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@Lefty wrote:
Received my tickets in the mail last week from the State Theatre, buffa. Not sure why it isn’t listed here… 😕
P.S. – Welcome to the Forum. 🙂
Holy Nabokov-at-Cornell, Lefty, you inspired me to consult High Road by way of cross reference: many NE/MidAtlantic late summer goodies, though damn these early-start semester calendars in my case. One of the shows is even in a city where I once saw the otherwise California-bound TonyG. Some serious planning is in store once I land back on American shores later this week.
@tonyg wrote:
Perhaps she spoke of James Trussart, Monsieur S.?
Yes; you gear guy and craftsman Tony. I was thinking Toussant for some reason:
@keeslandvreugd wrote:
Great show at a festival in Eindhoven last night. Only didn’t like it that so many people left the venue during the show. Great accoustics, Lu her voice was outstanding and great guitar playing from her buddy:
1. cant let go
2. Just wanted to see you..
3. West Memphis
4. I lost it ….
5. Cant close the door…
6. Ghosts
7. When I look at the world.
8. Lake Charles
9. Druinken Angel
10. Bitter memories
11. Essence
12. Three days
13. Change the locks..
14. Magnolia
15. Passionate kissesGood work Kees–we should mention that this was officially The Naked Song Festival (try flashing that ticket stub around your office water cooler soon). Yes, folks walked out. I did appreciate the small “dancing” area in front of row one, though I chose to sit (yes, in row one). And from now on I address Stuart as “buddy,” for sure for sure.
I failed to mention that Matt Blake opened in London and will again in Paris. This is a man who doesn’t fool, obviously, with provincial capitals or second tier cities. Rome, Mr. Blake?
Not much to add to the listing. Perhaps because of curfew memories from the UK, Lu said little. Eleven and fourteen were granted requests, odd for our Lu these days. First time Essence was a duo–she claimed she liked it, and it did sound fine.
Lu as a non-headliner? I fled the premises quicker even than UnionCurfewChapel, but a fine evening. Very light outdoors at 21:20. Dirk D again at 20:00 sharp tonight.
Yeah, you rightly mention her intros and the hard 10:30 curfew, Andy. Despite a note being routed to her on stage between Bitter M and Drunken A (presumably to cut one song or at least hurry up the pace), Lu’s intro of Joy was a good 3 minutes, all you wanted to know about Betty LAVette and more. Also both Frank Stanford and Clyde Woodward got extended bios before their songs. At another point Lu segued wildly between mid 80’s Elektra Records exec Peter Philbin and Sissy Spacek’s performance as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter–I think to make a point about onstage breakdowns.
No, the venue didn’t pull the plug a la that 10:30 Saratoga Winery debacle, nor did Lu rant against labor unions stifling her creativity (Beacon in NYC per 11 p.m. curfew), but the stage manager was not pleased there was even an encore at all, retreating to the back scowling when they walked back on about 28 after. Green-shirted security guy Andy, her right hand man, was cooler. The purpose of the curfew was not of course to urge us out the building doors, far from it. The houselights were up by the time Lu’s heels left the stage,then a blaring announcement about join us for drinks at the bar. So this is a venue which not only separates its sacred space (church) from its booze site upstairs, but one which enforces an arbitrary curfew in which guzzling pints is privileged over multiple encore tunes from a multiple Grammy winner. Ok, but some of us might honor both. I was out the door and buying beverages a block away by 10:37.
@vmorris wrote:
“seat nemesis,” indeed, stoger. That’s outrageous. As I recall, there was a similar interloper at the Ryman show (white-haired photographer dude). We could write a manifesto on concert etiquette.
Oh, that Ryman guy was like a Mensa/gifted/Rockefeller award winner compared to the Utrecht goofball. Thanks all for commenting.
@Lafayette wrote:
I do believe Lu and said front woman of Riff Raff met on the high seas.
Apparently, she has been covering “People Talkin'” for several years. This version from “Day of the Dead,” 9th ward in NOLA in 2011.
https://vimeo.com/32944400
I saw them open for Amos Lee in Louisville a few years ago.
all good and new info to me, lafayette, thanks.
1 Can’t Let Go
2 Pineola
3 Car Wheels
4 West Memphis
5 Those 3 Days
6 Can’t Close the Door on Love
7 Ghosts of (solo)
8 If There’s a Heaven (solo)
9 When I Look at the World (solo)
10 Lake Charles
12 House of Earth
13 Something Wicked
14 Bitter memory
15 Drunken Angel
16 Doors of Heaven
17 Changed the Locks
18 Honeybee
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19 Stop Breakin’ Down
20 Get Right
21 Blessed
22 A change is Gonna comedetails soon.
A segment of the audience started cheering immediately at the opening strains of “Those 3 Days.” In front of “If there’s a Heaven,” Lu waxed geneological, noting her “mixed Welsh and German”ancestry. This gave her an opportunity to describe her grandmother’s domestic details, rituals, and attire at great length; then she turned etymological, noting that the surname “Muller”(where’s the German umlaut on this Dutch keyboard when I need it?) was once in the family, yielding her father’s first name eventually. “Lake Charles”gave her a chance to compare Louisiana boudan to German sausage. As for the Guthrie song, she went on and on about Amos Lee’s theory (take note Lafayette) that the title “House of Earth” referenced a woman’s vagina. Except it took Lu some seconds to pronounce that word, after suggesting she maybe shouldn’t utter it–then counter suggesting that she should maybe use a less clinical term. The upshot seemed to be she felt freer to speak from stage in Europe. Trouble ensued though during ‘HOneybee,” which Lu said sounded awful in the monitors on stage. After a couple of false starts, she said “now people will say I’m moody, temperamental, a pain in the ass.” Stuart actually laughed at this, but Mama was not mirthful. She got through it, took a longer than usual pre-encore break, then smilingly nailed the final two covers and two originals.
Dirk (last name to come) from Hamburg was a great opener and will also open other 3 German shows. I bought his CD, and I saw him give one to Lu. He had the audience in stitches between numbers, but I could only catch “Lucinda” and later “Hello my name is Johnny Cash.” the songs were in English of course; though born in Hamburg and now back there, his formative years were spent (take note dd) in the state of New Jersey.
I ended up seated next to the promoter, who told me the Stones had played here, also the Beatles. Willie Nelson fairly recently. It wasn’t full, but it was respectable last night–and not as huge a capacity as you might think, given the names who’ve played it. And it really does function as a circus from December to March. I guess the Chippendales are the transition show (November).
Good to see Matt Blake, also guitar tech Justin, tour manager Chris, and Tom of course. Stuart rocked.
1 Disgusted [Li’l Son Jackson]
2 Stop Breaking Down [Robert Johnson]
3 Motherless Children [Blind Pearlie Brown]
4 Hard Time Killing floor Blues [Skip James]
5 Down the Big Road Blues [Mattie Delaney]
6 Nothin’ in Ramblin’ {Memphis Minnie]
7 Nobody’s Fault but Mine [Blind Willie Johnson][wild and wacky q-a interlude]
8 Doors of Heaven
9 West Memphis
10 If There’s a Heaven
11 Ghosts of Highway 20
12 Ain’t Got No Home. . .
13 Lake Charles
14 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road15 Joy
16 Get Right with GodMany, many comments both in front of songs and during q and a. As Lu herself put it, “they’ll be talking about this one for awhile.”
@Lafayette wrote:
Is anyone attending this event?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-lucinda-williams-tickets-25330341734
A radio station in OK is giving away 2 tickets. Enter here:
https://kosu.secureallegiance.com/kosu/WebModule/Survey.aspx?P=DRIVETX&PAGETYPE=SUR&CHECK=2qV8%2BwTYSWp2dnagIaIbrD3U%2BmjNX7mU
Holy Okie!
I think JD’s comments suggest we should NOT assume SM will be on board next tour. I have no definite info to back this up, but hints and portents tell me Lu and Stu are semi-permanent, exclusive.
@marclaff wrote:
There is a date for Paris on the first of july : L’Alhambra
Pleasantly, the L’Alhambra website lists the July 1 show as “Jazz/Blues”. . . .
@DDinNJ wrote:
Thank you, West Words. Great set list, and guests. Sounds like FF was well represented?
Yes, “music lover” and “railroad” swelled the ranks, plus myself, “Lafayette”, “vmorris” and “west words.” Lillie Mae Rische, Frank Rische, and Marla Booker were among the musicians in attendance–the former two had to cut out early to make their 10 a.m. set at Layla’s, well attended by some of the above. Wish Jersey had been there.
My pleasure (and duty, and burden) Sidmo. Let’s see you fill in the blanks.
1 Pineola
2 Can’t Let Go
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4 DrunkenAngel
5 West Memphis
7 Doors of Heaven
8 Real Live Bleeding
9 Are Y Down
10 Changed the Locks
11 Essence
12 Righteously
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14 Honeybee
15 Joy
16 Get Right with God
