First gig of the year with good second row seats at The Beacon. Support was Ben de la Cour, a singer songwriter with some darkish themes and a pithy sense of humour. I liked his stuff - his guitar playing was crisp and whilst his singing was mostly subdued he let rip on a song ' The devil went down to Silverlake' and it was good track.
I was shocked when Lucindda came on stage as she couldn't walk properly unaided and her left arm was pretty useless and checking later she had a stroke a few years ago. So no guitar this time around (we last saw her in 2016) but just vocals (and songwriting of course) from her.
The band was excellent - a guitarist who managed various styles effortlessly (blues, slide, reggae, EC in 'while my guitar...), a spot-on drummer and a seamless bassist.
The set featured half a dozen songs from the new album ' World's Gone Wrong'. Of those I really enjoyed 'Low life', 'Black Tears' (a blues number) and 'How much did you get for your soul'. The vibe was quite downbeat which is evident from the titles but that's alt-country for you. Also outstanding of older songs was 'Pineola', 'Drunken Angel' and 'Lake Charles; and without rambling on she also explqained the origin of these and other songs which was interesting. 'Righteously' the final track before the encore was also good and I enjoyed the covers which included 'While my guitar Gently weeps' which the guitarist channeled EC for the solo, and 'Keep on Rockin' in the free World' which finished the gig on a positive note.
An excellent gig and I think the last time we'll see LW touring here. That's the fourth time I've seen her over a 17 year period and I've enjoyed all of them immensely.
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