New Songs

Yes -I (and Lu, of course) definitely want to thank everyone for all the support and well wishes before and after the Grammys- and also in regards to the new songs and calls to the local DJ-always appreciated.

Now in regards to this weekend, -not completely sure what you’re referring to, but it was -and always is a crazy week as there are special events every night leading up to the actual show. I could almost write a whole book about the Neil Young show day/night as it was a bit of a rollercoaster to say the least, so i’ll try to give a few highlights. These things always end up a bit of a fustercluck- as in getting a driver who gets lost on the way to the show (we found out later that several did)–but in the end it was great. At rehearsals on Thurs prior to the show it was just Emmylou and Lu going thru it with the house band because Patty wasn’t getting to town until that night, so that meant they had to find a time to go thru the song with all three of them on the day of the show. It worked out as they ended up working on it backstage about 45 minutes before they went on–(I actually do have a so-so IPhone picture of this that I will see if TT can post, as I haven’t figured it out yet) –in addition Emmylou came down with some type of throat problem so she asked Lu to sing the main melody and verses instead of the harmony they had tried the day before. As one review of the show noted the next day, Lu is just a natural fit to sing Neil and I thought she and Emmylou and Patty sounded just great. I watched backstage with good friend Andy York (Mr. Mellencamp’s guitar player) on the giant screen they had set up for all of the artist to be able to watch–but for some reason it reversed what you were actually seeing on the stage -which meant Emmylou was suddenly a lefthanded guitar player etc. That was a bit strange. The backstage area was basically the rock n roll HOF and after she came off it was quite the who’s who that searched her out and wanted to meet her and say hello. It’s always great to see how respected she is among her peers -especially on this night–and how she is always surprised and humbled by that. After a few minutes of pressing the flesh she was very hungry and ready to go and she wanted go by a friends b-day party – after much consternation we ditched the driver we had earlier and got a ride to the bar where the party was at- with Lu’s requisite luggage in tow ( I can laugh about it now)- only to get there and find out that they didn’t have food. Not good. But down the street was a late night taqueria and we had some of the best damn $1 tacos you could ever have. It was quite a juxtaposition from where we had just come from 15 minutes earlier. But the fun was not quite over-upon going back to the bar we found out that they had run out of red wine 😮 . I’ve never seen Lu move faster than when she flagged down that taxi. 😀