Top 10 Rare Songs You Would Like To Hear Lu Play Live.

Edit: I thought “Mama, You Sweet” made its way into the Dallas, TX set list along with “Fancy Funeral.” I’m not sure what I’ve been smoking but I was incorrect after checking setlist.fm and the glorious “Show” thread. I see no “Mama, You Sweet. “
After checking the 308 set lists that have been documented on setlist.fm, “Mama, You Sweet” has been performed 3 times:

http://www.setlist.fm/stats/lucinda-williams-bd6b1f2.html

Mama You Sweet

The Blue Note, Columbia, MO, USA on June 15, 2009
Saranac Brewery, Utica, NY, USA on July 25, 2007
Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA, USA on July 22, 2007

@punchdrunklove wrote:

mama you sweet, i guess. but i’d never ask her to perform it, because it seems like such an emotional song, and i respect that.

“Mama, You Sweet’ was pulled out of the archives, pdl, during the Lu & Doug dynamic duo tour as well as “Fancy Funeral” the same evening.

I do not recall Mama You Sweet being played on this past tour. I do recall it being played in Lafayette, LA when Blake M. was in the band. It was a very different version with a lot of great guitar effects. I remember thinking that it should be played more but it never quite made it back. As punchdrunklove correctly notes it is a very personal song and one she has to be in the right mood to sing-that’s probably why it made it to the setlist in Lafayette.

On a sidebar -as I was typing this I remembered that West was Blake’s favorite Lucinda record and it dawned on me that he had great ideas for some of those songs. I am particularly recalling a stunning version of Where Is My Love from the second night at Park West in Chicago–that was a great show in general.