Raleigh, NC Museum of Art July 27

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  • #30823
    LWjetta
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    Seems like lucinda is jumping the gun for the Macon, GA show tonight.
    “Sittin’ in the kitchen, a house in Macon”

    Lots and lots of videos uploaded from NC on You Tube to enjoy courtesy of sherm1123 including”
    CWOAGR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEWQEjJ7Za8
    Little Rock Star
    Steal Your Love
    Ugly Truth
    Greenville
    Buttercup
    Can’t Let Go

    lwj

    #47773
    punchdrunklove
    Participant

    what happened to car wheels??? it sounds different. those impeccable riffs all polished, sweet, jazzy and whatnot. i think that quite agreed with the song they being furious and wildly appealing.

    #47774
    LWjetta
    Participant

    In addition to the songs I posted above, you will also find these on You Tube from last night.
    2 Kool 2 Be Forgotten
    Those Three Days
    Righteously
    Lake Charles
    Changed the Locks
    Joy
    That’s 13 videos in total.
    Must be some kind of a record.

    lwj

    #47775
    stoger
    Participant

    Your belated Raleigh setlist:

    Can’t Let Go
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    Buttercup
    2 Kool 2 B 4 Gotten
    Bus to Baton Rouge
    Greenville
    Blue
    Born to be Loved
    Lake Charles [after repeated audience requests ad nauseum: when it finally came time for it on the list, Lu says, “‘Lake Charles’, comin’ right up”]
    Ugly Truth
    Steal Your Love
    Those Three Days
    Little rock Star [dedicated to Amy Winehouse]

    Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
    Essence [trio of “sex drugs and rock n roll” songs]
    Righteously

    Changed the Locks
    Joy
    Honeybee
    ___________________________
    Blessed
    Get Right with God {lu signs off with “Love Peace and Revolution–the right kind of revolution–Don’t let the TEa Party–I mean the bastards–get you down”–Immediately one woman ascends the stage and embraces Lu, followed by another woman/another hug before local security and guitar tech Rick shoo them back down]

    Fine night, though Lu had constant monitor problems and at least a half dozen onstage consultations with monitors guy Seth between songs. Raleigh fans were a bit intrusive with shouted requests, a couple of times drowning out Lu while she was introducing the song already chosen.

    Blake Mills did a fine if short opening solo set, topped off by “I Just Wanted to See You So Bad.” During the main set, Lu called him “a star in the making.” Buy his record.

    #47776
    LWjetta
    Participant

    A brief review from the local radio station in Raleigh.

    http://wknc.org/blog/post/

    lwj

    #47777
    stoger
    Participant

    As you know from meeting me in Ontario, lwj, I completely fit the blogger’s prototype in characterizing the Raleigh audience here: a sophisticated, Subaru-driving, Hawaiian-shirt-donning, Whole Food-shoppin’ kind of guy. The blogger must have forgotten the high-end wine goblets some of us had spread out on our designer tablecloths.

    At least now I can connect the dots on the yuppie voices yelling out intrusive song requests. . .

    #47778
    steve
    Participant

    I’ve seen over a dozen shows in the last 13 years and watched all the musicians come and go. I first saw this version of the band in KC during a rainstorm (thanks for not stopping Lucinda!). After years with the great Doug Pettibone on guitar, I admit that I was somewhat skeptical about how anyone would fill his shoes.

    In KC it was obvious that Blake Mills was still learning the songs, but the other night in Raleigh, it was clear that he’d given up trying to sound like the old band and had made these songs his own. Some great moments on the guitar came out that night, particularly some of the slide stuff.

    Blake’s opening set was very well done and a perfect start to a hot evening.

    Now I’m bummed that I didn’t drive up for the Richmond show 😉

    Steve

    #47779
    punchdrunklove
    Participant

    In KC it was obvious that Blake Mills was still learning the songs, but the other night in Raleigh, it was clear that he’d given up trying to sound like the old band and had made these songs his own.

    yes, i sense that too. i didn’t mean to sound disrespectful before. i don’t expect the album versions of the songs to be exactly rendered on stage – imagine how boring this would be. there’s not a song in the world that is such a monumental cornerstone that you can’t do something new about it out of respect. in fact, i like to be surprised. and i was surprised. not a bad thing. rock on et al.

    i’m eager to listen what lucinda and the band can do with songs as diverse as real love, memphis pearl and sharp cutting wings.

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