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My wife and I are huge Lucinda Williams fans and have seen her live over a dozen times. She has always put on a great show, but not this time. The "band" was not up to par with what we've come to expect. A very disappointing performance and over priced at that!
Event was fantastic but event management was terrible. It was difficult to focus on the show as they were still guiding people to their seats during the last set of Lucinda Williams. The door to the bar was often open during the performance and the noise of the screaming bar crowd could be heard over the artist. People wandered in and out of the theatre, while artists were playing, asking full rows to stand so they could take their seat. This was not just at the time of the first few artists, but through the full performance.
Great show...... Steve Earle was incredible . Shawn Colvin what a talented singer/songwriter .incredibly talented guitarist. Always enjoy Shelby Lynn. Lucinda what can I say . The woman always blows me away. Her band is awesome. All in all great venue with increibly talented musicians.
I pick my shows carefully and I want to thank the management at NY's Beacon Theater who for the last 2 shows I attented being disabled bent over backwards to make sure I was confortable. The show was a fundraiser for a radio station that's not in a big market big it's listeners grew up with the station and Shelby was playing. She was allotted 20 minutes andgave her soul in her time slot. Due to the fact that the show had to end at 10.00pm I left after Shawn Colvin wanted to see Lucinda but my body gave out but the performers gave more than 100% and the radio station was happy. Again thank you to the Beacon you know how to deal with disabled people , I'll be there tomorrow and I'll let you know because of my condition this is gonna be the last concert I 'm ever gonna see live. so ticketmaster you always got me an aisle seat and I thank you dearly for making my life a little easier. Sincerely, Robbie Wise
So enjoyed all of the artists - Lake Shore Dive, Steve Earl, Shelby Lynn (never liked her before but now I do), Shawn Colvin (my personal favorite of the bunch) and of course Lucinda Williams. Great but please tell Beacon theater NOT to let people in during the middle of a song....very rude and disruptive. People who are late can stand in back and wait until between songs.
Lake Street Dive (new band) started concert and they were great. Followed by Shelby Lynn who was awesome! Too bad they were so short. By the time Lucinda came out she was less than spectacular. I find her tame and sort of tired. I have seen her when she first started playing and now that she is very famous it's disappointing to say the least. The Band is great and without them she would be even worse. Not going to see her again so soon.
"Many More" was not quite true, as The Lone Bellow was promised but couldn't appear due to vocal difficulties. What we did have, however, more than compensated, with sterling performances from Lake Street Dive, Shelby Lynne, Steve Earle, Shawn Colvin and, above all, Lucinda Williams. Williams was the headline and certainly deserved to be -- nothing in her set disappointed -- but those with her were an exceptional group, and it was disheartening (not what you should experience at a "Holiday Cheer" show) that they only had three or four songs to perform on their own...and that when Williams took the stage, only one of them (Earle) joined her for a few songs. There was no rousing send-'em-home finish from all the artists, and given the caliber of the talent involved -- to say nothing of the connections between them (Earle produced Williams; Lynne is the sister of Earle's wife; and Colvin's covered Earle) -- it would have been great to have had one. That said, Colvin and Earle, whom I'd seen previously, were even better than I remembered; Lake Street Dive and Shelby Lynne I hope to see again; and Lucinda Williams, whose reputation has long since preceded her, lived up to it and then exceeded it.. More shows like this and the Holidays would be much happier.
Second year at Holiday Cheer. Loved last years show...enjoyed this one. Sound mix was terrible...first band was difficult to listen. Barely understood the on-air personalities as they made their comments and introductions. Will join the fun again next year, always will support FUV, some improvement in sound would be appreciated.
Great lineup: Shawn Colvin was beautiful and Steve Earle was (as always) great. Lucinda Williams and her band were on that night. WFUV put on a great show. Can't wait for the next one!
My only regret was that all performers with the exception of Lucinda only played 3 - 4 songs each.
