taylor1849

Tim,

I am not 100% sure what you’re asking but this is what I wrote on my blog review about “Masters of War”:

“In fact, she did the last four songs unbelievably well, and ended dramatically with the best version of Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War” that I have ever heard or could ever imagine hearing.” It was so powerful it really made anything she said almost trivial in comparison. But I can’t really say what it was – mostly I think her voice – I just did not expect that much VOICE from her, based on her recordings. And at the end of a long concert to have that much voice left. It was hauntingly perfect, Masters of War was. Go listen to Dylan’s original, and it’s hard to even envision Lucinda William’s version coming from that. She sang the actual song, melody included, yet transformed it.

mgosma, yes, a very retro sixties protest thing that night – I don’t know if it added anything to the music or to the art, which spoke more profoundly, and I may be the only one on this list who may not agree 100% with her, or maybe I’m not as into the sixties slogans, BUT, I am glad that somebody is doing good protest music again. And I thought she was humble in the way she did it the flower power protest thing.

I’ve been to a whole lot of concerts in my years going back to my first one in 1970, and I have seen some great bands, but I have to put that Greensboro Lucinda Williams show on my very very short list of all time best concerts. There was just something musically magical in the air that night, and the show has inspired me to listen more closely than before to her music, which I have been doing non stop since. I look forward to seeing her again.