Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Hey June Bug. My girlfriend is named “June”. All Junes I’ve ever met are wonderful people, I love that name.
The Greendale show in Camden was great besides the incident described. Lucinda had a little issue at one point. She stopped Drunken Angel and abandoned it, don’t know why (sounded good to me!). June and I saw one from the front row, the recent tour w/ Charlie Louvin, a good show.
My favorite Lucinda show so far was at the Mann Center in Philly—it was brutally hot, but a killer show. That was some band (w/ Taras P., Jim Christie, and Doug P.), seeing it ON like that was unforgettable.
Lucinda can have those issues anywhere and when headlining too. We saw the sold-out Radio City show and she seemed to get very upset that some people front row center got up and left, it rattled her. It didn’t ruin the show or anything but beyond the first row, in the dark was a sold-out Radio City filled w/ rabid fans.
I think her fans accept that she is not an “act” in the classic sense, she’s not “showbiz”. Like Dylan, you take yr chances, because you love the songs so much you want to see them performed live. Dylan’s playing in Aug near me in Asbury Park at Convention Hall—very excited about that.
Seeing an artist that has enriched your life is almost always worthwhile, right? And JM might be a fantastic live act and well worth seeing.
…reminds of the joke: Drummer says to singer, “how do you want it this time? Too fast or too slow?”
😀I have to say, having been at the Neil Young Greendale show in scenic Camden NJ, Pitbull’s right. Many people wandered around largely ignoring Lucinda’s set, it was like seeing a show in a bus terminal.
AND, a Philly “classic rock” station was blasting y’know “classics”, like Mellencamp and Fleetwood Mac etc, from a “party” tent in the courtyard adjacent to the ampitheater (sp?) DURING her set and clearly audible to about 1/2 the seats. When I grabbed an usher and asked him to cut out that junk so we could hear Lucinda he said he couldn’t do that.
I vowed never to return to this shed and we moved up to the first section for Lu’s set.
Of course I agree, to each his own, but to see an artist of Lucinda William’s creative stature open for JCM is a bit like Hendrix opening for the Monkees…
still, it might be a killer show, I might be wishing I’da went. Have fun if yr going.
