stoger

Craig Amason rocks, and I’ve spoken vaguely to him about this possibility, sugar. Heaven on earth (but maybe book it in a month other than July?)

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. . .

@alsoblessed wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. I enjoyed reading other folks’ reports, so I thought I’d share as best as I could.

Stoger adds some nice details. (But if you want to see the Old Confederacy personified, you need to drive down Monument Avenue…Lee…Jackson…they’re all there, literally larger than life.)

I’m guessing punchdrunk’s comment refers to the fact that these songs aren’t done often? (Here’s where my “casual fan” status leaves me ill-informed.) Funny you should pick those out because I thought Steal Your Love was one of the two or three best songs of the night. Great delivery from Lu, followed with Blake and Butch feeding off each other bringing the song to a crescendo.

Now what’s this about the show being filmed???

I’m guessing that final Macon show, especially, will be awesome. Enjoy.

Yes, the show was filmed by a production company whose name we might be hearing more of in the future (and we recognize from the album allusion now). As I understand it, this is the same outfit which filmed the Ann Arbor Ark solo show last spring, 5 people in Richmond with the ringleader being a Richmond resident. For what purpose, not sure yet, but we gave “consent” to be part of it by entering, according to a tiny sign over the box office. Maybe we’ll show up on celluloid.

So is Arthur Ashe memorialized with the Richmond heroes too?

Anybody see ex-Long Ryder, ex-Jayhawk Stephen McCarthy at the National show? He supposedly lives in Richmond and was hanging out after.

Tom has nailed the evening so well there’s little to add here. “Hyacinth Girl” got the title track of Car Wheels, with a great intro speaking of learning to read and write (first and second grades) in Macon, plus the narrative of hearing Blind Pearlie Brown downtown. Lucinda genuinely was moved to be back in this part of the country.

Special shout-out to Susan from Sandersville, Forum “lurker” extraordinnaire: nice conversation afterwards about past shows and past lead guitar players. Middle Georgia rocks.

Only one upcoming show listed, sad to say. . .

Good report, alsoblessed. The Richmond show was filmed by “Gravel Road Productions.” Truly a fine night in this last run through the Old Confederacy (I in fact passed the intersection of Jefferson Davis Avenue on my way to the downtown venue).

A few additions: Lu called “Buttercup” the “final chapter” in the bad boy saga. She misidentified “Reason to Cry” as being from Sweet Old World but corrected that afterwards. “Ugly Truth” and “SIde of the Road” were back-to-back duos with Blake, a first I think. “Little Rock Star” was dedicated to Amy Winehouse, who was said to have “partially inspired” it. “Real Live…” was said to be the “better alive than dead” song within the sex, drugs, and rock n roll subgenre.

On to a deeper South. . .

Yeah, a baker’s dozen is a bit on the light side, so let’s hope Montclair (curfew-less?) and Beacon (Union-compliant, to a tee) will yield a more bountiful crop. Lafayette, you called “Little Angel, Little Brother,” but either one gig early or one too late, forgot which. Was “Blessed” solo for the duration, as lwj implies (haven’t looked on YouTube)? At any rate, the tour marches on. . . .

@tntracy wrote:

As I am also in recovery mode, here is “just the setlist, ma’am”. More later…

Can’t Let Go
Crescent City
I Lost It
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Fruits Of My Labor
Copenhagen
World Without Tears
Born To Be Loved
Buttercup
Essence (aborted about halfway through due to Lu getting one of those “tickles in your throat that when they happen, there’s not a damn thing you can do about it”)
Righteously
Changed The Locks
Joy
Essence (“Take 2!  Take 2!”)
Honey Bee
______________________________

Blessed
Get Right With God
For What’s It Worth

Tom

P.S. For the first time during the Amos Lee co-bills, Lu made a guest appearance during Amos’ set to sing with him on “Clear Blue Eyes”. As Lu was being introduced, I do believe I heard a distinct “THUMP” echoing across the pavilion as Lafayette passed out in excitement / “stroking-ness”… 😉

Brilliant reconstruction of the setlist, tntracy–feel like I was there!

True, Paul, not a rock n roll show–not that there’s anything wrong with those. A Knoxvillian named Ian was the “external” opener, had just started in fact when I spied Bill Chambers in a cowboy hat in the lobby and was able to allude to his Bowery opener. He said he was still opening “some” on this tour.

Not only did Kasey reference our Lu twice, she called her an “absolute hero” and mentioned wanting to become a singer-songwriter based on Lu’s opening set for Rosanne Cash in Australia when Kasey was 14. Then Lu returned Down Under to promote the Sweet Old World tour, amazing Kasey that she did not play the title track that particular night.

The Bijou Theatre (“entertaining Knoxville since 1909”) has a nice wall sign listing past luminaries; Lucinda’s name is right next to Montgomery Clift’s in the honor roll! Not quite the individual engraved stars outside the 1st Ave. Minn. venue, but nice.

We got “On a Bad Day” last night, fine live backup vocals from fiddler Ashley, but a bit shy of the studio version mark, if you get my drift.

Bill Chambers was excellent, particularly on lead vocal work for the Gram Parsons cover “Still Feeling Blue.”

Kasey played “the pregnancy card” and was seated for most songs, yes.

I must say some of her patter and jokes haven’t altered much in a decade’s time. That “bicycle seat” business goes back at least till 2001 when I first saw her, and the “fox hunter” narrative predates that, I’d say.

Little Bird was available at Merch, probably should have bought it. I’d say she only played 3-4 new ones, though.

So how wonderful to hear Kasey practically right across the street from my first encounter with her voice, May 24, 2001. Bringing it all back home, indeed.