3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, Sept. 22, 2013

Thursday is a tough night. Still have not decided, them or City Winery.

@whiskeyboy wrote:

Thursday is a tough night. Still have not decided, them or City Winery.

How’d you make out, whiskeyboy? Realizing sets are 45 minutes tops, I managed to see “full” sets of Anne McCue, Zoe Muth, and Luther Dickinson (with Sharde Thomas). Also, partially: Will Kimbrough & Jody Stephens doing Chilton covers; Leo “Bud” Welch; Carlene Carter; Joe Henry; Robyn HItchcock w/ Grant Lee Phillips. Not bad for not even going to the “prime” showcase Location, the building housing Cannery/Mercy/High Watt, three in one. Also saw monitors guy Corey, perhaps scouting out the venue for future Lu shows?

@Lefty wrote:

How was Zoe, Professor?

Mighty fine: thanks for asking. A new bass player, Chicagoan, long in a line of. . . It seems Zoe and her husband/drummer Greg gave up their Austin digs and now live in the back of their van. They fly the band guys in for gigs and splurge for a hotel then. Zoe made a reference between songs to driving the Natchez Trace “Larry Brown style,” but we won’t inform the good folks of MADD (see Jean Cash’s bio of Brown). Anyway, she did four from the new one, including “Mama Needs a Margarita” and the one with the great line about “the pay phone blues.” Sound problems made them late to start, and the guy in charge put up the “1 more” finger a bit prematurely I felt, but she still got in 7 or 8. They had a house concert in St. Louis then back to the van. The UK tour is soon, so let’s hope all passports are in order. Zoe sold no more than one or two CD’s, but she had an appreciative built-in audience in the context of Americana fest.