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Anyone going? Please post early and often. Don’t fall overboard.
Aye aye, Cap’n. Funny, the name “stoger” is in such small print on the poster that some folk might miss it. Yes, despite David Foster Wallace’s compelling essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again,” it’s ship ahoy for this Tennessee landlocked boy. At my age (let’s leave that numeral ambiguous), this will be my maiden voyage on the high seas. As the Chuck Prophet song title says, “Wish Me Luck.”
Tony and easyMike, I returned to the “scene of the crime” last night, Pappy & Harriets, for Plains–the side project of Waxahatchee frontwoman (and super Lu fan) Katie Crutchfield. I didn’t stay at the onsite “hotel,” but full electricity seemed prevalent all across the grounds. I will update the Crutchfield strand with a brief report soon.
I don’t know what the reception/posting opportunities will be while on board, especially for low-tech me. But I will do my best, either during or after.
Today is the day Lu and pals sail into the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean and into music history. Forum Greats Mr. Stoger and Ms. Grumpymama will be onboard enjoying the festivities and reporting back to us extensively. As Keymaster, I will remain here at FF HQ monitoring developments from dry land.
Bon Voyage Stoger and Grumpymama!
Sea legs good, Internet Cafe functional. Night One:
1 Steal Your Love
2 Right in Time
3Those Three Days [Lu calls this crowd of outlaws “a tad bit wilder” than the usual land lubbers]
4 Lake Charles [David reverts from upright to standard: thus, no solo]
5 Big Black Train
6 Are You Down [after, a fan shouts out “Are You Alright” & Lu pauses before saying “I’m fine.” A beat later, she interprets this as a request]
7 Let’s Get the Band Back Together [punctuated by frequent throat spraying]
8 Out of Touch
9 Stolen Moments [Lu seems tentative and asks the crowd if they understand the Tom Petty intro narrative]
10 Essence
11 You Can’t Rule Me
12 RighteouslyShe’s amphibious, everyone! This fine set was indoors, nothing for the wind to blow over on stage. Grumpymama is in the house, so to speak. Who else?
A fan shared this on Lu’s FB page.
Night Two Setlist:
1 Faith & Grace
2 Something Wicked. . .
[Lu pauses to tell the crowd why she played the first one, all of us being in need of faith and grace in these times]
3 Real Live Bleeding. . .
4 Can’t Let Go
5 Drunken Angel [intro includes, foreshadowingly, mention of Charlie Sexton playing Townes Van Zandt in the movie Blaze]
6 Fruits of My Labor
7 Ventura [her intro mentions Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam]
8 Are You Down [Lu kind of apologizes after for it not being “country enough” for this cruise: then brands her own music as “goulash”]
9 Let’s Get the Band. . .
10 Essence [with the producer of that album, Charlie Sexton, on guitar]
11 You Can’t Rule Me [with Sexton]
12 Joy [with Wayne Kramer (of MC-5?) on further guitar: he comes running on the stage and takes a nasty fall; whether intentional or not, Lu seems to enjoy it. Also, tour manager Travis joins the front row to take pics]
13 Rockin’ in the Free World [with everybody]All quiet on the western front. Today is the last day of the cruise. Hope all is well. Raining here in So Cal.
The “guitar pull” awaits us today, Lu with three others; I’ll report. Lu did one Merle Haggard song in a mass tribute yesterday. I figure we’ll get five or six tunes today, depending on the format. Of course there’s a certain paradox in that a woman who no longer plays guitar will be anchoring the “guitar pull,” but hey.
Yours from the Norwegian Jewel, surrounded by SUNNY skies. . .
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