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@tonyg wrote:
Thanks for the report and the tease. 😮
Hope you are once again warm and unbruised, Tony.
Lake Charles was dedicated to Mary Margaret Moser, who was with Clyde Woodward when he died (in her blurb in the Austin Chronicle this week, Moser mistakenly referenced a new Lu song as “Bittersweet.”) This song ended in a cough, which Lu attributed to Clyde’s ghost (“he’s visited me once or twice”).
Can’t Let Go was dedicated to MN native turned Austinite Randy Weeks.
Metal Firecracker was introduced by Lu saying her memoirs will, in time, reveal the identity of the song’s inspirer. He was “one of my bass player boyfriends,” who apparently once urged her to keep it on the lowdown while touring, then abandoned her shortly after.
The slash mark on the setlist issue was revisited, as Lu played both “Blue” and “I Envy the Wind” when she was supposed to pick one (“all these ballads back to back”). Look for a possible special guest on “Envy” coming up.
Rosie Flores (in house) and Wanda Jackson were invoked in front of “Bitter Memory.” Lu said the “older singer” from the series Nashville will likely sing it before the season is out. Maybe Connie Britten (sp?), from Friday Night Lights? By the way, the frontwoman and her manager seem to be watching that football series on the bus.
Gram Parsons was again mentioned in front of Drunken A.
As for Essence, it was prefaced with “We don’t really need to explain this one all that much. It’s about sex, drugs, and rock n roll.” After it, Lu said “who would have thought we could rock on with just two guitars?”
The whole tribe (x 4) of the Kenneth Brian Band played on “Get Right,” with Lillie Mae Rische adding a sparkling violin part.
@kentmcm wrote:
Wow! What a wonderful show! Lucinda and Doug made magic. I thought their version of “Jailhouse Tears” was much better than the campy version on the album and “Essence” hit a new high. The whole show was a delight.
I think this was something like the set list, but I probably got the sequence scrambled as the card I was scribbling titles on in the dark filled up and I ended up having to rely on memory for order later.
Lake Charles
Can’t Let Go
People Talkin’
Place in my Heart
World without Tears
Metal Firecracker
Am I too Blue
I Envy the Wind
Over Time
Make the World Go Away
Drunken Angel
Bitter Memories
Jailhouse Tears
Joy
Something Wicked this Way Comes
Changed the Locks
Essence
Honey Bee
Crescent City
This Old Guitar
Blessed
Get Right with Godgood job here–and I’ll add more later. “Jackson” should be squeezed in as number four,between “People” and “Place.” The setlist is solid through “Make the World Go Away,” number eleven, though it was “Blue” not “Am I Too Blue” at 8. Then I think you got all the songs, but here is the order: Bitter Memory at 12; Jailhouse; Crescent C; Drunken A; Something W; Essence; Changed; Joy; Honeybee at 20. The three-song encore is correct.
I too was scribbling in the dark at Lu’s sayings:more to add later.
@HappyLuManBlues wrote:
First time poster, long time lurker. Wow. What a show in Big D. The Kessler is fabulous. Lu said it is now one of her favorite venues. On with the Setlist…
Can’t Let Go
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Pineola
Bus To Baton Rouge
Little Angel Little Brother (false start, then Doug switched to pedal steel, beautiful)
Place In My Heart (new song)
Trying To Get To Heaven (Dylan cover, a couple false starts as Lu forgot the chords, worth the wait)
Blue (requested this on Twitter today, so happy she played it!)
Fancy Funeral
Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
Drunken Angel
Something Wickid This Way Comes (new song)
Sweet Side
Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Changed The Locks
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Nothing In Rambling
Joy
Honey Bee
Kiss Like Your Kiss (dedicated to Doug and his wife in honor of their 1 year anniversary)
This Old Guitar (John Denver)
Blessed
Get Right With GodA truly magical night. Now if I could somehow get into Friday’s show. Any extras? I just can’t get enough.
That was a fine report, yes, and I hope somehow you get in to Friday’s show for your efforts here.
A few addenda:
After Pineola, Lu said “we’re covering all the Southern areas tonight.” I later found out that both Frank Stanford’s sister and his niece were in the audience–first time Lu had seen any of them since the funeral (mid-70’s?). The niece lives in Dallas.
Lu deemed “Little Angel” a “good choice” for setlist after finally finishing it; she seemed surprised that Doug moved to pedal steel, but it was mighty fine.
“Place in my Heart” was deemed “ragged,” but Lu is “proud” of it. She made a crack about its similarity to a movie title, causing me to get a Sally Field image 👿 I had trouble erasing.
The false start on the Dylan cover was shrugged off and credited to both Doug and Lu being Aquarius-es. “We help each other,” she continued.
Hank was mentioned a song early, in front of “Fancy Funeral.” She said it was hard to play; upon another false start, she turned to Doug and said “We make a fine pair, don’t we?” Afterwards, she mentioned Uncle Cecil and Aunt Verna, who went against Lu’s mother’s wishes (“She wanted a simple cremation thing”). Lu mentioned the figures of eleven or twelve grand as the funeral costs, noting that she ended up not attending the service in Monroe, LA (“my mother didn’t want to be buried there”). Finally, she compared the situation to Gram parsons and the attempted cremation by his road manager Phil K. [Eric-dont’ get any ideas 😀 ]
Blaze got called a “dumb f _ _ _” in front of Drunken A, and Gram parsons received his second nod of the night.
Tom Overby’s “mind” was credited on “Something Wicked,” for reminding Lu that Shakespeare made the original allusion in the title.
Book pages had to be brought out and added for “Sweet Side,” even though it was on the printed setlist.
“I think the whole country has the blues right now” (Lu in front of the Skip James cover).
Kenneth Brian did a fine six-song opener, with Travis ? as sideman and Lillie Mae and her brother around for certain songs. He told where he wrote some of the songs (e.g., Balstrop, TX and Savannah, GA), made nice references to the Allman Bros, the Alabama Tide football team etc between songs. The songs themselves referenced such places as Joshua Tree and austin. They met Lu at the Roxy not long ago. I look forward to more opening sets, from this young man, who, along with Eilen Jewell, is a client of Hello Cleveland Mgmt!
Great run, Tony. I can’t begin to remember all the things Lu said during/after “Come On,” but this comprised some of the most hilarious lore ever. I’ll start by affirming that “Rarity” was as great as Tony says–from the opening Doug maneuvers to the haunting “Your Mouth Says Listen” lyrical finale. Lu herself seemed to be even happier with the decision to trot out “I Envy the Wind,” great too. With “Copenhagen” we got the Squidbillies narrative in great detail. As for “Abandoned,” my god, who would have called that one? By my count, ten of the 21 songs were tour debuts.
After “Out of Touch,” Lu turned to the wings and said “maybe we shouldn’t do that one without the band,” but she was smiling. Among the many comments re: “Come On,” i can recall the following: Lu cracked up in middle, telling us “I was just imagining what a Faith Hill version of this song might sound like.” She didn’t think she could finish it for laughing, then said “I’ll try to remember the idiot I wrote it about” for inspiration. She assured us she wasn’t high, then modified that to “I’m on a Rocky Mountain High up here” and “I think it’s the altitude.” Lu said she got a Grammy nom for it in best rock vocal category, then pronounced it “the stupidest song I’ve ever written.” Anyway, she and Doug mustered the wherewithal to finish it, upon which Lu turned again to the wings and indicated no more of these back to back songs until the band rejoins them. With a broad smile. Guess “management” did good, ultimately.
On to the Lone Star State…
Meant to add that Walter’s guitar string broke three songs into his opener, forcing him to borrow from the LU-Doug stable. Also, the local promoter came on at intermission and urged us to get a “roadhouse feel” to the place because “LUcinda likes a party.” Well, it was a seated old theatre with no booze sales in house. We missed the standard by a mile, but the show was great of course even so.
@Lafayette wrote:
stoger – That would be Johnny Bush on the Paycheck tribute album.
http://www.amazon.com/Touch-My-Heart-Tribute-Paycheck/dp/B0002J4YLA
Interesting enough, my first google search led me to a forum discussing the album’s concept.
http://musicworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Country&action=display&thread=1385
Country legends, rockers, bluegrass artists, and alt-country darlings
will converge in Nashville in May and June to record “Touch My Heart,” a
benefit tribute cd honoring the late, great country music icon Johnny
Paycheck.“Touch My Heart” is the latest project of Robbie Fulks, country singer,
songwriter, and producer. Fulks is assembling an inspired and
unexpected roster of artists to join him in paying homage to the singing
and song writing genius of Paycheck. So far, the list of singers and
songs includes:Buck Owens, Take This Job and Shove It
Dallas Wayne, I Did the Right Thing
Dave Alvin, It Won’t Be Long (And I’ll be Hating You)
Gail Davies and Robbie Fulks, Shakin’ the Blues
Hank Williams III, I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised
Bobby Bare, Jr., Motel Time Again
Marshall Crenshaw, I’m Barely Hangin’ On To Me
Neko Case, If I’m Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go to the Bottom)More artists will be announced soon.
The singers will be backed by some of country music’s most renowned
musicians. Lloyd Green, who contributed so memorably to Paycheck’s
Little Darlin recordings in the 1960s, will play steel pedal guitar.
Green will be joined by Redd Volkaert on lead guitar, Dennis Crouch on
bass, and Hank Singer on fiddle. Joe Terry and Gerald Dowd will play
piano and drums.David Cantwell, No Depression contributing editor, has agreed to write
liner notes.“Touch My Heart – The Johnny Paycheck Tribute” was first conceived, in a
grassroots way, by two music fans with an abiding appreciation for the
music of both Johnny Paycheck and Robbie Fulks. Fran Liscio (who has
provided financial backing for the project) and Liz Shepherd first
approached Fulks in the fall of 2002, to ask if he would be interested
in producing a Paycheck tribute that would not only celebrate Paycheck’s
lasting contributions to country music, but also help defray some of the
costs of his lengthy hospitalizations. Plans proceeded after Paycheck’s
death in February of 2003. Part of the proceeds from the cd will now go
to Paycheck’s estate.Fulks will secure a record label for the cd after its completion.
Great research, L! Funny, my favorite track on the whole thing is Dave Alvin’s: but it’s not the song listed here. HIs was changed to “29 Days,” unless I’m just loony. Which is possible.
Hmh, to me Flagstaff was the grooviest town on the tour, wonderful bundled-up afternoon walks from my small pad next to the Linda Ronstadt Suite of the Hotel Monte Verde, explorable campus of Northern Arizona University near downtown, etc etc. I missed Walter’s opening act this time, as tonyg let me know “no more good seats [were] available” 20 minutes after doors, yet I strolled in at 9:02 to a nice standing slot stage right, four or five “rows” back. Nice compromise between the rabid tropical atmosphere of the Belly Up and the sedate (not to say narcoleptic) milieu of the Musical Instrument Museum.
Lu was pissed and muttering at walk-on, but it got better quickly. Yes, the “Apt. #9” blip was a blight, with the profanity as Tony mentioned, but Lu also said “If you have complaints, see management” during all that. I found that a bit unfair, as apparently it was simply lack of chords written down in the Book–surely not something “management” is responsible for in a microscopic sort of way. Minutes later after “I Lost It,” Lu opined “We sure do know that one” in a nicely caustic vein.
Ah,the Land of Enchantment…
I knew I had heard it before, lafayette: on the Johnny Paycheck tribute record produced by Robbie (“Nashville has a problem with body parts”) Fulks. Perhaps you could take a few seconds and further research who performed it there, as I’ve forgotten.
Just a few addenda: The Silos are a band which covered “Changed the Locks” on their 1994 album Susan Across the Ocean; Walter not only played on it during the encore last night, Lu said “I want Walter to sing on this one” just after starting it, and a microphone was found. He also hit some licks and sang on “Get Right with God.” Of his seven solo tunes as opener, the title track of this album, played last, was my favorite.
I guess we got a bonus song during the main set, since Lu overlooked one of “those damn slash marks” on the printed setlist and did both “2 Kool” and “People Talkin,” though only one was meant to be performed. The former was rocky, Lu putting down her guitar early in it and muttering “I’m embarrassed now” to the crowd. Guitar tech Rick had already brought the electric mandolin out after “Crescent City,” thinking “People Talkin” was up, so Doug had to adjust to that during “2Kool”–which I for one was glad to hear under any circumstances.
Doug said he had never played on “Apt. #9,” and none of us recall ever hearing Lu do it. I think Tammy Wynette did not write it, yet made it famous.
“Pineola” got one of the most elaborate intros I’ve heard, the names of Bill Harrison and Jim Whitehead being mentioned as mourners at Stanford’s funeral, along with them being promising Arkansas poets.
Patty Loveless was mentioned for second straight show, this time as having almost cut “Something About…”
Lu loosened up near the end and started talking tech and gear, in the spirit of this museum venue. The snake motif on her guitar strap was alluded to, among other things.
And now for a less solar part of Arizona. . .
Yeah, my sympathies were with the female cusser too; the guy deserved it (not me, Lafayette). Not too much to add, except the “gnome” and her “younger” (slightly, slightly) friend had already insinuated themselves in front of me well before tony cleared them a further space, well well before the faint. “Younger” was not rude, but it was less a question to me at end of opening act than a statement: “us short ladies” will be bypassing you tall guys (Tim and me), thank you very much. Still, I was sympathetic to her fall, which actually happened during “Bus to B R”–Lu didn’t notice the hubbub until “Don’t Know How. . .”–stopping at one point, then starting over. For that matter, she stopped during song two or three and asked soundman John, in the middle of the song, to turn her vocal down–then restarted the verse. “Bitter Memory” was quite different, as Tony noted: she hit restart on that one too, which prompted her to speculate after that had she penned more songs with bridges back in the day, “Nashville might have covered more of my songs.” Mattie Delaney and Memphis Minnie got mixed up in her intro to the second encore song, but that was an inspired choice, one I probably have heard live only once or twice.
As for that female sideman for the opener, Tony captures her well. A native Southerner into the bargain, always nice, though I didn’t get her name.
We have seats the next few nights, praise be.
I just wanted to affirm here that I know nothing of off-shore funds or football tickets.
The show? Oh yeah. Well done, Tony. I’ll add to your addendum in good time.
Wow, just now catching up with this info on openers: thanks to all who dug up stuff. I can’t speak to Marion and Kenneth, but we may get a stripped-down “Changed the Locks” (is that oxymoronic?) from Walter S-H; the Silos once recorded it, and I’ve heard it live from them once, on a bill with Anne McCue I think. Have also seen them with Jon Dee Graham. Check out their CD with “Telephone” in the title, illustration of same on cover (forgotten full title). I was sorry to note the passing of bassist Drew Macklin of the Silos a few years back; he also played bass with Anne for awhile, I believe.
@tonyg wrote:
Welcome back. 😆
Ha ha: I forgot my “piglatinnomore” password, so let’s hope no copious pm’s are piling up there.
Tony, “the kindness of strangers” is a Blanche DuBois line from Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (I think).
Anyway, looking forward to discussing 20th century American Drama and other topics with you in that rental car over the next couple of days. . .
@stoger wrote:
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Whew hoo: Pig Latin once more! Thanks to my friends here who took my profane ire in good stride, and thanks to some figure named “Chris” who emailed me a half hour after I posted that rant, telling me I was back in business as “stoger.” Sweet relief. As TOverby knows, I’m a pretty mellow guy unless I don’t get to post-to-my-Lu. And now, to fathom these multiple accounts.. .
