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Never heard of him before, Lafayette, but here is what allmusic.com has to say about him:

Biography – by Richard Skelly

Born and raised in Buffalo, singer/songwriter Willie Nile came from a musical family — his grandfather was a vaudeville pianist who played with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Eddie Cantor, and his uncles played boogie-woogie. Nile’s older brothers, meanwhile, brought home the music of Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Fats Domino, all of whom he heard from the time he was three or four years old. Nile himself began playing piano at age eight and took classical music lessons until he was a teenager, when he taught himself his first rock & roll song. He soon began to compose short songs and continued the habit into his college years, when during the summers he made trips into New York City to frequent hootenanny clubs like Folk City and the Gaslight. After graduation, Nile took an apartment in the heart of Greenwich Village; however, during his first winter in New York, he contracted pneumonia, which put him out of commission for about a year, although he continued writing songs while recuperating. After regaining his health, he began hanging out at clubs like CBGB’s, where he would see bands like Patti Smith, Television, the Ramones and Talking Heads.

At establishing residency at the Village club Kenny’s Castaways, Nile began drawing ever-growing crowds, which in turn led to his first record deal. Following a flurry of critical acclaim, he found himself courted by representatives from close to a dozen record companies; he chose Arista Records, and went into the studio with a band that included Jay Dee Daugherty from the Patti Smith Group. After two acclaimed albums a self-titled 1980 effort and 1981’s Golden Dawn, Nile fell prey to protracted legal problems which derailed his career for a number of years; although he continued to write, he did not perform live or record again until a 1987 performance in Oslo, Norway with Eric Andersen. A videotape of Nile’s performance in Norway prompted a Columbia talent scout to sign him to the label in 1988, and production on his album didn’t start until for two more years; issued in 1991, Places I Have Never Been featured appearanced by backing musicians including Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, Roger McGuinn, and members of the Hooters and the Roches. A four song EP titled Hard Times in America followed in 1992.

@bigazza1 wrote:

@stoger wrote:

Wow: what quantity, quality of songs. Brisbane is on the Southern coast, no? It’s a guess, somehow connected with “Atonement” and “Unsuffer Me” popping up in the encore, somewhat unusual. Those seem very “Southern” [American Southern that is] songs. Thanks for posting.

Nearly the opposite Stoger. Brisbane is the start of Australia’s north, on the east coast and yet some may suggest it’s like the south in the USA.

Well then, maybe it’s because both the American South & Brisbane are closer to the equator than the majority of the rest of their respective countries? 😆

Sorry – couldn’t help myself w/ a little geographical humor there… 😉

Tom

@Lafayette wrote:

Does this mean you will be extending your “School’s Out” vacation tour???

Well, despite how much I hate casinos (I’ve never been one for all the flashing lights and the glitz, plus I don’t gamble), at only 2 hours drive farther West, it would be hard not to do so. We’ll see… 😉

Tom

Thanks for the heads up, fuji81, I found it. Nice version. Here is a link.

Tom

Oh, and here’s a photo of the Brown Theatre at the Kentucky Center in Louisville:

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Looks fancy. It will be quite a transition from this “palace” to the Blue Note in Columbia the next evening, won’t it? 😆

Tom

We are on the floor at the Blue Note. Just ordered tickets.

We will be driving Atlanta to Louisville for the show on the 14th, then driving the next morning from Louisville to Columbia for this show. Then home to Atlanta, with “touristy” stops in St. Louis & perhaps Memphis. I thought we’d make a little vacation out of the trip…

Tom

@wilco1 wrote:

Hey,

I just got my Lucinda tickets for Tucson Az. I was wondering anyone knows if the the Buick 6 plays a opening set before the Lucinda set. Also does she ever meet the fans after the show?

Hello – welcome to the forum!

To answer your first question – Yes. Buick 6 plays an opening set (usually 45 minutes long or so) before they return to the stage w/ Lu after a break.

And your second – Sometimes. It all depends on several factors, as you can probably imagine – how tired she is, whether the buses have to leave quickly after the show to get to the next town, even sometimes whether she has personal friends and / or family visiting with her after the show. I can speak from personal experience, however, that Lu (& her manager Tom Overby) are very accommodating and gracious to the fans. If circumstances permit, Lu will often greet fans & sign autographs.

Tom