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You’ll make an English prof. yetTNTracy: I too noticed the city misspelling, and apologies to all for my own food misspelling. And for the record, I found the stuff tasty too.

I sat by none other than Mike from Seattle, not his exact forum handle but close. We were nicely in second row, stage Pettibone, and truly row one was almost deserted all the way across. He has been in that cabin he once mentioned in Forum, no wireless access (so give him hell tony). Nice family of wife and young daughter too (she really perked up during “Out of Touch”). I didn’t meet others, but I hope we can get some more postings about aspects of the Redding show. Meanwhile, on to Canada, where Mike among others will be there too.

High of 107 predicted, Tony: I thought this was the Pacific Northwest! Looking forward to Vancouver in that regard. . .

No pre-show visits to Nabokov’s former office area or readings with “Lolita” invoved, lefty–and quite the opposite to Ithaca’s climate.

The souvenir ticket for tonight has the artist’s first name only emboldened up top: no surname needed for this chick singer. I particularly appreciate this, after having made my NYC August ticketmaster purchases just earlier today. . . .

Greetings, everyone, from the second sunniest city in America, “where the sun shines 88% of the time.” Do tell. I’d go for a 12% day, but at least there’s no Tennessee humidity in the air. . . .

Been to Heavenly Donuts twice already. More cultural/artistic narratives to follow. Could somebody who’s coming review and update any plans for drinks or dinner prior to show?

Wavy Gravy???? Groovy. Jimmy LaFave put a radio outtake of a Woody Guthrie song, with Lu singing harmony, on his double album of such bits & pieces whose name I don’t remember. The song itself had the word “Oklahoma” in it, with lots of dust bowl imagery. Current brain cell count fails me again.

“On to Redding,” not a bad mantra for the other side of the stage either. Misread that as “Otis Redding” briefly. . .

Thanks, Tony, and others. Let’s hope paulinlosangeles was counted among those in “good spirits.” Sounds like it.

Ballads indeed. Despite the false start, “When I Look at the World” was lovely. Did anybody catch the word at the end of the phrase “I’ve been a total ___” near the beginning of the song? Sounds like “rat” (!) but I couldn’t tell for sure from youtube. That glory/story business is a great gospelish hook in the chorus.

“Boot scooter” indeed, west words, that “Bitter Memory.” Doug’s countrified break was mighty fine as is, sans rhythm section. “Lonesome sound” to be sure. Was the guy really decked out in green, or was that a mirage from the blog post photos?

Here’s hoping for these two + “Stowaway in Your Heart” in Redding and beyond, full band. To repeat the estimable tonyg’s question, did anyone go to the Wolf festival?

@paul_from_losangeles wrote:

Thanx, tonyg, for posting the setlist. I attended this show last night, and I’ll post a few observations.

1. Doug’s guitar work for this show was magnificent, especially on Pineola and Out of Touch. Duo shows with Lucinda and Doug are really special moments.

2. The outdoor venue was beautiful, with huge, wide, tall trees surrounding the stage, and colored stage-lights highlighting the trees.

3. The weather was surprisingly tranquil, for a June evening near the coast–no wind, no fog, just a dropping temperature from the 70’s to the 50’s–the temperature was well managed by the audience members, who applied their clothing layers like a hip commercial for North Face.

4. My one mild complaint: when a venue specifies no outside food or drinks, that usually means the venue plans to sell food and drink, and doesn’t want competition from the audience supplies. However, the library last night only sold beer and wine–no food. Fortunately, I had a granola bar in my pocket (to eat after my wine), but it seemed like a poor policy. A few experienced souls did have plastic containers with food, and no one seemed to check.

5. If you attend another show at this venue, bring a flashlight. The experienced audience members did have flashlights. There are no lights at the portable outhouses, and the insides are totally dark after sunset. Also, the outside road has no street lights, so walking back to my parked rental car on the dark road with no traffic and no lights was a bit creepy.

Perhaps, I’ll add more later. For now, time to fight for breakfast at Embassy Suites in Seaside, near Monterey.

Excellent work, you two. I’d love some elaboration on the nature of “Bitter Memory” and “When I Look at the World,”–and assume both are going to adapt well to a rhythm section format. Guess that backing was needed for “Crescent City” to come off. . .

Paul, don’t forget candles and your Whole Food purchases next time. And enjoy that weather vicariously for me; it hit 103 in west TN yesterday.

@ducknapped wrote:

@TOverby wrote:

And yes there will be shows announced shortly in Portland, Maine (8/2) Northampton (8/4) and Ridgefield, CT (8/5)

Tom…Ridgefield Playhouse has an “Echoes of Sinatra” show booked on 8/5. Is the show somewhere else in Ridgefield CT?

Seems a relatively small town to boast dueling shows of this caliber–perhaps Lu Herself in a Baby Blue Eyes incarnation?

@Jack1956 wrote:

Sounds like you have an attitude problem?

Nope, just referencing some pretty firsthand feedback from the top regarding a prior Northampton show. But I myself have enjoyed both shows in that town which I have attended.