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1 I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
2 Happy Woman Blues
3 I Lost It
4 Concrete and BArbed Wire [with the fair city of Atlanta mentioned again beforehand, also a niece– turns out to be sister of the nephew the previous night–in audience]
5 Crescent City
6 Tears of Joy
7 Everything Has Changed [with Chet and David only]
8 Memphis Pearl [during which TN Tracy turns to me and says “I’m going to call it right now–best song of this leg of the tour”]
9 Jackson
10 Fruits of my Labor
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12 Real Love
13 Drunken Angel
14 Pineola
15 Out of Touch
16 Changed the Locks
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18 Come On
19 Honeybee
20 Joy
21 Righteously
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22 Motherless Children
23 Every Picture Tells a Story
24 It’s a Long Way to the TopBest I can do, morning after. For a third time, I was able to field a fan question ’round the merch booth, softball really (Which record is the Elvis Costello duet on?). Susannah hesitated, I blurted. Good times down by the river, small initial crowd but good vibes eventually, easy access to front of stage; when a photographer from the weekly mag Pitch left his front-row standing perch two songs in, I migrated. Nick’s intro of Buick 6 used the phrase “instrumental stylings” this time. Must go for now…
Wednesday’s show in KC was terrific!
The venue turned out to be perfect, with lots of standing room on the floor (no chairs), which was pretty much filled by the end of the evening. The balcony provided a great view of the stage and was comfortably filled. The crowd was really into it the whole evening with Buick 6 getting it going early; Chet and Butch kicked some serious ass on their percussion duet!
Lu came out strong and never appeared to look anything but engaged and happy; she commented the tour’s end was around the corner,which had them all relaxed. (When Mama’s happy, everybody is happy!) She played much of the evening on her Gibson, which set the stage for a number of older tunes. (I’ll be happy to see a set list to see if it confirms my observation.) Her voice was incredible and, in my estimation, perfectly balanced with the band.
And the band…what a band! Dave and Butch are just an amazing rhythm section. They are so solid! But they play so well in the context on the melody and lyrics, too. What a joy to watch and listen to.
Chet did a great job on the guitar, mainly playing rhythm, but he also played several smoking leads. He played mandolin on a number of tunes and dropped in some great harp solos. He could probably make a pretty decent living playing drums, too, if that were his inclination.
And I was terribly pleased to hear how well Eric fit in! He played some great stuff and added a little more straight ahead rock to the sound without losing sight of Lu’s country roots. I’ll always appreciate Doug’s contribution to Lu’s music, but, in my humble opinion, there was no drop off in the quality of lead work with Eric stepping in!
I hope she gets this way again soon. It was a good of show as I’ve seen her and her friends put on!
Tom
@tonyg wrote:
Great reports. What did Every Picture Tells a Story sound like?
This tweeter was impressed with song choice…
“Holy sh*t. Lucinda just covered Every Picture Tells a Story by Faces. Now it’s time for ACDC. This may be the best show ever.”
Good article Lafayette. Except for this:
She reached back again for a rousing, rocking version of her cover of Emmylou’s “Crescent City” (originally on the ’88 record),
So Lucinda is covering EmmyLou’s Crescent City now eh? Must be a different song.
🙄@tonyg wrote:
Good article Lafayette. Except for this:
She reached back again for a rousing, rocking version of her cover of Emmylou’s “Crescent City” (originally on the ’88 record),
So Lucinda is covering EmmyLou’s Crescent City now eh? Must be a different song.
🙄That threw me, too, maybe it was brain freeze from the ice cream.
To be precise, “Still I Long for Your Kiss” was song #11 in Kansas City; “Little Rock Star” came in at 15, with “Out of Touch” 16. I was close.
And yes, Lu clearly said Emmylou recorded/covered her own song “Crescent City”–even finer live than “Sweet Old World,” in my estimation.
I thought I would share the local KC music critic’s review of the show at Voodoo Lounge on 6/17. It does fill in the gaps from the setlist that was shared.
Review: Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams has played all over this town, in nearly every major venue and in front of some big crowds. Wednesday night she returned to the VooDoo Lounge. It was her second performance there in a few years, but it was before one of her smallest audiences — fewer than 500 people. Lucky them: They saw one of her best local shows ever.Her voice sounded excellent — strong and soulful. Maybe the honey she sipped from a cup all night had something to do with that. It was supressing a cough, she said; but she sure didn’t sound sick. Her setlist was built for long-time fans and not just those who jumped aboard her bandwagon with the “Car Wheels” album. (I’ve seen her at least 10 times; this was the first time I heard her sing “Memphis Pearl”).
She brought her band Buick 6 with her, though it’s a different band these days without guitarist Doug Pettibone, who’s off doing the solo thing. His replacement, is Eric Schermerhorn, whose resume includes gigs with Bowie, Iggy, They Might Be Giants and The The. This evening, he fit right in with the band’s country/Delta blues stylings, and he whipped up a few solo storms, especially during the covers of “Every Picture Tells a Story” and AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top.”
The rest of the set list was all hers, and it went back to her earliest albums, including the Folkways records (the first of which turns 30 this year). She turned things down in the middle of this two-hour show for a run of quieter, acoustic numbers, including “Memphis Pearl” and “Jackson.” (And this crowd kept quiet and listened hard to it all.)
Things got loud and bluesy again, starting with “Piñeola” and then the back-to-back combination of “Joy” and “Righteously.” She dropped in a new one between those, the hard but bubbly “Honey Bee,” which sounded great live. Speaking of sound, the VooDoo can be one of the best live venues for sound when everything and everyone is working right. This was one of those nights.
There’s room to complain about her closing the show with two covers, but during “Every Picture Tells A Story,” her voice gave Rod Stewart’s a run for his money; and the AC/DC cover was not a big surprise; it’s on her latest album. And besides that, she filled the rest of the night with an array of songs that perfectly captured 30 years of eminent songwriting.
| Timothy Finn, The Star
Setlist: I Just Wanted to See You So Bad; Happy Woman Blues; I Lost It; Concrete and Barbed Wire; Crescent City; Tears of Joy; Everything Has Changed; Memphis Pearl; Jackson; Fruits of My Labor; Still I Long For Your Kiss; Real Love; Drunken Angel; Piñeola; Little Rock Star; Out of Touch; Changed the Locks; Come On; Honey Bee; Joy; Righteously; Motherless Children; Every Picture Tells a Story; It’s a Long Way to the Top.
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