NYC Setlist

Thanks for the setlist. I wonder if Jenny will be with the band in Boston tonight.

Good show. Thought the guitar was perfect complement to whatever tune Lucinda was doing. It was pure and ethereal….. complementary on austere songs as the opener, Ventura, or West (which was done beautifully), to a great blues lead “Where is My Love”. Unsuffer Me was spill your heart out, wounded, wailing ala Springsteen doing ‘NYC Serenade circa’ 74′ at Avery Fisher

I had a good time. Was it great? No, but it provided me enough highlights for me in what is the “classiest” coolest visually beatuiful venues one will ever find. A very good show in this writer’s eyes.

Listen. There could’ve been far worse fucking places for you to be last evening (i.e. MSG with Aguelera & the Pussycats or Byrne Arena for Timberlake) . Think about that…. 😀

just getting a chance to check in re friday’s show at radio city.
good show, too short for me but i’m convinced the ny crowd that
attends a lucinda williams show is not looking for her to play
2.5 hrs. also, let’s clear up something about the *curfew* she
almost invariably mentions when she’s in ny. there is no curfew.
after 11 the union rates go up. you sold out one of the larger
venues for one of the higher profile shows you’ve ever scheduled,
you want to play longer, fork over the cash to the stage hands,
electricians, carpenters, whoever’s working the hall that night.
that, or get your ass on stage ealier. don’t give me that horse
hooey about a curfew, that’s so disingenious. if there was a curfew,
how are the allman’s able to play long after she’s in bed 20
blocks north on broadway with the same union guys? curfew my ass.

length of the show aside, she is still able to astound me with
her sheer presence. i can’t articulate what it is, but she’s got
it in spades. rescue to open was jaw dropping. at quick count i’ve
seen 9 shows at radio city but never seen any *quiet* music.
between the pristine sound and the unbelievable acoustics at radio
city, that opener is something i’ll never forget. after the notes
fron pettibone’s sparse picking faded, they were gone, not an echo
to be heard. everything’s changed, west, lake charles were just
beautiful. while i would usually agree with the previous *too
many slow songs* assesment, radio city was the place to play the
slow/quiet tunes. and on a final note, this was my first go with
the new rhythm section. for me, the bass player was just there,
nothing to take note of but not horrible. but the drummer was, uh,
less than adequate. pace and pitch were way off on a couple
of songs. i know it’s pointless to whine about the missing love
band but i really miss taras and jim after fridays show. oh well.

The concert at Radio City was exquisite. The sound was crystal clear, and highlighted Lucinda’s ragged touched by an angel ravaged by Lucifer voice. I’ve never been to Radio City before, this is how Lucinda’s voice is meant to be heard, it was a reverent and gorgeous marriage of venue and artist. The audience was raptly attentive, as if we were at an opera or a play. No one wanted to miss the poetry of her lyrics or the nuances of her voice. A master at the height of her creative powers. (And Doug Pettibone was amazing too.) Lucinda said she was honored to be there, that it had taken her 30 years to get from playing the streets of New York to Radio City Music Hall.
It was something old and something new- songs like “Drunken Angel,” “Lake Charles” shared the stage with songs from WEST including “Rescue,” “Unsuffer Me”.
And something borrowed; the haunting final encore was “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues.”
Lucinda said that she wanted to honor the mucisians that inspired her and how relevant the lyrics of “Hard Time…” are today.
And it was beautifully blue.