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Glad to see you’re using topline research tools, Lefty. I read somewhere, the latest Gram Parsons bio I think, that McGuinn changed his first name due to some kind of mystical Eastern religious connotation in “Roger,” but I doubt my Baptist parents had that in mind in the era of my nativity. Greetings yourself: Miss your name on the moderator line, but that tntracy guy seems to know his way around the job pretty well.

Many benefit concerts for flood victims in Nashville these days, yes David. Lafayette, can’t believe your choice in entertainment for the evening: Ha! Yes, Billy Block made a big deal of the show being streamed live, which might be the case every Tuesday. The show will shift from 12th & Porter to a venue called the Tin (Ten?) Something soon. Vaughan worked his magic, though Sara Petite got only seven or so songs in. The appearance of Anne McCue as the lone side[wo]man for Jill King later in the evening was even more welcome. 12th & Porter has gone through a lot of permutations since the days of Allison Moorer recording her DVD there and the likes of Chuck Prophet gracing the main room, but it’s on its way back. Rumor has it it was one of the likeliest clubs for a Lu-spotting when she lived in middle TN.

Yes, Paul, I’ve examined them from a Southern/Eastern perspective too–and three-figure prices reign for both Nashville Ryman and Atlanta Fox. Not even the prospect of encountering former Lu audio whiz Mark Humphries around Neil’s sound board will be enough to get me out for Mr. Young solo acoustic, I’m afraid. As for Winery and No Depression fest, yessir.

Yes, but there’s erstwhile Lu opening acts Alejandro Escovedo and Chuck Prophet that day too, provided one arrives in the afternoon. Four full days before I have to be back at work, and I may be on the west coast (Saratoga) anyway, hmh……

@paul_from_losangeles wrote:

This morning, the Mountain Winery announced its summer concert series. Lucinda Williams is listed as the performer for Wednesday evening, August 18, with special guest, Robert Earl Keen, starting at 7:30 PM. The Mountain Winery is an outdoor, reserved seat venue, in the foothills of Saratoga, California, near San Jose.

You can verify this listing from the Mountain Winery or Live Nation websites.

Note that the “yelp” reviews of the Mountain Winery have some very negative comments regarding this facility. Parking is now $15 for carpools, $20 without a carpool. There is an extremely strict music curfew at 10:30 PM, with plugs being pulled on famous performers. There is a 20 minute intermission between acts: do the math, and don’t expect a Lucinda marathon. Also, be prepared for a tedious drive on a winding road, entering and exiting.

Yo Paul, do you think that together we would constitute a “carpool?” I’d be willing to go seven and a half bucks to sit on your Passenger Side [early Wilco reference for David-in-M] while you navigate those torturous winding roads upward. Yeah, it’s a drag. I’ve rented cars out of both Oakland and San Jose for this venue; there’s no avoiding it to get to Saratoga. Nary a hotel within striking distance either–four-star or otherwise. Saratoga Village does have a youth hostel, doubt we’re eligible there though. At any rate, here’s to High Road for starting the ball rolling. . . .

And it might be worth adding that in the “Artists’ Picks” series marketed through Starbucks some years back, both an Anne McCue song (“These Things”) and a Leonard Cohen song (the one about the raincoat) appear on the disc selected by Lucinda.

Don’t know the answer to that, but Lu’s “protege” Anne McCue saw Cohen (he’s mentioned by name in Anne’s great song “Stupid,” which is on some Americana samplers and a Folk compilation series, as well as on her record Roll) the other week in Nashville and was bowled over. Anne noted a caveat, however: “Nashville was the only city on the tour where the show did not sell out.”