Durty Nellie’s 11/08/11

@vetteheadracer wrote:

Okay here’s the set list (except for the one song I can’t remember and can’t read my writing)

Can’t Let Go
Pineola
Drunken Angel
Buttercup
Stowaway in your Heart

(Not sure as can’t read my writing!)

Concrete and Barbed Wire
Fruits of my Labor
Copenhagen
Born to be Loved
Trying to get to Heaven (Bob Dylan song from the Amnesty International Album)
Steal your Love
Those Three Days
Seeing Black
Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
Essence
Changed the Locks
Joy
Honey Bee

Encore

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Blessed
It Ain’t My Cross to Bear (Allman Brothers song)
For What it’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)

Sounds like a sober setlist to me: thanks. West Words can’t decipher her prose at times either. 😀

The missing song from vetteheadracer’s posted set list is “Well, Well, Well”. Here is the complete set list:

Can’t Let Go
Pineola
Drunken Angel
Buttercup
Stowaway in your Heart
Well, Well, Well
Concrete and Barbed Wire
Fruits of my Labor
Copenhagen
Born to be Loved
Trying to get to Heaven (Bob Dylan song from the Amnesty International Album)
Steal your Love
Those Three Days
Seeing Black
Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
Essence
Changed the Locks
Joy
Honey Bee

Encore

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Blessed
It Ain’t My Cross to Bear (Allman Brothers song)
For What it’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)

And, here is the link to the set list posted at setlist.fm…

Tom

A concert review from the message board of the forum–ChicagoConcertgoers.com
http://www.chicagoconcertgoers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=44

I love the scrolling ticket stubs banner at the top of their discussion forum.

Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:44 pm

Lucinda Williams, touring behind her latest release, Blessed, brought a rare “cool” show out of the city and into the suburbs. She played quiet and then got loud for the packed house at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine. She ran the gamut of love and anger. The crowd left appreciative of everything they got.

After opening with a rollicking version of “Can’t Let Go,” Williams focused a good part of her set on her “relationship” songs. It made for something of laid back first hour, but did feature some highlights. “Buttercup” had Williams taking one last shot at a lost love. The live version was more fleshed out than the album and featured some the first of many colorful fills by lead guitar player and opening act, Blake Mills. A new song, “Stowaway in Your Heart,” sounded really good and was well received. Williams spent a few minutes plugging the cartoon video for the song “Copenhagen.” She seemed really proud of it. I checked it out this morning and it tells a strange, but touching relationship story.

The last part of the set turned the volume up considerably. Starting with “Seeing Black” Williams proved that this band could turn it up. “Essence” might have been the best song of the night and “Changed the Locks” go the biggest crowd response. Mills and drummer, Butch Norton, seemed thrilled to let loose whenever they got the chance.

Almost every song had her following along in a giant lyric book laid out in front of her on stage. While this is not that unusual, Williams made a point to remark on it early in the show. She apologized, calling it a “safety net.” She might have been searching for the words, but knew what she wanted to say. Her message was clear in the music and she made her political thoughts clear. Williams talked excitedly about the fact that her song “Joy” had been used in several of the protests in Wisconsin last year. She dedicated it this night to her support of the current Occupy protests.

The suburbs got a great show. Here’s hoping we get some more from time to time.

Setlist:

Can’t Let Go
Pineola
Drunken Angel
Buttercup
Stowaway in Your Heart
Well Well Well
Concrete and Barbed Wire
Fruits of My Labor
Copenhagen
Born To Be Loved
Tryin’ To Get To Heaven
Steal Your Love
Those Three Days
Seeing Black
Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
Essence
Changed the Locks
Joy
Honey Bee

Blessed
It’s Not My Cross To Bear
For What It’s Worth

lwj