Lu Memoir

I agree, Viv. Good idea on starting this thread.

I found a piece on Lucinda written by Bill Buford in 2000 for the New Yorker. It certainly chronicles, in detail, much of the stories behind some of the songs and detailed personal information, as well. It’s very riveting. I found this months ago but never posted, after stoger posted a set list with a bracketed entry behind Lake Charles. The comment pertained to Lu talking about pawning a guitar and he had never heard that story before (something along those lines). I went ‘in search of’ and found the article.

“I’m sitting in Lucinda’s house in Nashville, going through three meticulously organized volumes of photographs. Clyde appears regularly, a big fleshy man with a flap of dark hair and round cheeks and a barrel chest. Lucinda points out Clyde’s characteristic pose—arms thrown out wide, a come-join-the-party look. There are pictures of the two of them in Austin. “That,” Lucinda says, “is when Clyde persuaded me to pawn a rare twelve-string guitar so we could get food and beer” (whereupon the pawnshop burned down, a typical Clyde touch of fortune).”

Here is the article in it’s entirety. Bill Buford would be a great collaborator, IMHO.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/06/05/delta-nights

Okay, thanks, Tom. I was wondering if I should post. It was very personal, but I did think riveting. I’ll delete if you think best. Anything posted in the forum, I believe, can be pulled up when doing google searches with the right key words.