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@Tim wrote:

Stoger; I was wondering about that myself. She’s playing in MI and then is scheduled to play in Greenfield the next night. Knowing that Lucinda does not like to fly, it may not be possible to make that gig. She’s being advertised as the headliner of the festival; hopefully if she can’t make it, the festival people will let people know that.

And I think Greenfield is even AFTERNOON rather than night. . .

@Tim wrote:

Thank you for the info, Inside Job. Great news about the headlining tour.

I second Tim’s kudos to “Inside Job.” Whether or not he wears a “suit” from day to day is of no interest to me; he seems to be the best member of Lu’s “management team” in awhile now. Though pit bulls may not care, I’m sure there will be several summer headlining shows in addition to the Mellencamp dates–which seem themselves to be more of a natural pairing than some sort of strategic career move. I for one applaud the summer schedule ahead.

@Lefty wrote:

“…secondary markets in the Northeast…” has got me written all over it!
😀

Yeah, Lefty, better “secondary” markets in that neck of the woods than “primary” ones ‘cross country which reserve the best seats for the beautiful people, e.g., Humphreys by the Bay, San Diego. Still, I’m pondering the trip. Does anyone find it curious that High Road Touring and Pollstar have this event listed for the first Thursday in September, while Ticketmaster and Humphrey’s own website are saying last Tuesday in August? Hmh. And what of Milwaukee SummerFest? Pre-Tim McGraw or [hopefully] separate from? Let’s hope that info on Lowell and Medford is accurate, however attained. Here’s to Live Lu in ’08. . . .

Thanks: as much as I enjoy “definitive” wardrobe descriptions among members of Lu’s audiences, I enjoy setlists more. Fewer than 200 people? Let’s hope the UK can top that. Quelque francais en “Crescent City,” n’est pas?

Thanks, Tim, for posting the link to the review. It was fairly run-of-the-mill, but not inaccurate. Good to see the songbook being associated with the “meticulous” rather than with the cheating or the unprofessional. Louvin more than “joined her” for the encore; they did one of his songs plus “Get Right. . .” I think a different Fats Domino song, “Honeychild,” will be on this tribute release, rather than “I Live My Life.” And for my money, “Honeybee” wasn’t “loud” ENOUGH!

Complete Fayetteville setlist:

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Pineola
The Night’s Too Long
Fancy Funeral
People Talkin’
Can’t Let Go
Jailhouse Tears
Overtime
2 Kool 2 B 4 Gotten
Honeybee
I Live My Life
Joy
_______________________
Words
Ode to Billie Joe
When I Stop Dreaming
Get Right with God

Thanks Paul, I know you monitor those European ticket outlets in similar ways to your stateside checks; no doubt you had your finger on the pulse of multiple dates before “Inside Job” (dare I use the initials JR instead) broke the news. Can you say Turkey Dinner in Dublin just prior to the tour finale. . . .

I’m kind of glad “Underwhelmed” is “done,” but I thought I would provide a few correctives nonetheless, hopefully in a rational, civil manner. I’m assuming this person also joined message boards such as the Old 97’s and Jessie Sykes to give one-off feedback for their sets. I mean, why bother when your motive for attending is either Ryan Adams or the atmosphere–both valid reasons for buying a ticket, I might add. Can you not maintain a kind of wise silence in lieu of the drivel posted here?

Quoting the lyrics of “are You Alright” in full? Why? And I believe I will go with the Robert Christgau verdict on this tune, rather than Underwhelmed’s verdict.

I heard no booing, certainly no “hissing” or “jabbering.” From my first row left perch, I could detect a certain restlessness immediately behind me and perhaps further up, but no booing at any point. People had been on hard bleacher seats for hours. Of course some of us felt Adams would be the penultimate act, Lucinda the finale. Given that that wasn’t so, fine, but show some respect to the build-up toward the headliner.
An “hour and a half” of your life wasted? Come on.

“Nearly everyone was bored,” hunh? Did you do an aural or person to person questionnaire up the many many tiers to the top of this beautiful venue? Why these generalizations, even conceding your own boredom. Sure the first six songs were subtle, ballad-like. The one coughing interruption was unfortunate, but didn’t mar things ultimately. Lucinda doesn’t need you to be “embarrassed” for her, let me assure you. After the transition song “Right in Time,” the rest of the set rocked, but I guess boredom had set in permanently by then.

Complaints about the lyric book and about Lucinda supposedly being wasted are almost useless without the context of her other shows, and the shows of other performers. I would say both in a relative and an absolute sense that these were non-issues at Red Rocks, no muffed lyrics, no slurred words–or very minimally, neglible.

Lucinda in her “heydey” was a more nervous performer, but unless you have some context to compare past and present, please don’t.

“Prepubescent” as an adjective to describe Lucinda’s lyrics? I think it might apply in another sense to the start of this posting stream. See Time magazine and the Grammy-award commmittees. Jesus.

I for one hope I am not a Lucinda right or wrong person. I can take criticism of her, have been known to dish it out. But like Pittsburgh, I felt the need to try to balance things out here. Thanks to others too.

Passionate Kisses [solo]
Pineola
Drunken Angel
Lake Charles
Fruits of My Labor
2 Kool 2 B 4 Gotten
Righteously
Crescent City
Come On
Essence
Unsuffer Me
Disgusted
Still I Long for Your Kiss
Joy [with CC Adcock and Anne McCue]
ENCORE:
Everything Has Changed
Bus to Baton Rouge
Come to Me Baby [with CC Adcock]
Get Right with God [with CC Adcock and Anne McCue]