meeting Lafayette. Hopefully someone will post the setlist. On to the next show!

    Hope that last phrase means YOU are moving on to it, Mark. In case you need an incentive, I found out who will be introducing Lu at the Pageant: think BB by way of initials.

    #51734
    Lafayette
    Participant

    Great show and sound. Lu was in great spirits, and I, too, enjoyed the back story on the introduction to several of the songs [many I had heard prior], but every now and then, additional bits of information finds its’ way into the storytelling. Think karaoke. Very 😆

    I obtained a set list from the stage. “Get Right” was scribbled in as a last song, however, curfew must have trumped.

    It was great meeting you, Mark, and your wife. Hope to see you tomorrow evening!

    I’m looking forward to seeing West Words tomorrow as well. The horsemen will unite, albeit one.

    As always, it’s great to hang with the road warrior himself, row Q be damned.

    #51735
    mshedg
    Participant

    Haha, Roger. The man, the myth, the legend reappears. I suggest you invest in some body armor if you intend to position yourself anywhere near the front of the stage.

    #51736
    LWjetta
    Participant

    Great reporting everyone.
    Here’s a review of the show from “The Daily Illini”

    http://www.dailyillini.com/lifeandculture/arts_entertainment/article_c75f9574-18e0-11e3-8d4c-001a4bcf6878.html

    lwj

    #51737
    dr winston oboogie
    Participant

    Thanks once again lwj,

    Excellent and I am sure, well deserved review, great read.

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