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@LWjetta wrote:

keep your autographed copy on your shelf in mint condition and play the copy over and over.

Nearly all my CDs are in “mint” condition, LWJ, as I rarely play any of them more than once. When I buy a new CD, I immediately rip it into iTunes on my iMac & then copy the digital files to my iPad, iPhone & iPod. Henceforth, any time I want to hear the CD, I either stream it from my iMac to my home stereo system, or I listen on one of my portable devices… 8)

Tom

Here’s a photo from last night’s show from Holly’s Facebook fan page:

Tom

Last night’s show was one of those very special nights for me. First of all, I walked into Eddie Owen’s (former owner of the legendary venue in Decatur, GA, Eddie’s Attic) new suburban Atlanta venue, the Red Clay Theatre, in a highly-charged emotional state. Earlier in the day, something that had been bothering me greatly for two years was satisfactorily resolved, much to my relief. It is personal in nature, so we will leave it at that… 😉

Opening for Holly was a very talented singer-songwriter named Matthew Perryman-Jones. The name rang a bell for me, but I could not place from where, and I knew I had never seen him perform before. He played an excellent opening set, just him singing with his acoustic guitar.

Then Holly took the stage. A tall, statuesque blond, she was lovely in blue jeans, knee-high brown leather boots and a white top covered by a dark, long-sleeved outer shirt. Accompanying her for the evening was her husband, Chris Coleman, on guitar and a young lady (I didn’t catch her name) playing electric upright bass. Behind Holly on stage was a lovely grand piano.

They played nearly every song from Holly’s outstanding new album, The Highway (this album is definitely the real deal, folks – you are really missing out if you have not heard it!), plus two songs from her previous two albums (one from each), and two covers (the set list is below, with “Perfesser-esque” bracketed comments). Late in the set, Holly mentioned that this was her seventh night performing in a row & apologized for her voice being “shot”, although it didn’t sound like it to me! 😉

Two songs she performed from her new album, “Gone Away From Me” & “Waiting On June”, are highly emotionally-charged songs about loss that teared me up unlike any other songs besides those of Lu’s that get to me in the same way (“Blue”, “Bus To Baton Rouge”, “Pineola”, e.g.). During “Waiting On June” I looked around the rest of the audience near us & saw many an eye being dabbed with a tissue or shirt sleeve. Just an amazing, amazing song…

The Red Clay Theatre is an old church, converted into a 257-seat music venue “for the acoustic singer-songwriter” in the same vein as Eddie’s Attic. The sound was simply amazing (we sat third row, center, thanks to some friends who saved us two seats), and was commented on several times by Holly during her set (“We are getting spoiled!”). It is awesome having such a cool venue dedicated to the music we love so near our home (10 miles). I can’t wait to go back & I can’t wait to see Holly again! Here’s the set list:

Sometimes [lead track from her first album, The Ones We Never Knew]
Drinkin’
Gone Away From Me [preceded by Holly telling about Charlie Peacock, who produced the new album, asking her who her “dream duet” partner would be, to which she responded “Jackson Browne”, who ultimately guested on the album on this track]
Railroads
The Highway [preceded by a story about their Charleston, SC show the night before which had all of 12 people in the audience (Chris amended that to 18), complete with three “drunken 19-year-olds” right up front who kept screaming how much they loved Hank Jr. & how badly they wanted to hear “Family Tradition”, until Chris said he told them they were there to see the “wrong Williams”. This was followed by Chris saying it was “good to be home” & that he had family in attendance, including his 83-year-old “Granny”]
‘Til It Runs Dry [introduced as some “three-part harmony” featuring Dierks Bentley on the album, for whom the upright bass player substituted]
Alone [from her second album, Here With Me – Chris & the bass player left the stage for this song & the next, which Holly performed solo on the grand piano]
Without You [followed by Chris & the bass player re-taking the stage & Chris asking Holly, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, “Who’s that song about, Honey?”]
Giving Up [introduced as a song about the addiction problems of a dear friend]
Waiting On June [in introducing this song, Holly related that while everyone knows about her famous musical family on her father’s side, not many know about her mother’s family from a small town in “the Louisiana pines” named Mer Rouge, at which point the lady & gentleman sitting immediately to Sarah’s & my right “whooped” & said they were actually Holly’s cousins on her Mama’s side!]
Angel From Montgomery [John Prine cover]

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I Saw The Light [Hank Williams, Sr. cover – introduced as “a family song” that Chris said they didn’t play for the “knuckleheads” last night]

After the show, I purchased another copy of The Highway so I could get Holly to sign it for me (I forgot to bring my copy), so I now have a mint, unsigned copy of it for sale to anyone who may be interested… 😆

Tom

Holly’s new album, The Highway is simply wonderful. Sparsely produced, her wonderful voice & the music take center stage. A track stand-out for me is “Gone Away From Me” w/ Jackson Browne on backing vocals. It is beautiful & achingly poignant. Check it out!

We are seeing her perform next Thursday night at Eddie Owen’s (of Eddie’s Attic fame) new venue, the Red Clay Theatre. I can’t wait!

Tom

Interesting stuff, y’all! Thanks for the research LWJ & tonyg, and for yet another glimpse into your vast warehouse of musical knowledge Perfesser! 😉

Tomj

LOL!! Here is one of the two Japanese site “hits” for the cover photo. I cut & pasted the Japanese text & used Google Translate to translate it to English. After some inexplicable talk of MLB’s World Series, here is the translation about the album:

In Folk Festival the first time since 1972, has been long so far, some enjoy playing professional stage, also hosts workshop participants to work together to make. Although initially the same festival participation of neighborhood folk Texas, was prominent country artists, artists of various types is gradually to participate. To this board in 1980, you can also listen to the throat of Spider John astringent corner I can see the face of Lucinda Williams just ran the road still birth, has been working since the 1960s.

Your purpose, my Uncle Walz Band. Out of three members, two bands that had died in the 1990s. I’m not a larger number of sound sources that are left. To a jazzy sound, put the harmony and kidnapping lightly relaxed at Four key. Live like that nice of them have been recorded. It’s a sound that’s jacket · P · Gary Nan smile brightly in his T-shirt, which resonate very well.

WTF? 😆

But, there is another reference to Uncle “Walz” [sic] Band… 😉

Tom