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The real star of the first set of the Monday was the quality of the songs. The band and Lucinda didn’t get in the way of the material. Everything sounded so good even when Lucinda stopped ‘Like a Rose’ after the first verse because she started in a higher key than she would have like. I didn’t mind.
She did the song great on the false start and followed up doing it even better on the second take.Did anyone notice that the ‘The Book’ is now in a slightly different place now? It’s to the her right of her mic stand now. She must have liked and decided to keep it where it was when she did the duet on Sunday (?) with Gia (who was out in the crowd the whole night).
I’m listening to the CD from the show right now. It sounds great.
Set two. Whew. Jim Lauderdale finally did one of his songs. Emmylou was on two or three Lucinda songs before she did one of her own. John Doe (X) joined in and led on a few songs. One was Revolution #9 from The Beatles. I’m guessing the other two were his.
The musicianship and the songs were great. It’s inspiring to see so many quality musicians sharing the stage and playing great material.
Oh, Lucinda read a poem recently composed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti during the first set (I think it was the first) and almost skipped introducing The Chet. I finally saw the guy yelling out to Lu in Spanish. He was there every night.
this is the poem that it was based on
Pity the NationPity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.
Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own wine-press.
Pity the nation that acclaims the bull as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful.
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.
Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strong men are yet in the cradle.Khalil Gibran
The Garden of the Prophet (1934)i think it was “updated” for our times. timely indeed…i’ve been listening to authors discuss their book Billions Over Baghdad…they estimate 9 billion dollars slated for the iraqi people to have “disappeared” and the stories are incredible. since halliburton’s HQ is now in Dubai, guess american taxpayers & iraqi’s can bend over and take it together.
but that’s for another discussion bb. i was proud of Lucinda for reading this poem.the john doe songs were from the first Knitter’s cd
wrecking ball & fergit the name of the other one but it’s from the first/same album. i knew they wouldn’t, but i think they could’ve done justice to rock island line.The first song John Doe did was “The New World” from the X album “More Fun in the New World,” which was also track 6 from the Knitters first album, which they segued into Revolution. Revolution #9 was the song on the White Album that had all the goofy nonsequiturs and sound effects on it, and the guy saying “Number Nine” over and over again. It was culled from pieces of tape of a mic check that Lennon found in the garbage at Abbey Road.
Jim Lauderdale played his song The King of Broken Hearts, a terrific song he based on a story about Gram Parsons (Pamela DeBarre said she was at Parsons house one night and he was listening to George Jones records and crying. Suddenly Parsons pointed at the record player and proclaimed “he is the KING of broken hearts.”
Everyone sounded great, and Lucinda was transcendent. Definitely on my top five shows of all time list. Her band is fantastic, her voice is amazing, and songwriting . . . second only to Dylan for me. I loved Honey Bee toward the end, Lucinda’s range is amazing, but I loved what she said when John Doe came back out to play “The Call of the Wrecking Ball” also off the Knitters first record. “I wanted John to play another song so y’all can see the link between country blues and punk, it’s all linked in this great musical world” or words to that effect. She also pointed out that the best country music is from California (let the flaming begin!).
My wife summed it up pretty well. She’s not a country fan at all, but she understands my love of it, she said “Lucinda’s music doesn’t speak to me the way it speaks to you, but it’s very obvious that she’s a genius.”
’nuff said.
Here is the performance list from Monday’s second set.
(edited per Scone Mason’s report)1. Tears of Joy
2. West
3. Dark Side of Life (from “A Town South of Bakersfield, Volume 2”)
4. Jailhouse Tears (John Doe & Lucinda duet)
5. John Doe: More Fun in the New World, segued into “Revolution #9”
6. the poem “Pity the Nation”, as described by Stellablueee
7. American Dream
8. Greenville (EmmyLou Harris & Lucinda duet)
9. Jackson (from Car Wheels: EmmyLou & Lucinda duet)
10. King of Broken Hearts (Jim Lauderdale’s song–EmmyLou & Jim duet)
11. Red Dirt Girl (EmmyLou solo)
12. Honey Bee
13. John Doe: The Call of the Wrecking Ball
14. Get Right With God (entire ensemble)Scone, I have to second your opinion on the show. You had to be there. Emmylou came in with her daughters a little before the 1st set began. They were at a table in the balcony right at the railing. She obviously was enjoying the first set, and of course it was great to see her get onstage and do “Greenville” & “Jackson” with Lucinda. One of my favorites of the night was Jim Lauderdale’s “The King Of Broken Hearts” with Emmylou singing harmony with Jim.
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