Oklahoma City Setlist

1 I Just Wanted to See You So Bad [punctuated by two different cough interludes, culminating in a profanity-laced anti-Nashville diatribe, semi-retracted 90 minutes later when Lu finds out that Chet Lyster’s grandmother is in the house]
2 Happy Woman Blues
3 I Lost It
4 Crescent City
5 Big Red Sun Blues
6 Well Well Well
7 Tears of Joy
8 If Wishes Were Horses [!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
9 Jackson
10 Are You Alright [preceded by almost interminable huddling and conferencing: Lu announces that while “it’s not very professional” to abandon the setlist, she intends to do so]
11 Unsuffer Me [fantastic]
12 Drunken Angel
13 Pineola
14 Out of Touch
15 Essence
16 Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings
17 Changed the Locks
18 Come On
19 Honeybee
20 Joy/Riders on the Storm
21 Righteously
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22 The Things That I Used to Do
23 It’s a Long Way to the Top

My fly-by-night Oklahoma City plans to nab a motel walking distance to the venue and lead in with a drink at an adjacent eatery were thwarted this night when I scouted out the place in early evening: a roadhouse/warehouse sort of joint with a huge gravel parking lot, located on a rural two-lane heading south out of town. “Ballroom” indeed. But I enjoyed the grit of it all, fans who were into it though not huge in number. It was a privilege to meet “ParkerinCA” and also a Dallas fan I remembered, after the show.

Tour manager Eric provided a Buick 6 introduction which involved siren sounds emanating from a megaphone; actually, he introduced guitar tech Nick, who in turn introduced the “instrumental stylings” of the boys.

Susannah had not one, but two, local minions assisting her at merch booth, well deserved I thought. 25 minutes after Buick 6 ended and shortly before Lu, Susannah could be seen scampering lickety-split across the stage, returning a couple of minutes later with a cardboard box in tow.

So the tour went out with a bang, as Lu had righted herself (more than) by main set’s end. I managed good-byes to, among others, the three drivers: English back to Nashville eventually after his California drop-off; James to north Mississippi eventually; and the truck driver whose name I forget into the night as well. Hard workers all, and as Lu said in Kansas City, time for everyone to return to their “significant others.” So until our German and Benelux friends file their reports. . .