Excellent show if a bit dragg-y at times. She tended to overstretch
and over-mine a few of her blues songs toward the end-I mean I think "Joy",
almost reached Allman Bros-type length; my estimation would be 20 minutes
long-yikes!
Totally sold out and more, which really shocked me for St. Louis, I
mean this show could and should have been at the American Theatre (which holds
another thousand or so folks I think)..*wayyyy* too many folks inside of Miss.
Nights. But that's typical-they have absolutely no regard for folks who go to
shows there.
Personal minor complaint-no "I Lost It", which is my fave LW song. 2nd
minor complaint, Lucinda pre-announces way too many of her songs, which to me
takes away much of the initial adrenaline rush you get when that first
unanticipated chord or note flows through the speakers and it just throttles
your body....something about knowing exactly what you're gonna hear every time
removes that, and it really bothers me....
Opened with "Pineola", which was just riveting. Just hearing her kick
into that chorus "born and rayyy-zed in pi-ne-oh-luhhhh"....wow. Riveting.
Other highlights; "Still I Long...", "Joy", and "Changed The Locks", which
really crunched guit-wise...
You know, the more I think about it, Lucinda could do well to release a
live record, you know??? (hmmm....(;-))
She looked good, good mood, great, I mean great band. 2 guitarists,
bass, organ player and drummer. Huge number of guitars on stage-Mercury must
be treating her well. And can anyone fill me in on the lead player's name
(the kind of geeky-lookin' one, not the slide-player). And does anyone know
what kinda of guitar he plays? It looks to me like some sort of non-typical
Fender, and I'm just curious what it is-thanks.
Anyway, just thought you guys would be interested, maybe Kip or John or
someone else can add a bit more...
Dan Bentele
