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1 Blessed
2 Can’t Let Go
3 Something Wicked
4 Drunken Angel
5 Crescent City
6 East Side of Town
7 Compassion
8 When I Look at the World
9 Lake Charles
10 It’s Gonna Rain [written in Nash one “gloomy” fall and winter: Lu calls it a “simple” song. Thus all the songs Butch & David were on on the studio record have now been played live by them subsequent to its release–lovely back-up vocals from Stu, proving that multiple Wallflowers can harmonize on this beaut of a tune]
11 Blue
12 Are You Down
13 Protection
14 Foolishness
15 REal Live Bleeding…
16 Atonement
17 Righteously
18 Joy
19 Honeybee20 Cross to Bear
21 Hot Blood
22 GEt Right with GodWell, I must say this was probably the most sterile crowd I’ve ever been in within the Lu context. We didn’t deserve “Atonement,” and the Neil Young cover was on the list for #23 but not played–despite soundman Mark Humphries admonishing people near him to applaud and stay put. Lights up, masses fleeing. We didn’t deserve that one either.
Case in point: between “Lake Charles” and “It’s Gonna Rain,” the woman behind me tapped me on the shoulder and actually said, “Would you not lean? I can’t see when you lean.” When I found my wits after the sheer absurdity of this comment, I think I mumbled something like “the issue here is my body posture?” ONe song later, I felt the tap again. “If you just sit normal, it would be OK.” Normal? Normal? Quite apart from the adjective vs. adverb blunder, I couldn’t believe that would be said by one patron to another at a rock concert. And by god I was determined to get some time with Lucinda after the show and convey this anecdote. Which happened, and she set me up by complaining about the crowd even before I told her. She was pretty amazed and disappointed. Now years ago in Oyster Bay I was accused by a seated spectator behind me of “swaying” from song to song, but last night topped that.
Perhaps any Floridians out there could speak to the issue of alcohol sales ending at 9 p.m.? Do most venues cut that off during the first fifth (no pun intended) of the headlining act? Is there a statute? And we had been allowed to take beverages inside, which made the last call/cut-off even more inexplicable. Huh???????
“Hickory Wind” was a slash mark alternate and may be on the docket for Orlando. We wouldn’t have deserved that one either.
So sayonara Ruth Eckerd Hall/Capitol Theatre/Clearwater, where a good taxicab is hard to find and you best do your drinkin’ early and stay silent and immobile in its aftermath.
Thanks for the excellent and descriptive report, roger. I can’t imagine what my reply(s) or my future posturing might be if I were asked to “not lean” or to “sit normal” at Lu’s or any show that I would attend, really. Absurd.
As for the track “It’s Gonna Rain” I heard that live, for the first time at Woodland Park Zoo concert in Seattle where Bill Frisell also joined in ( I thought he also sang back-up on the track, but it may have been Jakob Dylan). Anyway,I believe it was before I had heard it on the album and in listening to the lyrics, was certain it was written in Seattle..
Now I know.. not the case.Enjoy the rest of the concerts and cruise!! And I’m really not jealous at all ; )
Hope to see you on the west coast.@stoger wrote:
1 Blessed
2 Can’t Let Go
3 Something Wicked
4 Drunken Angel
5 Crescent City
6 East Side of Town
7 Compassion
8 When I Look at the World
9 Lake Charles
10 It’s Gonna Rain [written in Nash one “gloomy” fall and winter: Lu calls it a “simple” song. Thus all the songs Butch & David were on on the studio record have now been played live by them subsequent to its release–lovely back-up vocals from Stu, proving that multiple Wallflowers can harmonize on this beaut of a tune]
11 Blue
12 Are You Down
13 Protection
14 Foolishness
15 REal Live Bleeding…
16 Atonement
17 Righteously
18 Joy
19 Honeybee20 Cross to Bear
21 Hot Blood
22 GEt Right with GodWell, I must say this was probably the most sterile crowd I’ve ever been in within the Lu context. We didn’t deserve “Atonement,” and the Neil Young cover was on the list for #23 but not played–despite soundman Mark Humphries admonishing people near him to applaud and stay put. Lights up, masses fleeing. We didn’t deserve that one either.
Case in point: between “Lake Charles” and “It’s Gonna Rain,” the woman behind me tapped me on the shoulder and actually said, “Would you not lean? I can’t see when you lean.” When I found my wits after the sheer absurdity of this comment, I think I mumbled something like “the issue here is my body posture?” ONe song later, I felt the tap again. “If you just sit normal, it would be OK.” Normal? Normal? Quite apart from the adjective vs. adverb blunder, I couldn’t believe that would be said by one patron to another at a rock concert. And by god I was determined to get some time with Lucinda after the show and convey this anecdote. Which happened, and she set me up by complaining about the crowd even before I told her. She was pretty amazed and disappointed. Now years ago in Oyster Bay I was accused by a seated spectator behind me of “swaying” from song to song, but last night topped that.
Perhaps any Floridians out there could speak to the issue of alcohol sales ending at 9 p.m.? Do most venues cut that off during the first fifth (no pun intended) of the headlining act? Is there a statute? And we had been allowed to take beverages inside, which made the last call/cut-off even more inexplicable. Huh???????
“Hickory Wind” was a slash mark alternate and may be on the docket for Orlando. We wouldn’t have deserved that one either.
So sayonara Ruth Eckerd Hall/Capitol Theatre/Clearwater, where a good taxicab is hard to find and you best do your drinkin’ early and stay silent and immobile in its aftermath.
Just thought this would be a good re-post since the tour returns to this edifice later in the week. May the crowd be fired up and non-“sterile” this time. Me, I’ll be in Tennessee.
Seriously, how could one even think to ask someone at a concert to not ‘lean’ in their seat??
Ruth Eckerd Hall is a sterile environment, in and of itself. I saw JM there several years ago.
What, none of you wild and crazy Clearwater music fans has seen fit to share your enthusiasm and knowledge here with a setlist and commentary on a certain Grammy-winner’s appearance in your town?
@stoger wrote:
What, none of you wild and crazy Clearwater music fans has seen fit to share your enthusiasm and knowledge here with a setlist and commentary on a certain Grammy-winner’s appearance in your town?
@stoger wrote:
What, none of you wild and crazy Clearwater music fans has seen fit to share your enthusiasm and knowledge here with a setlist and commentary on a certain Grammy-winner’s appearance in your town?
The hard-core rockers probably don’t rise till the crack of noon.. ; )
Reporting from San Francisco, courtesy of T.O.:
I say it all too often and I’ll say it again. I don’t know sometimes how she does it. For the last week Lu has been pretty knocked out with a sinus infection -spent a couple days in bed sleeping. On this past Monday we finally took her to the doctor who confirmed that it was indeed a sinus infection. The doctor gave her a three day supply of antibiotics which Lu doesn’t ever want to take but this time she did and it knocked it right out -just in time for this show. And in true Lu form sh goes out and plays a nearly flawless show. She is true warrior. I guess she was just made for this.
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