NPR 12/21

Thanks goodness they save these at the Web site for listening to later. I forgot all about it this morning. I have not listened to it yet, but will definitely capture it to my Mac for listening to later on my iPod…

Tom

@LWjetta wrote:

My goodness Tnt I’m 65 years young and I remembered. ha ha

lwj

What can I say? 😳 I had Christmas errands on my mind this morning – primarily, how to drive to them while missing all the mall traffic nearby… 😉 😆

Tom

I’m listening to it now. She sounds pretty good considering it was 8 am this morning.

Way to go Bob! 😀

A very Merry Chrismas to Lucinda, Tom, Buick 6 and the Friendly Forum.

I’m with my relatives in the country with the fireplace going and fresh snow outside.
One of them is also a Lu fan and hadn’t heard of the NPR interview.
So we replayed it. and noticed several comments were posted since the live airing.
Here is one in case you didn’t check back to the On Point page.
Felt it was most appropriate to post here.
BRAVO Tom Overby.
· I guess sometimes the truth just isn’t good enough is it? Sorry to ruin it all for you but some the comments being made above are hurtful, injurious and irresponsible. And when they get as idiotic and mean as Jaron’s its hard not to respond. Lucinda was not “on something” during this interview- I know because I was there when the alarm went off at 630 AM here in LA where we live -she got ready and we had a cup of coffee and then I drove her to the interview which started at 8 am (PST). And no she wasn’t hungover either – in fact she skipped a big reunion of old friends the night before to get to bed early. After we left the interview she was very concerned about the alcohol question and how she answered it. I told her that I thought she handled it perfectly. While the question was completely inappropriate and frankly nobody’s business- and certainly one she didn’t have to answer in a public forum – she did answer it -and to her credit she answered it completely honestly. That’s who she is- the most honest person i’ve ever met-and it’s just one of the things that makes her the artist that she is. And for the record she wasn’t on something in Poughkeepsie and she wasn’t on something at Lupo’s in Providence. I’ll be honest the Providence show was not the best of nights, it’s live music played by human beings and not every night can be amazing, and this year she played consistently higher level than i’ve ever seen her. Out of nearly 100 shows I could count the off nights on one hand. I’m there every night and I don’t know how she does it. An off night like Providence doesn’t automatically mean she’s on something-maybe she was just flat exhausted after playing 85 different songs over three consecutive 3 hour shows in NYC, which ended a run of 8 shows in 10 nights. Not an excuse but just maybe the real truth. I tour with her and have seen every show she has played for the last 3 years, and I can tell you that no gives everything she has every single night like Lucinda, and no one is more upset when a show isn’t what she wants it to be -and sometimes that works against her, because she wears it all on her sleeve. Sorry to bust all the self destructive tortured artist theories but the next time you go out on the internet and blabber on about someone being on something, consider that maybe you don’t know the truth and maybe it is really damaging to that person. Being a public figure doesn’t mean you have a right to slander them. How would you like it every time you had an off day at the office-or maybe not even an off day- people went on the internet and said you were on something and you were not able to defend yourself?
Tom Overby
Hello Cleveland Mgmt. (and Lucinda’s husband)l
PS –Jaron -it’s really sad that you don’t have anything better to do with your time that go on the internet and take potshots at people. No one made you listen to the show. I hope you get a new life for Xmas this year, because obviously the one you have must be miserable.
Posted by Tom Overby, on December 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm EST
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I couldn’t believe the alcohol question, either. Lu should hold her head up high with the way she answered. The truth will always set you free, as old and cliche as that is, it’s something I try to live by each and every day. It amazes me that she said plainly she doesn’t drink on stage, yet reponses to the interview have her incoherent and drunk while she is playing. I would love to shout ” Hey, people, Lu grew up in the south, she speaks the way folks live there, in the slow lane and laid back (and there’s nothing wrong with that!) Right, tnt? 😀

P.S. Rah, rah, shish boom bah.

I just listened to the interview and saw all the rude comments posted. People are nasty and cruel and it’s sad that Lucinda felt insecure. She is far better than they are, and should not worry about a thing. And Tom really stuck it to them!!! 🙂