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The “two rats f-ing in a wool blanket” line just got added to the repertoire.
Thanks Roger.. (and Lu)From Tom:In the past few years there have been some sweltering hot shows -the ones that come to mind are Omaha in 2007, Atlanta Botanical Gardens 2008 and Rochester NY in 2007 when we had to move a free outdoor show into the Rochester armory with no AC etc. and Charlie Louvin was opening and we were very nervous about him collapsing in the heat (didn’t happen thank god). Saturday night in Bloomington was right up there with the heat factor, but somehow it made a lot of energy in the air the minute Lu hit the stage—I guess the heat made everyone, including Lu, just deliriously let go as this was a smoking show. One of the members of the band said he thought this was Top 5— there’s been a lot of good ones recently that come to mind Detroit and Cleveland last year to name two, and this one was right up there. Some nights just happen like that -Lu just felt the energy in the crowd from note one and it just went up from there. Lots of good between song banter in this one —great versions of West Memphis, 2 Kool and a great jam on Are You Down. The only thing left to say is Thank You Bloomington we’ll remember this one and we’ll be back.
The two rats comment is EPIC Lu. It’s definitely one for the books. 😆 8)
A few comments on the Bluebird. I saw Lu at this venue in 2009. It was the 2nd or 3rd stop of the Honeymoon tour, Sept 23, 2009. I had always wanted to attend a show at this venue, one where John Mellencamp often dropped in early in his career. I have seen both Lu and Amos now at this venue.
Bloomington is Mellencamp’s adopted hometown. One of the best stories I know coming from his Bluebird days dates back to 1987, when Lou Reed and John Prine dropped in with John and the band, very late in the evening. They were in Bloomington, practicing for Farm Aid. Following is a recount from that evening, posted after Lou Reed’s death. Very interesting read.
http://www.skybluewindow.org/indianapolis/the-weirdest-thing-lou-reed-ever-did/Content?oid=2180858
I didn’t mean to hijack the thread, however, thought it was fitting with Lucinda and her admiration for Lou.
One of my Mellencamp friends sent me this link. He had planned on attending this show and couldn’t make it. He’s a great amateur photographer. One of his friends, however, was at the show and posted his photos to FB. It was pretty obvious the room was a sweat box.
https://www.facebook.com/rick.graves.507/media_set?set=a.10207075900321812.1073741925.1410015581&type=3
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