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Perhaps even more astonishing than the cool tat, is the fact that sunshine appears to be shining on it in Seattle! đ
Somehow it’s fitting that this show disappeared into the wild untamed of Alaska, never to be heard about in the Lower 48. đ
@SamishSeaMike wrote:
Always great to see Lucinda in the neighborhood I was born and raised in.
SamishSeaMike, I grew up ’round those parts, too! I live in North Carolina now, but grew up in Wallingford, Ballard and *ahem* Yesler Terrace for a while also. Went to Blanchet High School. ANYWAY, thanks for the concert report and I envy you the Lu + Bill Frisell experience! Did the crowd appreciate It’s Gonna Rain? Also, strong work on introducing your 8-year-old to authentic music… I used to sing ‘Cresent City’ to my son at bedtime đ Vivian
Love the cake! And the name of the bakery and logo are also apropos for Lu! Yum! I’d like to have that cake and eat it, too đ Thanks for the fun post.
The new tunes have blown me away over the course of this last tour. The music most definitely will not suck. Lu just keeps getting better and better 8)
omg… I hope the FF is updated in case Lu and Doug play in Chicago, or will he join her for the Taste of Chicago show? I think Stuart is back touring with the Wallflowers now… but not to worry, he said he’ll be back with Lu for the fall shows (unless I hallucinated that comment).
Yes, I was planning a trip to Lu’s show at the Taste of Chicago to coincide with a work trip (love it when that happens!), but I decided to head to Nashville for a show at the Bluebird Cafe this Thurs instead (also a work trip!) and had to scrap the Chicago trip. And I am taking my 11-year-old son to the American Idol live show this Sun night in Durham (god help me) and can’t swing Sat night in Chicago. I’m sure I will need a Lu show to detox from the American Idol experience, but Skynyrd next week in Raleigh will have to suffice. I will wear my KBB tee shirt to the Skynyrd show. This is too long of a response, but the moral is that there are so many shows, too little time đ Viv
My son was born in 2003 and his name is Leo, but my “girl” name was Lucinda. We waited to find out boy or girl until the birth, and had one blanket with Leo on it and one with Lucinda. I may still have that girl blankie somewhere…
Lebanon report by stogerâs understudy đ :
Lu took the stage and was smiling and beautiful, with red lipstick, rosy cheeks, trademark dark smokey eyeliner, sky blue cowboy boots and lovely blonde locks. She didnât wear her signature âGet Right With Godâ belt buckle, but an equally kick-ass skull buckle.
1) Blessed (Lu started solo, with graceful entrances by David, Butch and Stuart in turn)
2) Canât Let Go
3) The Nightâs Too Long
4) Pineola
5) Drunken Angel
6) Jackson
7) Over time8.) Compassion (It looked like TO videotaped Luâs performance of this beautiful song from side stage â I hope Miller sees it!)
9) Lake Charles (Haunting, as always)
10) I Envy The Wind (If this wasnât the first time I heard this played live, then itâs been WAY too long. Stunning. Moving. Mesmerizing. The entire crowd was too in thrall to clap after Stuartâs solo, which was gorgeous and oh so smooth. Lovely smile from Lucinda at the finish of this one. Truly special.)
11) Itâs Gonna Rain (Given that it was a rainy evening, this gem of a song was apropos. Lu mentions that Tom pulled this song out of the archives and encouraged her to record it. The Seattle gal in me thanks you, Tom!)
12) Are You Down (First line, of course, is âCanât put the rain back in the skyâ — a nice transition from the immediately prior song đ This was a jazzy rendition, to my ears, and Stuart absolutely tore it up. There arenât enough superlatives. Lu was clearly grooving to Stuart also. The band at the end, with Lu looking proudly on, threw D.O.W.N! She, fittingly, introduced the guys here.)
13) Protection (Have you all noticed how Stuart has this look of sweet calm, with a faint smile, no matter how hard he is rocking? So humble. Heâs all about delivering the goods, not the self-adulation and forced showmanship that you see in so many guitarists (not that thereâs anything wrong with that).)
14) Change The Locks
15) Out of Touch
16) Essence (I love Butchâs work on this song. Always.)
17) Joy
18) Honey Bee (The couple in front of me gave each other a little kiss during this song. It was awfully cute so I thought Iâd mention it.)
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Passionate Kisses (solo)
Rockinâ in the Free World (Lu says to start: âThis song goes out to all yâall!â)Lu concludes with an enthusiastic âLove, peace and power to the people!â and Butch stands and gives a hands-in-prayer (real reverent like) to the crowd. So gracious.
A few highlights from another excellent KBB set: Kenneth mentions that they had to throw a tarp over the bandâs van because it sprung a leak đ After 400,000 miles, though, I guess itâs entitled to. He notes that they spent the three days off in New York City, âwhich is a little intimidating when youâre from Alabama.â In the intro to âGoodbye West Virginiaâ (a beautiful song that I canât wait to play over and over when their new album comes out), Kenneth notes that Frank was âborn in a motorhome on the way to a bluegrass festival.â They made it to the festival on time. This is my new favorite anecdote. Kenneth ends the set by saying âThank you for giving us a place to play tonight.â Such nice guys.
For a seated venue, the crowd was enthusiastic and jamming. There were lots of smiling, happy, freely rocking people in Lebanon this evening (in NH, at least, I canât speak for the other one)! Peace out, Viv
Professor Stoger, We all appreciate what you go through to bring us reporting from the road! I guess it wouldn’t be rock n’ roll if the trains ran on time, so to speak. I hope you enjoyed a beverage or two to restore your spirits. Love the image of you in the green metal firecracker with the ‘bama boys, a bible and a map. Sounds like the beginning of a Flannery O’Connor short story đ Viv
Stoger,
What is Miller’s latest book? Now THAT’s exciting, too!
I would have passed out had I been there for “I Envy The Wind.”
Vivian
@stoger wrote:
7 Lines Around Your Eyes [!!!!!!!–by request, solo–Lu says after that she “sometimes forgets about these old songs” and that the band should consider working this one up]
Professor Stoger, First of all, how GREAT that “Lines Around Your Eyes” made the setlist! I’ve never had the pleasure of hearing it live. Second of all, since my writing instructor has instructed me to share my writing with others (apparently, that’s part of the writing process… who knew!), I’m copying a DRAFT paragraph I wrote for my fiction writing class that was inspired by Lu’s “lines around your eyes every time you smile.” The prompt was to write a description of a character (the character, Larry, has tinnitus… long story!):
Working title: “Lifelines”
“Larry studies himself in the mirror. His visage is arid and ruddy. A face deflated, without the plumpness of animation. The lines on his face seem as unintentional and happenstance as dried mud; an assortment of grooves that follow no pattern, with no story to tell. Emotions rarely gather to add meaning or character to his face. Its muscles rarely contract to rise up in laughter, surprise, astonishment or horror. As he tests out different expressions before his reflection, he sees tiny earthquakes, awkwardly shifting his features and causing them to come to rest in unexpected ways. His jowls and the fleshy pockets that pool under his eyes seem tugged upon like sleeves, downward downward down. His eyes, however, are sincere. Brown and sad, they reflect longing. Longing to belong to what they see out in the world, while feeling rebuffed by it. The problem is that the dry expanse of his face is impenetrable, inscrutable to others, and as a result people never bother to look into his eyes. He is 50 years into his face, but its essence annealed long ago into what it is now. When Larry takes measure of a person, he covets the purposeful and telling lines around a personâs eyes or mouth, lines that are improved by smiling, even reflecting a lifetime of it. So many faces seem to have lines that coordinate to tell a story. Lined foreheads from a lifetime of eyebrows raised in lively conversation. Lined dashes between brows, permanently knit in concentration after a career pondering a computer screen or drawing board. Lips surrounded by small vertical lines after being drawn around cigarettes in smoky bars night after night. Deep leathery lines from a life lived outdoors, surfing, herding cattle or directing traffic. Why are others able to harness something as simple and inanimate as wrinkles and accrue them to personal benefit, to enhance character or reflect a worthy life hard lived? This perception of others may not always be accurate, but it is true. Larry has not succumbed to any cardinal or even venial sins, but neither has he earned salvation; he remains in a purgatory limbo in this life. Neither his life nor his hobbies etch traces on his face. Larry sighs and turns away from the mirror.”
