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@illbeyou wrote:

Real Love
Tears of Joy
Ventura
Crescent City
Concrete and Barbed Wire
Jailhouse Tears
if Wishes were Horses
Little Rock Star
Come On
Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Honey Bee
Atonement
Unsuffer Me
Joy
ENCORE
Rarity
I Live My Life
It’s a Long Way to the Top

I have to disagree with howa. From where I sat in the 4th row, I heard enthusiastic applause from an electrified crowd. I thought Lucinda and her band put on an outstanding show. I anticipated a low-key, mellow Sacramento crowd and was worried that Lucinda would get a bad vibe and play accordingly. She really seemed to enjoy herself. I thought her new songs were outstanding and well-received.

She really seemed to enjoy herself until Rarity fell apart. The crowd tried to encourage her, but she got really angry, saying, “Welcome to our rehearsal,” and scowled her way through the last 2 songs.

Besides her new tunes, I really liked hearing Crescent City, (dedicated to the people of New Orleans) Ventura, and Concrete and Barbed Wire.

Thanks illbeyou for actually posting a setlist in the midst of all this. Too bad “Rarity” didn’t come good; though Lucinda was probably on target to call it a “rehearsal,” the band has played it live before, albeit awhile back, certainly not on this tour. I envy (along with the wind of course) your getting to hear “If Wishes Were Horses” live, in full. Those three you mention in your last paragraph are tour debuts I think, plus three or so others.

Anybody make Bend? Could the Arcata poster reconstruct the setlist, maybe partially at least?

Many happy returns as regards the marriage, PSweets–I envision the strains of the Neil Young cover in the background the moment you actually popped the question, and hope yours is a Cinammon Girl for the rest of your life.

Thanks, Lefty: as Paul pointed out, it was a pretty easy task to transpose and repaste the San Diego list for Saratoga night. I damn near hollered out “Overtime” at a certain point just to see if we couldn’t have 100% identical setlists, but restrained myself.

“Disgusted” is a Li’l Son Jackson tune.

It’s hot as hell in southern Oregon. I’ll try to post.

Thanks wgordon for these good notes. Did Lucinda abandon “Fruits of My Labor” and do “Right in Time” instead (maybe you just decided to put them on the same line)? Did you put “sic” after 2 Kool. . . because of a misspelling or because she started it over, or just what? These may seem minor, except to Luheads. . . .

Anybody make it to Red Rocks?

“I’ll be yours/Lafayette”–regardless of gender. Thanks for posting all this. And hopefully you’ll be going on the road a bit for some Lu headliners after the Mellencamp run ends in early August?

Thanks, Lafayette, for this link and for your comments about Lucinda and the crowd in Michigan. Will we be hearing from you after the Cincinnati show as well?

Thanks, Tim. I’ll take a “minor” meltdown anyday over some of the [major?] ones of yore, though I can’t say I’ve witnessed the low end. That cough syrup anecdote is priceless, and the bee in Doug’s shirt vs. the choking on a bug by Lu issue tops it all. I agree partially with you on the number of new songs per set, though since she’s mainly opening these tour dates, with limited time, I certainly understand her wanting to trot out a half dozen or so new ones in a full (which can mean anywhere from 15-25 songs) set. Looking forward to Atlanta in this regard.

And yes, where is our west coast blanket guy to give us an up close and personal report?

That’s cool that you discovered Lucinda via Mellencamp’s cover choice, then took it on as your user name. Yes, some have been unhappy over this tour pairing, but it seems to be going well. Keep us in the loop.