swisschris

Freudian slip indeed 😉
I quickly typed the set list into my I-Phone after the concert and then later copied and posted it here on the forum without proof-reading it…

Stoger has already added a lot of information about the concert, I will add some more:

The Ancienne Belgique really is a great venue, I have seen a concert there before (of the Belgian group Vaya Con Dios, way back in 2005). Generally great acoustics, affordable ticket prices (33 EUR for a concert ticket really is a bargain nowadays) and affordable prices for drinks as well – and free earplugs 😉
Honestly, I don’t remember when I last used earplugs during a concert. Nowadays, the volume at concerts often is too low for my taste. But when Buick6 started their set, it was so loud that actually every time Butch Norton hit the drums, my ears hurt. It got better when Lucinda started her set, but I had to use the earplugs again during the rockier part of Lucindas set. (Actually, several people seemed to have complained on Ancienne Belgique’s website about the rather high volume…)

It was a pity that Ancienne Belgique seemed to have a curfew as Lucinda was so on fire that she would probably have continued for quite some time. She told the audience that this must have been one of her favourite venues, gigs and public ever! She mentioned several times that she was very appreciative for all the people who come out to one of her concerts. In my opinion the public really was great and very well behaved (in a positive way!): People listened attentively to the songs and when Lucinda was talking (which sadly isn’t the norm anymore these days – I have even witnessed concerts during which people were answering phone calls..) – and cheered before or after the songs to show their appreciation.

She seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed it that the public knew her songs (and not only the Car Wheels ones), for example when quite a few people cheered when she announced “Bus to Baton Rouge” and after the song she said: “The ice has broken now!” (For the first few songs she seemed a little bit nervous to me – but after Bus to Baton Rouge she definitely was very relaxed).

I liked it when she talked about her music stand with the lyric sheets: She said that it was her safety net and that she could concentrate on singing more. And added that more artists than one might realize would have a teleprompter.”But I can’t afford that, you know. Because then you would need to have another person running it and everything.” She said that she loved those performers where everything was perfect, but that they would do the same set EVERY SINGLE NIGHT (I loved how she stressed these words). She laughed and added, that she knows it as she has opened up for some of these artists 😀

For “Temporary Nature” she first wanted to accompany the song with her guitar – and then opted to just sing. Again she mentioned that this song was hard to get through.

It was really worth travelling all the way from Switzerland to Bruxelles for this concert. Lucinda was in great form, great voice and full of warmth – and my god can David, Stuart and Butch play! This was especially shown during the current arrangement of “Are you down”, during the last part of which Lucinda went offstage for a short period and just let her band play. I especially liked the part of the show all the way from “Bus to Baton Rouge” till “Are you down” – this part was unbelievably beautiful and I teared up more than once…

I really hope that there will be another European leg with more shows and countries in the not too distant future. And then I wouldn’t mind if Lucinda would play the WHOLE Ghosts of Highway 20-album, as it is not just a great album, it is a masterpiece!!! I listened to it over and over again on my I-Phone during the 6hour-train-journey from Zurich to Bruxelles and back – and now I will be enjoying the vinyl version as well.

What about the planned European Tour? Will it happen in May/June or has it been postponed?