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And another one:
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2009/06/01/20090601lucindareview.html
Severe set list. I am jealous. Between the first 3 shows of this leg, you have heard some great songs.
Good report. You had all the leverage on the discount. If you don’t get it, don’t buy it. Could you provide more detail on who said what?
Excellent report Stoger. I feel like I was there. Susannah deserves her “h”. I would have passed out myself if I witnessed a performance of Wrap My Head Around That, which I think I was lucky enough to hear twice.
Naw, I think you can plan on seeing this. It is the show broadcast on the BBC last fall, and is excellent in the extreme. If you only see one TV show about Neil, this is the one. He is extensivley interviewed throughout the show. He is one weird guy.
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I think I can manage a review at 10 am the morning after. It took me 2.5 hours in rush hour traffic to get there. Downtown Disney was kind enough to leave about 3 open parking spaces for the 50 cars endlessly circling the parking lot. As Stoger said, you needed a battering ram to get through all of the Mickey Mouse-ear wearing dopes walking seven across, or just standing there slack jawed staring into space, to get into the HOB. I was lucky enough to experience the last 20 minutes of the $30 buffet: stone cold mashed potatos and chicken.
The buffet eaters got into the venue first. Go downstairs for standing room or stay upstairs on this weird balcony and sit on wooden stools. I chose the latter. Naturally, the best seats were “VIP only”. I don’t recall being given a chance to buy these tickets or I would have. My tickets, that said “VIP upgrade” on them, allowed me special access to zero, so I sat in front of the upstairs bar.
Buick Six performed, starting around 8:15. They were fun the first few times. Time to move on and bring a real opening act.
Lucinda hit the stage at 9:23. She looked great and sounded fantastic. Really good voice all night. Cowboy boots in addition to Paul’s attire report. I did see Paul when he came upstairs. I had my eyes open for other websiters but did not see any.
The highlight of the show for me was Side of The Road. Great performance of a great song, with The Chet playing Doug’s electric guitar parts. Blue was also excellent.
I was prepared for the worst regarding the new guitarist so my expectations were low. But I was surprised. I thought Eric S. did a great job and I gave him an “A” for effort. The only song that I thought suffered for lack of Doug was “Essence”. No one will ever play it like Doug. When LW introduced the band some dope yelled “Where’s Doug?”. Luckily, LW didn’t seem to hear him and we dodged a bullet.
The Chet has really stepped it up and has become a big part of the band. Whatever instrument he was playing, it was a big part of the song. I would have tipped my hat to him, if I had one.
The show ended at 11:23; 2 hours on the dot. Being in the middle of Disneyland, there was no hope of finding the bus for hellos, so I hit the road and was home an hour later after burning up the empty roads of LA, as Paul described. Stoger scored by beating me to the post, though.
I bought a T-shirt before leaving and told Susanna she was famous on the website and she giggled. I told her I was going to tell people I knew her and she asked me my name. So I got that going for me. And an $18 black little honey t-shirt.
Good stuff Farmerbill. I doubt anyone on the bus would turn down some home grown potatos. You will have a great time tonight, if last night is any indication. Make sure to see Susanna.
Wow. Way to go. I thought I would be the first to post. It’s 1:06 am so I will admit defeat to Roger and go to bed. One thing, I remember Side of the Road being just LW and The Chet.
Great show. I met Susanna. Life is good.
Doug was at the Stagecoach festival near Palm Springs a couple weekends ago, playing with Jim Lauderdale. No idea if that is going to be a regular thing.
