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Gig # 19 of 32 thread setup for tomorrow.
Should be an intimate standing concert.The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the city’s cathedral, as destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route originated in the 9th century. In 1985 the city’s Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. And, for our travelling Perfessor the University here was established in the early 16th Century.
An interior pic.[attachment=0:1uootiv6]Sala Capitol.jpg[/attachment:1uootiv6]
A side note: Eilen Jewell is currently on her World tour and is at this venue on June 13th
lwj
Wow, lwj, the interior trumps the rather bland off-white exterior, which I just tripped an hour ago, spitting distance from my hotel. Let´s see the tour bus park it on a dime in this particular cobblestone alley! So far the poster count in this town is 2:1 in favor of Ms. Jewel, the lone Lu poster a facismile of the generic one for the Spanish tour as a whole. Eilen gets top billing in a city centre “Compostela Cultural” display, with a likeness. There´s also a funky abstract poster of her in all white, whether with angel’s wings or honeybees swarming about her midriff I´m not sure. IN any case, kudos to Hello Cleveland Mgmt. for taking a broad, non-self interested view in this publicity campaign, if kudos are due. . . .
1 Can’t Let Go
2 People Talkin’ (don’t know where Doug was during the “gossip and wagging tongues” bit)
3 Pineola
4 Jackson (sans pedal steel)
5 Greenville (with steel)
6 When I Look at the World
7 I Envy the Wind [the name “Leila Downs” doesn’t draw a crowd reaction, but this song does, a hushed appreciation from the get-go]
8 Born to Be Loved
9 I Lost It [Lu attempts a translation of the title, with little crowd reaction]
10 Drunken Angel
11 Something Wicked. . . [somehow the phrase “preacher-humpin'” just doesn’t quite resonate to Galician audiences]
12 Hard Time Killing…
13 Real Live Bleeding…[tour debut?]
14 Essence
15 Changed the Locks
16 Joy
17 HOneybee18 West [by request]
19 Blessed
20 Ventura [??!!?!?–extra Book pages get inserted here, to delightful effect]
21 Get Right with GodLu pronounced the crowd one of the best on the tour, and truly it was a spirited bunch–if a bit non-conversant with the Southern Gothic strains of Lucinda. For a show that supposedly wasn’t selling too well in advance, the outcome seemed fine–pretty packed from the soundboard on up. I believe there was one less table on the floor than pictured on lwj’s post. Like Zurich, there was no opener, though finally the shows seem to be starting at a reasonable Lu hour (22:00). Good to see guitar tech Jason and his wife at Ristorante La Comida across the alley prior to show. A new Nick is the sound guy, haven’t chatted with him yet. Matt Blake, Doug, David, Tom, Eric, Lu and bus driver (Carl?): that’s it, folks. They say the bus is the best ever, so maybe lwj can somehow nab a pic of said Continental Metal Firecracker. I hear they are meeting up with Eilen Jewell in Madrid on the mutual off day today, so be safe everyone. Until the Joy Eslava.. .
Great reporting as usual stoger.
Good to see Lu is meeting up with Eilen (aka Queen of the minor key) in Madrid.
I’ll keep a look out for a pic of the Continental metal firecracker-heck you must have brought a camera ?
Is Matt manning the merch table ?-Any new T’s ?Here we go with the setlist finale “Get Right with God”- Certainly lots of enthusiasm both on and off stage.
A lucky fan got a setlist from Dougie.
Safe and enjoyable travels to all.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4feN1cIumE
lwj
@LWjetta wrote:
Great reporting as usual stoger.
Good to see Lu is meeting up with Eilen (aka Queen of the minor key) in Madrid.
I’ll keep a look out for a pic of the Continental metal firecracker-heck you must have brought a camera ?
Is Matt manning the merch table ?-Any new T’s ?Here we go with the setlist finale “Get Right with God”- Certainly lots of enthusiasm both on and off stage.
A lucky fan got a setlist from Dougie.
Safe and enjoyable travels to all.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4feN1cIumE
lwj
…Get Right with Saint James the Greater…Happy Woman Blues yesterday in Santiago de Compostela…two days and counting !!!
LWJ, Matt is nominally head of merch, but he has a lot of loading in/loading out on-stage duties. Each night he has an underling [wo]manning the table, varying degrees of multi-linguality and attractiveness. My favorite was Zurich, where there were copies of Blessed–“special Swiss edition,” the young lady said. It took me a minute to see that she meant the alternate cover with the boy in a Swiss flag t-shirt. In fact, there were no CD´s, only t-shirts, in Brussels, and I think in Santiago too. I believe there was a distribution snafu, some cost-prohibitive factor in shipping. Among the shirts is a variation on the Doug and Lu one–a threesome including David now! Discreetly, the young Swiss woman took a gander at my midsection and said, in lovely broken English, “medium only, unfortunately for you.” Touche.
Yes, the spirit of St. James lives in this town, bigsubi. I´m only four hours away from my overnight coach to Madrid. . . .
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