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  • #46169
    rugles
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    >>>>>YOU’RE KIDDING: DIDN’T SEE IT! I’M A PRETTY VISA-DEPENDENT GUY, BUT DO CARRY AN AE CARD BACK OF WALLET FOR EMERGENCIES AND FREE GIFTS. HERE’S HOPING NIGHT TWO HAS THOSE SAME REPRESENTATIVES DISHING THE DRINKS OUT.

    Did you find it??

    #46170
    LWjetta
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    I was at the Friday concert and saw the Amex promotion. Alas, I’m a Master Card guy.
    I had the pleasure of stoger’s company over dinner at Fran’s Restaurant across from Massey Hall and I know he had a ticket for Saturday’s show as well.( as well as every gig up to NYC )
    Today would be a travel day for stoger on the way to the next show in Ithaca, NY and that may explain why he hasn’t posted a set list from last night yet.

    lwj

    #46171
    LWjetta
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    A review from 27th Street for the 2nd Lu / Levon show last night.
    Here is an excerpt.

    Levon Helm and Lucinda Williams at Massey Hall
    We enjoyed a serious dose of Americana at Massey Hall last night. Lucinda Williams stepped onstage shortly after 8:00 with 3-piece outfit that came ready to rock. Ms. Williams was in fine form as she treated the audience to a generous selection from her extensive catalogue, including a handful of tunes from her latest effort, Blessed, as well as old favourites like Blue and Joy and the more recent Honeybee. Lucinda’s set alone was worth the ticket price, as she played for over an hour, but the show was just beginning.
    Here’s the rest of the review.

    http://27thstreet.wordpress.com/

    lwj

    #46172
    LWjetta
    Participant

    OK.
    Found the Set List from last night.
    Courtesy of Set List.FM
    http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lucinda-williams/2011/massey-hall-toronto-on-canada-3bd2047c.html

    1.Tears of Joy
    2.Can’t Let Go
    3.Well Well Well
    4.Drunken Angel
    5.Born To Be Loved
    6.Blue
    7.Concrete and Barbed Wire
    8.Convince Me
    9.Seeing Black
    10.Essence
    11.Honey Bee
    12.Changed the Locks
    Encore:
    13.Blessed
    14.Joy

    #46173
    stoger
    Participant

    Thanks to lwjetta for noting that travel and off days must be factored in for fans as well as artists; your phrasing and patience are appreciated, and the setlist is spot-on. First of all, Rug, I went dry vis-a-vis the American Express booth, staffed by a toothsome youngster who, despite the clear blue AE logo on the card I produced, could not come through with the drink tickets. “I’ve never seen one like this,” she stated, perhaps referencing the nation of its issue? But I had already seen the “platinum gold” sign booth left, and knew my plastic, though technically American Express, was several tiers below that level. “It never hurts to ask” was the second, consolatory sentence from out behind those pearly whites. I went to the Fran’s bar counter.

    Has anyone in this stream noted that “Crescent City” and “Evangeline” got done 7-8 in the main (Helm) set Saturday night? Excuse the passive voice “got done”: Hell, she belted them out, with a little help as follows (and notice the Emmylou kind of pairing, if you will, with these song choices): Brian Mitchell on accordion; John Weiner on guitar; Byron Isaacs on upright bass; Larry Campbell on fiddle; Amy Helm and Teresa Williams [a k a Mrs. Larry Campbell] on background vocals and, . . . oh yeah, Levon Helm on drums. Sublime. The downside was no Lu circa 11:45 p.m. when “The Weight” and “I Shall…”got done again Saturday, but hey–no complaints.

    “Seeing Black” was a bit rough around the edges, Lu having what I think was some trouble hearing the instrumentation and background mikes from her spot–Val had to pretty much lead her through one of the “seeing white: choruses by simply singing on and not letting her stop and start over. STill, it was great to hear it done again. And “Convince Me,”firsttime in my hearing since Ventura: superb, solid. The whole set was a better band night than Friday, perhaps slightly less of a Lu night, but only slightly.

    So does Levon have 2 Grammys or3? The “live”introducer said 2 Sat., while the canned PA gave him 3 inthe intro Friday. I only ask because we know who has a definite 3… And how about 9 of the 14 Lu-set songs Sat. new from Fri. This is much appreciated.

    #46174
    Lafayette
    Participant

    I love road reports! Thanks, all!

    #46175
    bigsubi
    Participant

    @LWjetta wrote:

    OK.
    Found the Set List from last night.
    Courtesy of Set List.FM
    http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lucinda-williams/2011/massey-hall-toronto-on-canada-3bd2047c.html

    1.Tears of Joy
    2.Can’t Let Go
    3.Well Well Well
    4.Drunken Angel
    5.Born To Be Loved
    6.Blue
    7.Concrete and Barbed Wire
    8.Convince Me


    😀
    9.Seeing Black


    😀
    10.Essence
    11.Honey Bee
    12.Changed the Locks
    Encore:
    13.Blessed
    14.Joy

    #46176
    LWjetta
    Participant

    @stoger wrote:

    Has anyone in this stream noted that “Crescent City” and “Evangeline” got done 7-8 in the main (Helm) set Saturday night? Excuse the passive voice “got done”: Hell, she belted them out, with a little help as follows (and notice the Emmylou kind of pairing, if you will, with these song choices): Brian Mitchell on accordion; John Weiner on guitar; Byron Isaacs on upright bass; Larry Campbell on fiddle; Amy Helm and Teresa Williams [a k a Mrs. Larry Campbell] on background vocals and, . . . oh yeah, Levon Helm on drums. Sublime. The downside was no Lu circa 11:45 p.m. when “The Weight” and “I Shall…”got done again Saturday, but hey–no complaints.

    So does Levon have 2 Grammys or3? The “live”introducer said 2 Sat., while the canned PA gave him 3 inthe intro Friday. I only ask because we know who has a definite 3… And how about 9 of the 14 Lu-set songs Sat. new from Fri. This is much appreciated.

    Stoger, what a show that must have been.
    Levon-seems to be 2 Grammys and I found his partial set list with Lu indicated.

    His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.[1] In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010.[2]

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    1. The Shape I’m In Play Video
    (The Band cover)
    2. (Unknown)
    3. Lovesick Blues Play Video
    4. Ophelia Play Video
    (The Band cover)
    5. Cypress Grove Play Video
    (Skip James cover)
    6. (Ain’t That) Good News Play Video
    (Sam Cooke cover)
    7. Bourgeois Blues Play Video
    (Lead Belly cover)
    8. Cresent City Play Video
    (Lucinda Williams cover) (with Lucinda Williams)
    9. Evangeline Play Video
    (The Band cover) (with Lucinda Williams)
    10. Deep Elem Blues Play Video
    11. (Unknown)
    12. (Unknown)
    13. Blind Willie McTell Play Video
    (The Band cover)
    14. (Unknown)
    15. Goin’ To Acapulco Play Video
    (Bob Dylan cover)
    16. (Unknown)
    17. Attics of my Life Play Video
    (Grateful Dead cover)
    18. When I Go Away Play Video
    19. The Weight Play Video
    (The Band cover)
    20. Encore:
    20. I Shall Be Released Play Video
    (The Band cover)
    Enjoy the rest of your road trip.

    lwj

    #46177
    LWjetta
    Participant

    Here is Lucinda’s “Well, Well, Well”-song #3 from Saturday’s set list.

    Great close up camera of Lu and Val.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVtjL-Zxlo

    OK, let’s also watch Evangeline with Levon.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/acoustic1#p/a/u/2/p3fp9D_5pjA

    OK again, let’s watch Crescent City with Levon
    http://www.youtube.com/user/acoustic1#p/u/3/cMeNtFhqH3A

    lwj

    #46178
    Tim
    Participant

    Thanks for posting LWjetta. Some majestic percussion on “Well, Well, Well” by Butch Norton.

    #46179
    LWjetta
    Participant

    Nice back stage photo from Massey Hall.[attachment=0:3f3rc8w2]Lu, Levon, Larry and Colin Toronto.jpg[/attachment:3f3rc8w2]

    lwj

    #46180
    LWjetta
    Participant

    A concert review of this co-bill 1st night Massey Hall.

    http://www.pressplus1.com/concert-reviews/levon-helmlucinda-williams-songs-of-the-south-in-the-great-white-north.html

    lwj

    #46181
    rugles
    Participant

    good review!

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