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1 I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
2 Happy Woman Blues
3 Well Well Well
4 People Talkin’
5 Steal Your Love
6 Tears of Joy
7 Overtime [before which Lu fends off a shout-out, saying this song is “a different kind of thing”]
8 Blue
9 I Lost It [preceded by “I can’t hear. . . . it’s a little disconcerting”]
10 Drunken Angel
11 Pineola [for our Post photographer here?]
12 Real Love
13 Real live Bleeding fingers & Broken Guitar Strings [preceded by so much that I, Mr. Memory usually, have to whip out the old pen and pad–to wit: “This decibel thing takes the life out of it. . . . I can’t play music like this. . . . Maybe you should just have acoustic shows here. . . . This is like trying to run with a sprained ankle. . . . Well, as long as it sounds good out there, who the hell cares how it sounds up here, right?”]
14 Honeybee
15 Joy
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16 Disgusted [a propos]
17 Righteously
18 It’s a Long Way to the top [decibel upgrade sorely needed]Ah, concerts inside Botanical Gardens. . . This franchise certainly had at least three differences from its Atlanta cousin: (1) no fistfights erupted; (2) there were no lily pads to be fouled by the feet of fans; (3) no overly bright lights shone into the eyes of the headlining artist.
John Doe once opened for Lu here–then played a late-night set at a gritty joint called the Lion’s Lair on East Colfax after. I guess I would most characterize tonight’s crowd as semi-attentive. Lots of thrown blankets spread out with beautiful-people flicks of the wrist, on the heels of a short run to whatever Whole Foods store proved nearest their suburb of residence for bottles of Merlot, Chardonnay, etc. One imagines Lu, in the walk-off, turning to her manager or tour manager and saying (perhaps hissing), “we won’t be playing here in the future.” But maybe I misread.
Boulder seems, outwardly, to be the same sort of venue. But we’ll see, tomorrow. One can hope.
Ha!! Only one view so far – I am the first one to lay eyes on your Denver setlist / report, stoger!!
Nice setlist – “Over Time”, “People Talkin'”, “Pineola” – she keeps mixing them up – good news for those of you (that’s you, stoger) going to every show this tour!
And nice tie-in to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens show (although some of it – lights, fights – need to be forgotten). I feel like I was there (again).
Tom
I do love your reports, Roger.
Are you on the tour bus yet, riding along to each destination, sipping wine, and eating pizza? What is your record for number of shows you attend on any given Lu tour? I’m in awe.
This was my fourth show and it was great to hear more of the old stuff. Lu was right on in the early numbers and sounded great. But after the tirade about the “decibles” the air went out of the show. Honey Bee and Joy were good, but the encores were flat. During Righteously the sound on lead guitar was horrible and Lu was clearly not into it. Long Way was the same – flat, uninspired.
I’ll give Lu a break here ’cause you get what you give. The crowd was light on Lucinda die-hards and heavy on urban Denver uppercrust that was going to a concert at the Gardens not going to see Lucinda. I think it affected her performance. But no worries – I’ll be there for the next one – hopefully somewhere with a little more energy and Lucinda-worship like the Ogden or Fillmore. Luv ya always Lu!
@lucylover wrote:
But after the tirade about the “decibles” the air went out of the show.
I had a bit different perspective on it — for me, this was when the show finally got good. All I could think for the first 45 minutes was that Lu was completely uninspired and the band had no fire. Once she explained that there was a noise-level cap, all that made sense — and then I felt like she was angry (like a bee) for the rest of the show, which gave the music the bite that I’d been expecting all along. She gave a chuckle and a sneer when she introduced “Disgusted,” which said it all. And “Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock and Roll” had an extra bit of irony.
I’d never seen her with this band. Not bad. That drummer can pound those skins, huh? They all seemed so young compared to the bands she’s worked with before, for the most part. I liked when she introduced them as “the boys.” She could easily be their mother … or even grandmother.
I suspect Chautauqua tonight won’t be as tame. There’s a sit-on-the-grass-and-drink-wine-and-not-really-pay-attention area outside the tent, but plenty of uncomfortable wood pews inside that oughta keep people on their feet and into the music. Not like the Botanic Gardens crowd, which was horribly lame. Fifty feet from the stage, where I spent most of the show, the hum of conversation rose to nearly the level of the music coming from the stage. Lame.
@coastline wrote:
Fifty feet from the stage, where I spent most of the show, the hum of conversation rose to nearly the level of the music coming from the stage. Lame.
I have another word to describe such behavior. RUDE! (Not that many people give a flip these days about whether or not they are being rude). Rude to the audience members who are trying to lose themselves in the music, and rude to the performers. It is my biggest pet peeve, and it will absolutely ruin a show for me.
There is an outdoor venue here in Atlanta, Chastain Park Amphitheater, that has a summer concert series that allows you to bring in coolers, alcohol, even glass containers (one show there several years ago, I saw a man drop a glass plate full of shrimp cocktail on the concrete steps as he was carrying it to his table up front). Sounds nice, huh? Well, between the fact it is nestled in a residential area & therefore has a low decibel limit, and that most of the people attending shows are there “to see and be seen” and chit-chat & visit with other attendees, I no longer go to shows there. It is ridiculous and a farce.
Tom
What a disappointing show. True, the Botanic Gardens is not Lucinda’s typical crowd, but she chose to tour there. She was there last year and knew the noise restrictions. Would it have hurt her to practice a little? We paid a lot of money to see a performer who couldn’t be bothered. That’s what I call rude and I’m extremely disappointed. Too bad because we were really looking forward to it and could have spent that $100 in a much better way!
>I’d never seen her with this band. Not bad. That drummer can pound those skins, huh?
and therein lies one of the problems with the current ensemble. at least for me.
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