Lucinda Williams .. my 4th time!
The
BLESSED lady was back in Charleston.
Miss Williams had her contacts in this time.
No
eyeglasses were offered from the audience to help her see the lyrics.
That happened at the
Performing Arts Center in 2008.
She played the
Charleston Music Hall Sunday night and remarked that she really thought it was a great venue.
"I like the twinkling lights behind me. They look like stars."
I agree it's a beautiful room and under-used for visiting acts.
More intimate than the
Music Farm where I saw her a few years ago.
Her touring bus was parked right at the curb out front.
How convenient can you get?
"BLESSED" is the name of the new album by the 3-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter.
She was backed by long time bassist David Sutton and drummer Butch Norton.
Lead guitar was Blake Mills.
They formed a tight musical group.
Her nearly 2 hour show (short intermission) was a sweet mixture of Blues, Country and folk rock.
There were some very tender moments when she put aside her guitar and sang from the heart.
I also enjoyed Lucinda in
Memphis in 2002 at the Beale Street Music Festival.
I look forward to the next time.
(Be sure to click on the photos for more details.Security didn't bother her camera and phone-toting fans and the lighting/sound was excellent.) Support live music!
Labels: Beale Street Music Festival, Blake Mills, Blessed album, Butch Norton, Charleston Music Hall, David Sutton, Lucinda Williams, PAC
Can't Quite Make That out ....
I would have loaned
Lucinda Williams MY glasses but then I couldn't see.
At the Performing Arts Center Saturday night, the singer and her band
Buick 6 played a show that got better and better as her voice deepened and she relaxed a bit.
"You're a great audience..I like the shouted comments," she told the crowd.
She explained she had a book of lyrics on a stand in front of her so she could
"just sing and not worry about remembering all the words." Then she flubbed a line.
"Oh, I meant to get more contact lenses before we started this 8-week tour for Little Honey, the new album, but I forgot to do that."
She was laughing at herself for a moment as members of the band kidded her and then a fan ran up to the edge of the stage and offered her a pair of glasses.
"Oh, I have glasses, I just didn't want to wear them tonight," she laughed and started the song over.
This time she got it right and the supportive crowd roared its approval.
We ARE nationally recognized as a polite city after all.
Labels: 8-week tour, Buick 6, contact lenses, eyeglasses, Little Honey, Lucinda Williams, PAC, polite city
Wanda's Going To China.
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This time next week, Blues Singer
Wanda Johnson - from the South Carolina upstate - will be on her way to perform in Macau, China.
That's what they mean when they say
"Talent will take you a long way."
Caught her and
Shrimp City Slim (Gary Erwin) last night at A Dough Re Mi in Mt. Pleasant for several excellent sets and it's no wonder she's in demand around the world. Her Blues chops are finely tuned.
Sitting in with Shrimp's band was
Dr. Pickup from Paris, France so it was a really international Friday night. The whole band will travel with Miss Wanda so it should be quite a show.
Last night the room was packed and, on one side, a happy crowd helped a fellow celebrate his birthday and, on the other side, a group of ladies also were eating pizza and birthday cake.
Tonight I'll be sitting down front at the Performing Arts Center in North Charleston for the
Lucinda Williams concert. Last time she was here, it was packed-shoulder-to-shoulder at the
Music Farm.Labels: A Dough Re Mi, birthday, China, Dr. Pickup, France, Gary Erwin, Lucinda Williams, Miss Wanda Johnson, PAC, Paris, Performing Arts Center, Shrimp City Slim
The BLESSED lady was back in Charleston.
I agree it's a beautiful room and under-used for visiting acts.
"BLESSED" is the name of the new album by the 3-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter.
I also enjoyed Lucinda in Memphis in 2002 at the Beale Street Music Festival.
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