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I’ll start it up since I’ve been relaxing (as much as one can relax in freezing temperatures) in ABQ since yesterday. Tonight’s show should be an upgrade in establishment condition at least as the Kimo Theater has been renovated to it’s 1927 Pueblo Deco style. We should all be on the lookout for ghosts and spirits as there a number of local tales of the theater being haunted. http://alibi.com/feature/25111/The-Definitive-KiMo-Ghost.html
Well, off to check out more tourist attractions before the show…
Lucinda w/o her band is incredible, wish Dougs volume had been lower when he played his white guitar.
A good show turned into a great show by the end. The setlist:
Can’t Let Go
People Talking
Greenville
Abandoned
Jackson
Stowaway In Your Heart
Copenhagen
Sweet Old World
I Envy The Wind
Drunken Angel
Pineola
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Out of Touch
Come On
Changed The Locks
Joy
HoneybeeHouse of Earth (Woody Guthrie)
Blessed
Rarity
Get Right With GodWe spent another cold day killing time before the show. Good thing there are bars showing football games. After the excellent Patriots victory we (Stoger, Tim, GrumpyMama) went to the theater. It’s a cool, small joint decorated in Art Pueblo style. I just made up “art pueblo” but it fits. Walter did his set. Lu and Doug hit the stage at 8:43. Excellent People Talking. Jackson on guitar not pedal steel. Another long intro to Drunken Angel. Come On was interesting as a duo and Lu cracked up laughing before the verse ” Dude you’re so fired” and it took a while to dial that one back in but they did finish it. House of Earth came to her as an unfinished Woody Guthrie song that she wrote a melody to. Very unusual song but she did a good job.
All in all I thought this was an ordinary but good show until they played Blessed, which I was hoping for. Great version and Doug played a killer guitar solo accompanying himself using his tape loop machine, Boomer Rang. Then they played Rarity and Lu sang the shit out of it and Doug was again Mr. Wizard with his tape looped guitar part and then with the spacey loop playing he put his guitar down and went to the pedal steel and laid down an immense, otherworldly part. This is where the show left the ground for me and it may be my top Lu/Doug performance that I witnessed. If I were on acid I would have melted and started running down the aisle. Luckily I was not. The show ended at 10:30.
It was a fun 4 shows but I am beat and it is time to return to normal programming and higher temperatures. Thanks to everyone for putting up with us. Tonyg out.
Great run, Tony. I can’t begin to remember all the things Lu said during/after “Come On,” but this comprised some of the most hilarious lore ever. I’ll start by affirming that “Rarity” was as great as Tony says–from the opening Doug maneuvers to the haunting “Your Mouth Says Listen” lyrical finale. Lu herself seemed to be even happier with the decision to trot out “I Envy the Wind,” great too. With “Copenhagen” we got the Squidbillies narrative in great detail. As for “Abandoned,” my god, who would have called that one? By my count, ten of the 21 songs were tour debuts.
After “Out of Touch,” Lu turned to the wings and said “maybe we shouldn’t do that one without the band,” but she was smiling. Among the many comments re: “Come On,” i can recall the following: Lu cracked up in middle, telling us “I was just imagining what a Faith Hill version of this song might sound like.” She didn’t think she could finish it for laughing, then said “I’ll try to remember the idiot I wrote it about” for inspiration. She assured us she wasn’t high, then modified that to “I’m on a Rocky Mountain High up here” and “I think it’s the altitude.” Lu said she got a Grammy nom for it in best rock vocal category, then pronounced it “the stupidest song I’ve ever written.” Anyway, she and Doug mustered the wherewithal to finish it, upon which Lu turned again to the wings and indicated no more of these back to back songs until the band rejoins them. With a broad smile. Guess “management” did good, ultimately.
On to the Lone Star State…
Meant to add that Walter’s guitar string broke three songs into his opener, forcing him to borrow from the LU-Doug stable. Also, the local promoter came on at intermission and urged us to get a “roadhouse feel” to the place because “LUcinda likes a party.” Well, it was a seated old theatre with no booze sales in house. We missed the standard by a mile, but the show was great of course even so.
@SamishSeaMike wrote:
Thanks for all the updates, Tony..
Looking forward to more from those blessed enough to continue…
I’ll second that! 🙂
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