Bloomington IN Setlist 9.23.09

Lucinda proclaims “Great crowd” before beginning show

Motherless Children (solo acoustic)
Stop Breakin’ Down (solo acoustic, false start)
(Band takes the stage)
Lafayette
Happy Woman Blues
Just Wanted To See You So Bad
Big Red Sun Blues
Changed The Locks (forgot a word but laughed it off, carried on)
Pineola
Memphis Pearl
(Band Intros)
I Lost It
Drunken Angel
Metal Firecracker
Out Of Touch (Eric receives crowd appreciation for guitar licks)
Essence
Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Atonement
Unsuffer Me
Come On
Honey Bee

Nothin’ In Ramblin
Joy

The venue was a club type atmosphere with standing room everywhere within vicinity of the stage. The front part of club has two bars, partioned off by wall, with seating but stage was not visible. I arrived about 50 minutes before start of show, securing a 4th row “seat.” A very sweet couple waved me in to a 2nd row “seat” toward the end of the show. No more neck craning for me at that point. Bloomington is John Mellencamp’s current hometown. There were 5 ladies behind me I started chatting with before the show, all Bloomington residents. They told me they drove to Detroit last summer to see Lucinda open for JM. They weren’t interested in JM, they went to see Lucinda…humorous to me. 😆 One lady’s name was Linda. She told me she was thinking about changing it to Lucinda. During the show, a daughter of one of the group, showed me a text from Linda. It said…”I just changed my name to Lucinda” 😆

Lu started the show, as noted above, by coming on stage and proclaiming “great crowd!” After “Motherless Children” she said “I love this place!” It was packed and the crowd was enthusiastic. Lu explained “Happy Woman Blues” was written while homesick, living in NYC with a struggling singer songwriter. “Metal Firecracker” had Lu telling the crowd it referenced a tour bus, and her time spent with an old boyfriend on that bus. She said she didn’t have to worry about that anymore because she was married now and showed everyone her ring finger. Lu also told the same story as in Milwaukee in regards to “Memphis Pearl.” Lu passed along Eric’s take after playing “Essence” as …”that’s some Mick Ronson sh*t there.” “Atonement”, according to Lu, is a Southern Gothic Bible Belt Evangelical song influenced with ZZ Top music. She absolutely belted this song. The original setlist had “I Am So Happy I Found You” listed, however, it was dropped, hence my slight disappointment with setlist. I would have loved to hear that again as well as “Happy.”

I think Lu loved the venue. She ended the show by saying she loved the small stage and playing in a rock and roll club.

I was hanging around hoping for a setlist. Suddenly, Nick stepped on stage and I watched as he tossed a drum head out (this after the lights were on and everyone is leaving.) I watch as it flies by, hits the ceiling fan behind me, bounces forward and lands right beside me! With drum head in hand, I left without a setlist (but returned after buying some merch) and scored one as they were packing equipment. One was still taped to the stage, but I was given one from a folder. Speaking of merch, Susannah with an “h” sends greets! She remembered me from the Covington show.

I stepped outside to get the band to sign the drum head. As you can see, Butch put “Butch likes mint gum”. Eric and Chet were hanging, I showed them the drumhead with Chet signing first. He put “Chet likes cinnamon”. Not to be outdone, Eric signed “Eric likes Chet.” Along comes David, and he pondered a minute or two and signed “David likes everyone!”

I left shortly after getting the drumhead signed. I was told earlier Lu is still in recovery mode from the wedding and probably wouldn’t show and with a 2 1/2 hour drive on a school night it was just as well.

Looking forward to Chicago shows #2 & #3.