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Thoughts from the observation deck:
Ford Theater is a spectacular venue tucked into the Hollywood hills. Open air seating and stage, steep hillside full of trees and bushes behind the stage, no seat more than 97 feet from said. The weather was perfect. It was a challenge to wind ones way through the steep canyon road to get there but it is my new favorite local joint.
Opener Sam Burton was a tall gentleman who played guitar and sang some very sad songs. He was accompanied by his friend Eli on keyboards. He was nervous but I liked his performance. Several audience members compared his lyrics and demeanor to Nick Drake. Other’s, not so much. When I asked if there were any of his CDs at the merch table I got a very quick and firm “no”. So there’s that.
Lu was in fine spirits and spoke often of being grateful to be back in LA and the healing nature of performing here. Lu dedicated Rock n Roll Heart to Robbie Robertson and spoke about his music and influence. Same for Tom Petty before Stolen Moments. Stuart and Doug conducted several guitar rave ups, the highlights being Are You Down and Out of Touch. Strong work by Butch and David on the former.
Legendary FF members (or what is left of it) were in force. Great to see Stoger, GrumpyMama, Cindy, and Erica all rubbing elbows. Dusty Wakeman and Gia Ciambotti were also in house. Don’t tell anyone I said that about the forum.
Photo courtesy of Erica Neilsen.
Great show! Remarks tomorrow.
on at 8:53
Let’s Get The Band Back Together
Rock n Roll Heart
Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Stolen Moments
Drunken Angel
People Talkin’
Fruits of My Labor
Bus To Baton Rouge
Little Angel Little Brother
Where the Song Can Find Me
Are You Down?
Dust
You Can’t Rule Me
Essence
Out Of Touch
Honey BeeHard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Joyoff at 10:47
Mr. Stoger, our most intrepid traveler, posts the following remarks:
Just when I was packing it up to leave, after the third song of Big Thief’s, Lu was invited back on stage by frontwoman Adrianne Lenker; they promptly launched into “People Talkin'” and “Metal Firecracker” trading vocals, with the guys in Big Thief backing. Lu walked off to roars–and Adrianne then did “Minneapolis” acoustic, almost a capella.
So eleven songs broke the Big Thief “opener” slot record for Lu, but it’s fair to say we got 14 total Lucinda Williams-penned songs for our evening’s pains.
Lovely.
Courtesy of Stoger:
1 2 Kool 2 b [followed by “A Minneapolis audience is a great audience”]
2 Protection
3 Stolen Moments [with shout-outs to a. the “darn good lyricist” Tom Overby b. tour manager Travis Stephens and c. Jesse Malin for all contributing to the current album]
4 Car Wheels [“you know, the South and the Midwest have a lot in common”]
5 People Talkin’
6 Jukebox
7 Don’t Know How You’re Livin’ [for the “little brat” who is Lucinda’s brother]
8 Lake Charles
9 Bus to Baton Rouge [long, long intro, focusing on the “switches” in the song as a kind of corporal punishment growing up: the crowd’s quietly appalled reaction suggests maybe the Midwest is not so much like the South after all: personal note: I felt the wrath of the parental switch very much growing up in Tennessee, indeed I did]
10 Mama You Sweet [with an intro about mental illness and the suggestion that this song is more like a poem–Lu stops midway, calls for someone to come on stage, which both tour manager Travis and ass. tour manager John do. Apparently the electronic lyrics were not being displayed clearly. She finishes the song nicely, then says, “Sometimes I need help with my own lyrics.”
11 Dust
12 Let’s Get the Band Back Together
13 This is Not My Town
14 Out of Touch
15 You Can’t Rule Me
16 Righteously [“This is a dirty song about lust”]
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17 Jimmy Reed cover, called I think “Insurance”–the band makes it through, prompting Lu to say after, “Let’s do something I know”]
18 Changed the Locks
[awkward band intros at the very end, upon walk-off]A night to remember, Lucinda being comfortable with the audience and the audience treasuring her. . .
Keymaster thinks the title is “Take Out Some Insurance”.
Lu and Margo Price last night.
CAN’T LET GO
STOLEN MOMENTS
DRUNKEN ANGEL
FRUITS OF MY LABOR
ARE YOU DOWN
YOU CAN’T RULE ME
ROCK N ROLL HEART
OUT OF TOUCH
RIGHTEOUSLY
LET’S GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (W/ MARGO)
ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD. (W/ MARGO)Mr. Stoger has submitted these remarks to add value to the setlist posting:
Neither the pedal steel nor the electric mandolin were present. Doug played his “regular” instrument on “People T” & “lake C.”
After “fruits,” Lu noted that Amos Lee has recorded a whole record of her songs(!), to be released on Thirty Tigers soon.
“You Can’t Rule Me” had no Supreme Court intro.
Thanks Stoger and have fun tonite. You are a brave man traveling on the July 4 weekend.
From Mr. Stoger:
Longest “Lake Charles” intro ever–Butch finally begins, and the oral narrative stops.A line in “Last Call for the Truth” which stood out, and must have gone over my head on first hearing: “rag-tag mystique.”
Unlike Charlottesville or Asheville (but like NYC), THE BOOK was available for purchase.
“Bus to Baton Rouge” continues to get great responses, especially after the lines “switches when we were bad” & “the piano that nobody played.”
On to New Orleans. . .
I believe the title is I Don’t Want to Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes. It is a cover of a song from 1958. I saw The Band cover it once. Backstreets can confirm.
From Lu’s FB page:
