Dwight stole the show
by Brackneygirl on 8/21/18Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park - IndianapolisRating: 5 out of 5Venue was great, Merch was a bit overpriced, food & drinks were very overpriced!

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Round Up by arrangement with Live Nation present
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2015 – Round Up by arrangement with Live Nation is thrilled to announce one of America’s finest singer-songwriters, LUCINDA WILLIAMS will head to New Zealand for one show only, playing Auckland’s Vector Arena on Friday December 4.
It’s been three years since the immensely talented Lucinda Williams graced our shores and we’re honoured to welcome the three-time Grammy Award winner back to New Zealand for a one-off intimate performance. Renowned for marrying rock, blues, country and soul, Lucinda heads our way, with stellar band in tow; including Wallflowers guitarist Stuart Mathis and her irreplaceable rhythm section, David Sutton on bass and Butch Norton on drums.
Tickets for this one-off performance will go on sale at midday Monday, October 12.
My Live Nation and Southern Fork members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sales commencing at midday tomorrow, Friday October 9.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: www.livenation.co.nz.
With a recording career spanning 12 albums and nearing four decades, Lucinda Williams is touring on the back of her brilliant 2014 double-album release, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, which was voted Album of the Year at the 14th Annual Americana Awards last month.
The album includes 20 new songs with all but two of the tracks written solely by 62-year-old Williams. From the very personal ‘Compassion’ penned by her poet father, Miller Williams and sung into being by Lucinda, to the closing, beautifully epic rendition of JJ Cale’s ‘Magnolia’; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone is testament to Lucinda’s prowess.
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone joins a distinguished discography including 1978 debut Ramblin’ on My Mind, 1988’s eponymous breakthrough, Lucinda Williams and 1998’s landmark Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.
VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND (theatre mode)
FRIDAY DECEMBER 4
TICKETS ON SALE MIDDAY MONDAY OCTOBER 12
My Live Nation, My Ticketmaster & Southern Fork pre-sales:
Midday October 9 until 5pm October 11
For complete tour and ticket information, visit:
www.lucindawilliams.com & www.livenation.co.nz
About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
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Venue was great, Merch was a bit overpriced, food & drinks were very overpriced!
Simply stunning. Four great acts. Lots of interplay between groups, sitting in on each other's sets. Lucinda is the queen, with out a doubt.
All three bands were amazing. The venue didn’t have a bad seat. Any one of these acts could have headlined and to see all three of them in one concert was a treat.
She sounds past her prime, though her guitar playing was good.
steve earle was great, but i thought lucinda williams was pretty bad. i was not familiar with her before the show but was excited to hear someone new. ugh! i wish we could have skipped over that part so dwight would have had more time to play. he has so many hits, i was really sad he couldn’t play longer. but he sounded & moved just like he did 20 years ago. just felt his set was way too short.
She did not sing well at all... maybe she was drunk or high but it wasn’t good in my opinion
For at least the last couple years, Lucinda, backed by an impeccable, sparse and highly appealing rock-n-roll band, has been entrancing audiences with her beautifully written and layered soulful, intimate songs. She and the band delivered a 5-star set at the Chicago Theatre. Lucinda's languid, clear vocals appear destined for iconic status.
The grouping of Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Dwight Yoakum was a very apt team. Each act was in fine form displaying their versions of American roots music. My only complaint would have been the relative brevity of each artists' respective sets due to the time constraints of a multi band lineup. Special treats were had having the artists sharing the stage with each other at various points during each others shows.
The combo of Williams, Earle and Yoakam was inspired! I had seen Lucinda before but neither of the gentlemen. Earle's political/social anger was timely; Williams's personal anger was eternal (You took my joy); and Dwight's balls-out flashy country rock was pure fun. His mellow tutorial on the history of country was enlightening. I think it was very generous of the trio to include King Leg (interesting) frontman in the encore.
First time I saw her in concert and wasn’t impressed. I saw she had a lot of followers but couldn’t understand why. It looked like she was reading her lyrics from paper on a stand. I’m going have to be fair and listen to her earlier stuff and maybe then I enjoy her more. It seemed she played longer then the others and cut into Dwight Yoakam time, that’s who I was there to see.
I FEEL SHE WASN'T WORTHY TO SHARE A STAGE WITH DWIGHT
During Lucinda’s set the colored lights that shined into the crowd were way too bright. We left early for that reason as did several others in our area.
So, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Dwight Yoakam last night. First there was “a kid” (Bryan Joyce), who goes by the handle of ‘King Leg’. Never heard of him. It was as if Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison had dropped themselves into the body of Joey Ramone, and decided to front a blistering pedal steel infused alt-Country band, that was, literally, worth the price of admission. And just as an overarching comment; all four of these bands were replete with brilliant multi-instrumental players: accordions, mandolins, fiddle, stand up bass, keyboards and pedal steel guitars—and don’t sound a bit like Nashville today. And that is common theme with these three, all outside the mainstream, closer to rock, but purer descendants of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Waylon. Earle was his raw lyrically lucid self, and “Copperhead Road” as solid as ever. Someone told me Lucinda Williams suffered stage fright, not last night. Full voiced and heart wrenching “Joy”, as in ‘you took my joy, and I want it back’, had the stinger still stuck in my skin of lost love. I first saw Dwight Yoakam in Houston ‘83, and amazingly he remains the cow-punk-Bakersfield-sashaying country rebel he always was. It was all right on the money, but when he linked, “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” with, “It Only Hurts When I Cry”—well, that is the essential Dwight, when you dance and play through the pain that only relents: never. Such a soaring night of exquisite Americana, Alt Country, rockabilly rock, makes you marvel at: where the hell would we be without tortured broken hearts?
Sounds way way better live. This chic is cool and rocked it old school. The best concert I have been to all summer
Lucinda was the best part of the night. King Leg ugh... Steve Earl played to long and cussed too much.
Lucinda and her band were fabulous. Steve Earle also played great. We didn't stick around for Dwight Yoakum. Meadowbrook was an excellent venue for the lad tour
The venue and Dwight Yoakum were excellent. The opening bands were a waste of time.
Seemed she was so impaired that when she played with Steve Earle, handler had to get her off stage. She was almost unintelligible throughout.
Steve, Lucinda, and Dwight put on a great show. Start to finish. I enjoyed it very much
The concert was good enough. The music before and in between acts was hideous. I heard Green Tambourine three times and Yummy Yummy Yummy I got love in my tummy twice. I thought I would pull my hair out!!! The lights on stage were also quite painful. We had sharp laser like lights directly in our eyes for a good half of the evening. I had to wear my sunglasses and my husband had to hold his hand over his face to avoid the pain in his eyes. They were moving lights and perhaps some had incorrect bulbs in them or directed at an angle incorrectly? It made for a somewhat miserable experience.