MACCA

@Ray wrote:

This was one of the best, maybe the best show I’ve seen. First of all, it was flawless. No false starts, no confusion, no lyric questions, lucinda barely even looked at “the book.” Not that that matters! But, just to set the tone, start to finish, it was perfection. The band was in top form. The acoustics were incredible, the audience was in rapture. Lucinda seemed to immediately like the “intimate” venue, and seemed at home on a college campus (mentioning her father, and growing up around college settings). Here’s the set list:

Rescue
Fruits of my labor
are you allright (mentioned imus, and viet vet again)
Fancy Funeral ( long, lucid explanation of her mothers funeral — she said she probably could get a few more songs –and some short stories — out of the experience)
People Talkin
Are you down

then she changed the tone, made a (self-effacing) joke about the folk song shit, and said, “fuck art, lets dance!”

Rightously
Come On
Honey Bee
Joy (with Riders)
I live My Life (fats)
Disgusted (tribute to delta blues)
Unsuffer me

a powerful, moving encore:
Marching the hate machines
and a crosby, stills, nash? or buffalo springfied? song (I’m embarrassed, I can’t think of the title now, we all know it…help!)

Every song was great, she was at her best, the audience was leaning forward in their seats most of the night. Several standing ovations during the show.

What a way to go into new york…. 8)

Charlie was wonderful again too. No Lu/Charlie duet, though.

It’s a Buffalo Springfield song. “For what it’s worth’ I was there last night too. It’s only my 5th or 6th show but it’s the first time I ever saw her rock hard! She’s never the same, I’ll give her that.