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From Tom:
We have had about as good of a start to this tour as you can have, great shows and great audiences. But sometimes when you least expect it something really magical happens. First thereās a bit of a back story. Lucinda hadnāt played Columbus for 9 or 10 years and the last time she was there it was a very light turnout, so we had just thought it was a place that we couldnāt take a chance on so it just sort of got overlooked when we routed tours. When we got around to booking this current tour we needed a show in between Bloomington and Atlanta and Columbus came as in āmaybe itās time to try it again -we havenāt been there in a long timeā. It then turned out that the venue that was available was the re-opened Valley Dale Ballroom, and because of that little was known about it. But we decided to give it a shot. Good choice on our part. The Lu walked out she got an absolutely amazing response before she had played a note. You could say that set the tone fort a very special eveningāsomeone used the word triumphant and it really felt like that. The Valley Dale really has a great vibe and it sounds like itās going to get more upgrades in the near future.
There you have it for those wondering what took so long -thatās the story. We will be back soon. Thank you for a very special night.
From Tom:
This past was definitely family week -and Luās sister was in the house in Bloomington and she wanted to hear Crescent City and Big Red Sun Blues, which hadnāt been played in a long time. I think Lu was actually a little nervous going into Crescent City and had a little brain spasm. She later opened the encore with a really great version of itāshe was determined to make good on that. I received several messages about this show and on of the bestsellers from a well respected writer who sent this:
I’m compelled to write after last night’s extraordinary show in Bloomington. Last night was so inspiring to me. Ā Lucinda’s voice has never sounded better in the 10-12 times I’ve heard her live since 1993. Ā The acoustic songs were sublime. Ā I feel like my idea of Lucinda’s music was impacted by last night’s show in some permanent way. Ā I’m not sure I can articulate it any more than that at the moment.
There were several other just like that.
Oh yeah, Bloomington rocks. Every time.
This show has been moved to the Millenium Center; follow the link:
http://www.secca.org/news-detail.php?ArticleId=719227060
Thanks Mr. Stoger for your value-added remarks. I like that she is doing Hot Blood much. It’s funny.Ā š
