Nashville 10-17

IS SHE TOO BLUE FOR YOU: LU DOES A POLITICAL BENEFIT FOR US HOUSE CANDIDATE HEIDI CAMPBELL

That’s Williams, Campbell, and Devon _______ left to right, who opened with three songs, including a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”

This set featured Stuart Mathis and Travis Stephens on twin guitars (see the Prine tribute thread)

1 Blessed
2 Passionate Kisses [with much acclaim to “Chapin”]
3 World Without Tears
4 People Talkin’ [with Travis doing some, but not all, of the background vocals David normally does]
5 Fruits of my Labor [followed by Lu dissing a Vanity Fair interviewer who asked her why she chose to live in Nashville]
6 Out of Touch [more like the stripped-down version on the Car Wheels demos than today’s usual rocker]
7 You Can’t Rule Me [“I’ve been really looking forward to doing this one”]
8 So Much Trouble in the World [Marley]
9 We Have Come Too Far to Turn Around [some might remember this from a few years ago, written for a documentary which never came out: far as I know, it won’t be on the upcoming 2023 album, but oh baby–“anthemic” I believe I called it in a previous post]
10 Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World [even the aging lefties in the seats get up for this one]

A unique show, in a house where Lucinda once appeared with her father in the “Poetry Sung, Poetry Said” series (the Belcourt Theatre). In an adjacent hall, the excellent Todd Field/Cate Blanchett film Tar proceeded apace, hopefully without too much fuzz from the Stephens guitar bleeding through.

Heidi Campbell spoke briefly between Devon’s short set and Lu’s set, mentioning “I Lost It” as her favorite Lu song and quoting from it.

I’m sure it was a tough call for her among Simi Valley, New England, and Nashville, tony.