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Update from Pledge Music..
Wish I could make the trip for this one… (I’m not jealous.. YOU’RE jealous !) đ
JUST ADDED, tickets on sale now in the PledgeMusic store! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary & re-recording of âSweet Old Worldâ,â weâve decided to throw a little party & you are invited! The VIP event will take place at Swinghouse Studios in Atwater Village (LA) on street date, Friday, September 29th. Doors will open at 8pm, come mix & mingle with fellow fans & hear the new versions in a studio environment. Around 8:30pm, Lucinda will take the stage to perform a short acoustic set of classics from the album! Each ticket also includes a CD & album download, CDâs will be handed out at the door and hopefully you can get it signed in person. Weâll keep playing the album until they kick us out! There will be a cash bar set up courtesy of MOMED. Your name will be on the guest list at the door, please bring a picture ID. We canât wait to celebrate the album with you
The October 10 date was already mentioned in the LampedUSA thread:
October 10 â Los Angeles, CA: The Wiltern â Featuring: Joan Baez, Brandi Carlile, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, The Mastersons, Alynda Segarra, and Lucinda Williams.
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6 blocks
Little angel little brother
Memphis Pearl
Pineola
Factory blues
Sweet old world
Something about what happens
Sidewalks
Lines around your eyesStop breaking down Robert Johnson
Disgusted son Jackson
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Darn, she didn’t play them in sequence, Tony. Still, almost all of them. I cycled through the new CD yesterday after purchasing it at Grimey’s, and my pink vinyl should come soon. Good to learn Jim Lauderdale’s full name via the liner notes. Why oh why did Lu not ever put a couple of those bonus tracks on her releases through the years? Great stuff. “Prove My Love” seems most changed–and to the better (apart from the newly named one of course).
Last night was unexpectedly a huge fabulous success. I expected a handful of hipsters and the usual suspects huddled in a dark room listening to the CD and then Lu comes out, plays 3 songs, and takes off into the night. Instead, there was a long line to get in and at least 150 people in a rehearsal hall with a stage set up at one end. A bar in the next room (!). Swinghouse Studios is a recording studio (ya think?) and rehearsal hall in a weird place called Atwater Village, betwixt and between Glendale and Los Feliz. It is right next to a train track and a couple trains sped by while we were in line, at great speed and tremendous noise. I can only imagine how many recordings that train has accidentally appeared on.I digress.
Lu had planned to do a solo set, I gather, but Butch and David offered to accompany her. No Stuart as he was back home in Nashville. After the usual tense moments after the first song due to âsound problemsâ, we were off and running. Lu was in great spirits and I think was surprised by the large exuberant crowd in this small space. She waxed eloquent about playing at home in LA in front of her friends and family. Stories were told about the songs as usual. Lu’s voice was in fine form and she was enjoying herself. It appeared she was going to play all night. The show was shown on Facebook live and Iâm afraid my bald spot was broadcast across the galaxy as the camera was right behind me. I shall not watch.
A cavalcade of locals attended, including David Bianco, who engineered the new CD and at whose studio it was recorded. The FF was suitably represented by Paul From Los Angeles and Stellabluee. Paul, please give us your remarks. Other regulars such as Erica, Peggy French and her husband Robert, and Shilah represented.
Whoever thought of this listening party idea is a genius and we are going to have to do this again and again. Lu has really been kicking butt of late. If you have a chance to see her in the near future I advise you to get out and do so.
Also, thanks to Mike for starting this thread way back when. Otherwise, you would not be reading my report as the New Topic button seems to have boogied. Finally, Lu has 2 new fans as I took my nephew and his wife to the show and they both had a super fab time. Now I can’t find the emoticons. Oh dear.
Thanks for the report, Tony.
Was unable to watch live, but the encore(!!) is still accessible via Lu’s FB..
Encore – Just Lu
Posted by Lucinda Williams on Friday, September 29, 2017
Oddly, the main set is not : ( Â Looked like a great room and agreat night.
Fine narrative, Tony. The icon I usually can’t find is “Edit” but my own posts are so flawless first time round I reckon I’ll ne’er need it. Who stepped up and played guitar at this show? *
Well, there’s “Edit in blue” right in front of me. Maybe there’s a limit to visible icons which fluctuates each sign-in.
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