Greensboro

Doug, you guys were so good. I thought I might spend time before Lucinda drinking in the lobby, but you guys captured my attention instead. I waited until you were done to get that beer.

this should be close:

VENTURA
FRUITS OF MY LABOR
? reason to cry ?
BLUE
PRICE TO PAY
WORLD W/OUT TEARS
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED
ARE YOU ALRIGHT
DRUNKEN ANGEL
ARE YOU DOWN
HONEY CHILE ( Fats Domino tribute )
HONEYBEE
JOY/riders on the storm
UNSUFFER ME
encore:
read poem “Pity the Nation”
AMERICAN DREAM
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH ( Buffalo Springfield )
MARCHING THE HATE MACHINES
“Masters of War” ( Dylan )

she did sing a few lines of “White Bird” in between,
but forget where it was included –

Doug and Telisha, you were very good and really enjoyable. I will be ordering your CD.

With help from folks on the Yahoo Lucinda Williams group, along with notes I took during the show, I am pretty sure I have the set list here, though I can’t remember either when exactly she sang that little bit of White Bird. It was a superb show. Just fantastic.

Greensboro Set List, September 23, 2007

1. Ventura
2. Fruits Of My Labor
3. Reason To Cry
4. Blue
5. Price To Pay
6. World Without Tears
7. Everything Has Changed
8. Are You Alright?
9. Drunken Angel
10. Are You Down?
11. Honey Chile (Fats Domino)
12. Honeybee (new song – not yet recorded)
13. Joy
14. Riders On The Storm (The Doors)
15. Unsuffer Me

Encore:

Poem Read – Pity the Nation

16. American Dream
17. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
18. Marching The Hate Machine Into The Sun (Thievery Corporation, with lyrics penned by Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips)
19. Masters Of War (Bob Dylan)

White Bird snippet was during Are You Down

retro flower power vibe that night

D and T, I found your performance to be charming and engaging. I especially liked the song about Telisha’s dad. There’s a reason why you folks opened the show.

Lucinda’s performance was moving. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. All the elements were there….her voice (Wow! and even with dirty politics), brilliant lyrics, Roger, strong band members, a powerful message and an awesome venue.

I thought I remembered her doing “Fancy Funeral”….anyone else? I wonder if she’s still hanging out with Charlie Sexton?

Tim,

I am not 100% sure what you’re asking but this is what I wrote on my blog review about “Masters of War”:

“In fact, she did the last four songs unbelievably well, and ended dramatically with the best version of Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War” that I have ever heard or could ever imagine hearing.” It was so powerful it really made anything she said almost trivial in comparison. But I can’t really say what it was – mostly I think her voice – I just did not expect that much VOICE from her, based on her recordings. And at the end of a long concert to have that much voice left. It was hauntingly perfect, Masters of War was. Go listen to Dylan’s original, and it’s hard to even envision Lucinda William’s version coming from that. She sang the actual song, melody included, yet transformed it.

mgosma, yes, a very retro sixties protest thing that night – I don’t know if it added anything to the music or to the art, which spoke more profoundly, and I may be the only one on this list who may not agree 100% with her, or maybe I’m not as into the sixties slogans, BUT, I am glad that somebody is doing good protest music again. And I thought she was humble in the way she did it the flower power protest thing.

I’ve been to a whole lot of concerts in my years going back to my first one in 1970, and I have seen some great bands, but I have to put that Greensboro Lucinda Williams show on my very very short list of all time best concerts. There was just something musically magical in the air that night, and the show has inspired me to listen more closely than before to her music, which I have been doing non stop since. I look forward to seeing her again.

good follow-up article about the vietnam vet and that show:

http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071002/NRSTAFF/71001023