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Hmh, she didn’t play “You Can’t Rule Me” night one–indeed, there were zero songs from the newest record. But thanks for the post.
I’m a bit shaky on Canadian geography myself, tony, so los d can clarify. Could be Sask, could be Vancouver–plus Ottawa is in there, though a good deal further from Oakland. Clearly, folks are happy that Lu is back.
Thanks man, couldn’t make the big H, but count on me X 2 in Louisiana. Any setlist fm action for Houston?
Good work, seangod. Tunes four and eight from night two are good preps for what we might get tonight at House of Blues. . . .
Whew, no tour debuts on the Stoger’s [non]watch. Car Wheels-heavy though, always good to see. I trust our Lu ignored any tornado sirens.
No, I’m elsewhere. I mean, don’t do anything unsafe, but I hope you and the missus can enjoy our Lu as planned.
My apologies for the thumbprint in the vicinity of the driver’s seat. . .
1 Steal Your Love
2 Something Wicked
3 Protection
4 People Talkin’
[Lu excuses herself and walks off stage for about 6-7 minutes, saying she needs some oxygen: the boys noodle along all the while, including some harmonica from Stu, some keys from Jim]5 Are You Down [obvious setlist alteration: Lu sits, calling this version a “chair dance” and talking about high altitude cities afterward, with her apologies]
6 Lake Charles [especially emotional intro]
7 Jackson [!!!]
8 Fruits of My Labor [stands up again during]
9 Big Black Train
10 Stolen Moments
11 You Can’t Rule Me
12 Real Live Bleeding. . .[Lu contrasts the words of the title with “being dead,” suggesting the former is preferable]
13 Pray the Devil Back to Hell [seated again]
14 Essence [seated]
15 Honeybee [stands once more: she ends it and immediately starts talking about the “damn altitude” again, has to be whisked off stage after the band has already left–obviously, she thinks there’s more to be done in the main set]
_______________________________________________16 Blessed
17 RighteouslyParker, you good for OKC?
Whew: sorry to keep hundreds (dozens? tens?) of you waiting, but . . The main set was the EXACT same one as Boulder. No variations. I can’t be bothered typing those titles again, so. . .
16 Rock and Roll Shoes
17 Righteously
18 JoyI believe this was the first three-song encore of the tour, so there’s your novelty right there.
A GA club called Washington’s called up a grungy edifice in my mind, but it was sleek, modern–and literally boasted stain glass of our first US president. Damn near cut down a cherry tree after that. Also, this was, by far, the most mask-insistent venue of the whole tour. I kind of thought things were trending in the other direction. . . .
Lu dropped some lyrics during “Can’t Let Go,” but elements of the crowd kept singing!
She started “People Talkin'” over midstream, mumbling something like “I’ll hear about my mistakes afterwards.”
Lu pronounced the band a “tight little unit,” and she was right– more so than in Boulder.
I cannot tell a lie, I will miss this tour after tonight’s Santa Fe gig. Parker in CA (or OK), you may have to step up and do the setlist here.
[Lu walks on stage in an f-word t-shirt, though I can’t quite make out the whole thing]
1 Steal Your Love
2 Can’t Let Go
3 Protection
4 People Talkin’
5 Drunken A
6 Lake Charles [with the longest intro ever, 4+ minutes: Lu makes a sharp distinction between whole wheat crackers and Saltine crackers, then fields a question from the audience about spelling. She thinks it’s “b_o_u_d_o_i_n” but she’s not sure. This leads to a disquisition on alternative French spellings of the New Orleans street her mother lived on, then the high school she attended. The boys are patient]
7 Fruits of My Labor
8 Big Black Train
9 Stolen Moments
10 Are Y Down
11 You Can’t Rule Me
12 Out of Touch
13 Pray the Devil…
14 Essence
15 Honeybee
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16 Righteously
17 BlessedNot much to “embellish,” though it was a solid show. As “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” was ending, Lu added some spoken words, as if she was addressing ol’ Satan not in the third person of the title, but directly in the second person. As Flannery O’Connor has a younger female character say to her elder in the short story “Revelation,” “Go back to hell where you came from, you old wart hog.” Harrumph!
Clever concept this “tour debut” business, backstreets: I’ll take an assist with that, and credit Tom Overby too–you remember, Mr. Inside Job from the earlier years (decades?) of this Forum.
How’s it hangin’, Tony? Retirement pleasing you?
