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Hmmm, trafficking in covers in light of a new set of guitar skills/experience (Eric Schermerhorn → Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The The). With this in mind, let’s dig a bit deeper and perhaps tap some cover energy:
1. Cracker: Euro Trash Girl
2. New Riders of the Purple Sage: Panama Red
3. Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
4. The Kinks: Celluloid Heroes
5. Van Morrison: Wavelength
6. Bruce Springstein: Thunder Road
7. Grateful Dead: Shakedown Street
8. Prince: Purple Rain (done newgrass style)
9. Yes: Long Distance Runaround (done newgrass style)
10. Nick Lowe: (What’s so Funny ‘bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding@TOverby wrote:
I checked Ray’s other shows and he is playing many of the same venues Lucinda plays and they are not sold out either- and for the record, with the couple I checked his ticket prices were higher. In fact the only shows that are sold out are the Portland ones.
p.s. The Calvin is all but sold out at $38 for RL (a mitt full of tickets upstairs and scattered singles down) with only 1/3 of the entire house sold for LWs at $43. Not good and I agree with you–people going out to see shows is excellent and beneficial to many people and businesses alike… It’s a downer when sales are off, for sure and I don’t have to tell you that…
@TOverby wrote:
DIm Fu I simply want to know–as David Letterman asked Rod Blagocevich the other night on his show
“Why in the hell are you here?”Interesting question, TO, and allow me to answer it without name-calling or dogma or harassment-type, finger-thumping-of-the chest statements. Why the FU–is it that bad? Here are a few reflections for you:
1) LWs music is much different today than it was before the CWOGR era. A simple listen will provide enough evidence of this.
2) After her tour with Jim Lauderdale and Kenny Vaughn, her live sound shifted albeit slowly, towards the hard-rocking sound that is reflected now. I remember Bo Ramsey (Charlie Sexton, too) having a hard time making sense of it all with DP doing a terrific job mediating the live shows as a bandleader of sorts. I simply miss the LWs sound that made LWs, LWs, that’s all. The Side of the Road and am I too Blue for You and the Out of Touch LWs. Do I expect LWs music to morph and grow. Of course. Do I want the past to be merged with the present like so many artists do, of course I do (e.g. Elvis Costello, Bill Kirchen, Jim Lauderdale, The Flatlanders, Asleep at the Wheel and Willie and the Wheel, Willie Nelson, Old Crow Medicine Show, David Byrne, Susan Tedeschi, Ani Difranco, Prince, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, the classic Don Walser, Steep Canyon Rangers, and so forth).
3) No jollies here just a bit of confidence–enough so to engage with you, her manager who on occasion hits my BS-meter until it goes off and I will challenge the blind fellowship. I can speak directly and intelligently and that is more than OK–regardless of the obvious disconnects between you and some of the forum’s faithful.
4) For example and a question: Why no creative double-billing instead of the B6 ongoing partnership? What’s the platform and thinking here?
5) During the past few years, it seems that album production/touring has over-shadowed the essence of her music–both live and in the studio. That’s my point and that is basically why I am here. It’s harder to find classic LWs in her latest albums. Prince has the same problem although not a fair comparison–he is far more prolific than anyone. Genius does have its liabilities. Ticket sales towards the end of her last tour (The Fillmore’s last two nights) and the current tour are sounding this warning bell as well one would submit.
6) Yeah, I did overshoot the Merrill’s seat count–sorry about that and yes, these are homecoming shows of sorts too so that’s not fair either–I apologize. However, Ray’s european tour is all but sold out and LWs and B6 should easily sell out Concord–I am sure you would agree and are even more bummed than any of us, right?Finally, thanks for having this forum and your participation–you don’t have to do this. Don’t forget/underestimate a few things–some of us are paying attention, some of us can string together 25+ years of fandom, some of us have been around enough to know the largely unknown (front-of-house and back, too). Screaming and finger-thumping won’t change that. Even for those who absolutely love this phase of LWs and B6 there are many of us that long for the kiss of the new meets old. The lonely wail of a lost fiddle being framed by a lap-steel with LWs far-away voice. It’s great to have Keith Richards-like guitar meets Janice Joplin/LWs blues but Happy Woman Blues is still out there Sharp Cutting Wings style…
Honestly, thanks for your participation and questioning,
D–
@TOverby wrote:
While nothing is close to being locked in yet, we are looking seriously at being in Europe in July –possibly starting with a performance at Roskilde Festival.
Are there any ideas of a touring band in terms of real-time personnel?
You are correct and I apologize for the slip! Wow, what a day you had, Tom: You were able to incorporate 12 of the 22 emoticons that are available for your use in this forum! Question, how did you select just the right 12? What criterion did you use to eliminate the other 10 and why? I can only imagine the mindful processes that are involved in such a pursuit! Some emoticons just don’t say the right thing–nothing says cool (or dis’s) like a yellow-smiley-guy with “sunglasses” on, I guess…
p.s. Still 475 tickets available in Concord. Ray Lamontagne sold out two shows in Portland in less than 2-hours (about 6,000 seats) at $43 per ticket. So much for the economy being a reason for low ticket sales…
@tonyg wrote:
Nice try, Steverino.
Correction, there, tonyg: It’s actually Stevarino v. Steverino (probably pronounced “Steve-a-Rino”). Sorry for the pointer however, I find the devil is in the details and/or the sweetest flowers grow closest to the outhouse… No grade given for effort or production!
Hello Steve:
I wish I could say that I appreciate your post however, I wouldn’t be honest if I did. I would like to say that your Dr. Philean approach to your perceptions is a bit, well, bizarre. Anyone can snip-clip Bonnaroo’s lineup although it’s nice that you found this useful. That aside, I would like to remind you that this is indeed a fantasy world where folks write/react with complete strangers around issues that involve complete strangers. I don’t react rather I do my best to engage such fantasy writers when my BS-meter goes off in terms of LWs music, etc. Other people have talked about their BS-meters here and I choose to use mine as well. I am fortunate enough to have been around for years, have not turned down laminates, and enjoy several insights into what is going on. Not a newcomer or cheerleader, though. Although the Grateful Dead is a brilliant star from a distance and hideous up close, I choose to balance the distance with being up close and personal, too. Even if it rubs those who wear rose-colored glasses the wrong way. After all, it’s there rub, not mine–the sweetest meat resides close to the bone…
@illbeyou wrote:
Bombastic? 😉
So, what does this mean–the word “bombastic” and then a “yellow, winking, emoticon?” So many things to say and so many words/ideas going unsaid…
# Lucinda Williams
# Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
# Phish (2 shows)
# Beastie Boys
# Nine Inch Nails
# David Byrne
# Wilco
# Al Green
# Snoop Dogg
# Elvis Costello Solo
# Erykah Badu
# Paul Oakenfold
# Ben Harper and Relentless7
# The Mars Volta
# TV on the Radio
# Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# Gov’t Mule
# Andrew Bird
# Band of Horses
# Merle Haggard
# MGMT
# moe.
# The Decemberists
# Girl Talk
# Bon Iver
# Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate
# Rodrigo y Gabriela
# Galactic
# The Del McCoury band
# of Montreal
# Allen Toussaint
# Coheed & Cambria
# Booker T & the DBTs
# David Grisman Quintet
# Animal Collective
# Gomez
# Neko Case
# Down
# Jenny Lewis
# Santogold
# Robert Earl Keen
# Citizen Cope
# Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
# The Ting Tings
# Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
# Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
# Kaki King
# Grizzly Bear
# King Sunny Ade
# Okkervil River
# St. Vincent
# Zac Brown Band
# Raphael Saadiq
# Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
# Crystal Castles
# Tift Merritt
# Brett Dennen
# Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
# Toubab Krewe
# People Under The Stairs
# Alejandro Escovedo
# Vieux Farka Toure
# Elvis Perkins in Dearland
# Cherryholmes
# Yeasayer
# Todd Snider
# Chairlift
# Portugal. The Man.
# The SteelDrivers
# Midnite
# The Knux
# The Low Anthem
# Delta Spirit
# A.A. Bondy
# The Lovell Sisters
# Alberta Cross
# More Artists to Be Announced!@sjishere wrote:
So, you know what I did? I stopped going to the shows and checking out the website. 😉
As an adult in an adult-like forum, I really am fascinated when other adults use “emoticons (all the smiley faces, etc)” along with other OMG-type/texting terminology to express ideas. Although I might be fascinated, such reflections are valuable as they stand. Simply that.
@tntracy wrote:
After all, before Doug, there was Gurf Morlix, Bo Ramsey, & Kenny Vaughan.
Not sure that BR and KV can be put in the same light as Gurf and Doug, Tom (don’t forget Charlie Sexton stopped in for a bit, too). Bo’s touch on LWs music was very light along with some saying the the relationship between the two boarded on “controversial/confrontational” as well–concerts were tense that’s for sure (let us not forget Bo’s many years with Greg Brown as a contrast to only a few months with LWs). In addition, Kenny’s role was equally short-lived and simply filled the role as touring musician. Without question, Gurf and Doug added much appreciated dimension and backplane to her music from many different perspectives–perhaps most important, they filled the role of bandleader as well. They also brought many years of tenure to LWs so they arguably and intuitively knew how to work with each other. It will be interesting to see where this heads especially in consideration of TOs new role as artist manager. For example, what does this mean to Buick 6 and their new record/recently announced tour opening for LWs? The list could go on…
@Tim wrote:
I think alot of the older fans have a decent sense of what goes on behind the scenes.
It’s true, very true. Many of us “older fans” not only have a decent sense of what goes on behind the scenes but much first-hand knowledge that is far better off being left out of forums/blogs such as this one. Not only does TO viscously take some to task but other participants on this board do as well… It’s not hard to hear a train coming as long as you have an ear on the rail. Glad I didn’t buy tix–sounds like there might be a few available at less than face, unfortunately for LWs…
It was not too, too long ago when Ray Lamontagne was living in Western Maine (voluntarily off the power grid with this family) where he was working and writing. I remember seeing him at a very small room in Portland along with several talent scouts from England and the rest is history. Rightfully so, he took off like a rocket and now is the reluctant leader of a new Dead Head (Phish, DMB, etc) nation. It will be very interesting to see how he helps Ray to interpret his music–I think Doug is as much a band leader as he is a guitar player–he will bring much dimension and talent to Ray’s band–not to mention an awesome collection of guits. I also remember early in Doug’s tenure with LWs when he was playing along with Bo Ramsey. There was obvious friction between Bo and LWs with Doug playing mediator as the tour made its final dates. Being a well-tested road warrior is also a valuable skill. I am looking forward to seeing this tour and listening for Doug as he appears on studio albums from time-to-time as well…
