Hey there, It doesn't look like anyone has brought up the Steve Earle and Del McCoury Band shows at The Station Inn, so here we go... The set up, which I assume will be the same for the whole tour was... 1. Steve and the band w/o Del 2. Del and the band w/o Steve 3. intermission 4. Just Steve 5. Everybody The tunes... Steve and the band w/o Del played songs from The Mountain as you would expect. Del and the band w/o Steve played songs from Family as you would also expect. Steve solo acoustic played his more Moodier songs (as you might expect) and varied the set a bit each night. The moodier stuff like Valentine's Day and Ellis Unit One sounded great and on some nights he also played some old Texas blues (lightning hopkins, and such). He also was rather talkative. This might be due to the small size of the venue - but he lead almost every song with a story about its origin, or subject matter, or whatever - well cool. Also very cool was for the final set with everyone - bluegrass makeovers of Earle tunes like Train a Comin, Copperhead Road, etc. etc. Maybe its not bluegrass anymore, but it sure sounds good. Stuff to make you jealous... Joining the band on stage at various points - Iris Dement, Emmylou Harris. The crowd... An interesting mix of bluegrass fans, Earle fans and eclectic folks like P2-ers <g>. So you had drunk bikers screaming for Guitar Town, Copperhead Road and in one very drunk case Guitar Road. As well as an older guy behind me mumbling "Where's John Hurt when you need him" during one of Steve Earle's Texas Blues numbers. It'll be interesting to see how the crowd works out at say, The Vic in Chicago, or the show Shane mentioned being promoted on the classic rock station. Oh, and since it was nashville the crowd also included John Prine, Mac Wiseman, Joy Lynn White, etc. etc. So go see the tour. Later... CK ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
