A lot of comments rave on Kenny Vaughan. Fine and we'll, but the equal artistry by all players is what made this so exceptional. The selection of players who can gel like that overshadows a singularity. I still wonder what her beautiful eyes are focusing on throughout the performance.
I've had this cd for many years and still watch it frequently. Fantastic-and classy artist. While the performance by her and the band is flawless, I've often wondered what her eyes are focused on. Many live performances on video, Unbelievable respect, it's the best.
This is fantastic. I love Lucinda's music. In the mid 1990's I first heard her on an early morning college station's folk music show. A few years ago when I had Sirius/XM in my car, I would hear her on the Outlaw Country station. She's Awesome. I'm so glad this ACL video is on YT.
Just saw Lucinda last night (9/20/24) and tho she looks pretty different, my God is this girl talented..still as powerful and soulful as ever, if not more so given her recent health challenges. The fact she isn't a mega-star is beyond comprehension. As her friend Uncle Neil sang, "long my she run..."
Lucinda Williams is catchy edgy lyrics, interesting accent. Every now and then I listen to her. You can say I get sucked in. But within a day or two, I feel greasy, slimy and I run away and take a bath. A few years later I get sucked back In for a day or two. Her music always makes me wanna barf before too long. I understand other people feel differently.
AAAAA++++++++ performance. Every single song done with passion and a band that really knows how to play for the sake of the song. I've always said you couldn't touch Lu or Steve Earle live in '97-98. They absolutely ruled.
Lucinda's great, concert is great, but if there must be ads then at least have the decency to put them at the breaks and not in the middle of each f*cking song.
I was lucky enough to buy a used DVD of this concert on Amazon today. I was MC for a concert she gave a few years ago with my friend Levon Helm at Massey Haii in Toronto.
The first day I returned to work after losing my best ex to suicide, this song came on out of the blue. This was long before Siri or anything like it. The next day, Maura O'Connell's "Time to Learn" played. I still get chills down my spine and the hair raises on my arms every time I hear them.
"Crowfoot stood and watched as the white man spread many one dollar bills on the ground. “This is what the white man trades with; this is his buffalo robe. Just as you trade skins, we trade with these pieces of paper.” When the white chief had laid all his money on the ground and shown how much he would give if the Indians would sign a treaty, Crowfoot took a handful of clay, made a ball out of it and put it on the fire. It did not crack. Then he said to the white man, Now put your money on the fire and see if it will last as long as the clay. The white man said, No….my money will burn because it is made of paper. With an amused gleam in his eyes the old chief said, Oh, your money is not as good as our land, is it? The wind will blow it away; the fire will burn it; water will rot it. But nothing will destroy our land. You don’t make a very good trade. Then with a smile, Crowfoot picked up a handful of sand from the river bank, handed it to the white man and said, You count the grains of sand in that while I count the money you give for the land. The white man said, I would not live long enough to count this, but you can count the money in a few minutes. Very well, said the wise Crowfoot, our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not perish as long as the sun shines and the water flows, and through all the years it will give life to men and animals, and therefore we cannot sell the land. It was put there by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not really belong to us. You can count your money and burn it with a nod of a buffalo’s head, but only the Great Spirit can count the grains of sand and the blades of grass on these plains. As a present we will give you anything you can take with you, but we cannot give you the land.” Chief Crowfoot : Blackfoot Confederacy
