Went to Shelby Lynne tonight. Hey, 7:30 show...I can handle that. Traffic going in...why does it take me an hour to get to Somerville these days?
Get a ticket, place is a third full. Go down the street to redbones for a beer...OK, two.
Back at Johnny D's at 7:30. Now full. She comes on at 7:46. (Guy in front of me tries to read his watch, can't see it, so he turns on his phone....7:46.
Crowd is pretty gray....not symphony gray, more Bonnie Raitt gray. $25 cover...don't think I've ever paid more than $10 or $15 here before...she must be good.
Sad girl songs, respectful applause from the audience.......guess they know this shit. Hey, the youtube shows her rockin' out. This stuff was wicked boring, pathetic sad girl songs. Shelby, I really don't care about your Momma and your Sissy back in Alabama. Yikes!
Anyway, two beers and 45 minutes and I'm outta here. Maybe she came out with a band and kicked ass later on, but I couldn't hang on to find out.
Stravinsky Firebird on the radio coming home ... good palate cleanser.
Was I a little harsh?
Peter
OUCH! As Mrs. Cleaver once said to Mr. Cleaver at breakfast one morning, "Ward, weren't you a little rough on the Beaver last night?" But the REAL tragedy is shown below, for he did not stay to see Shelby play with Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band!
Shelby Lynne appears at the Highline Ballroom in NYC on Wednesday and at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA on Thursday, so, friends and family in the Big Apple and the Big Kegger, DO NOT pass up this opportunity to see her.
Six degrees of separation:
1.Shelby Lynne is Allison Moorer's older sister.
2.Allison Moorer is married to Steve Earle
3.Steve Earle is the father of Justin Townes Earle
4.Justin Townes Earle nodded to Johnny K going downstairs to the bathroom at the Iron Horse Music Hall last month.
5.Johnny K used to know Johnny Gumbo pretty well until he up and moved to the Great NorthLeft and doesn't communicate anymore.
6.Johnny Gumbo used to hang with (maybe once) Kevin Bacon
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Sorry. Thought she'd be a great show, but I did know her latest cd (bought it, like it a lot) was reflective and she wasn't touring with a band. There's a backstory on her family- when she was a kid, her Daddy shot her Momma dead, then shot himself. Shelby was left to raise her younger sis, Allison Moorer (wife of Steve Earle), by herself. I gather some of these songs address that.
Not sure we saw the same show, mister, but to each his own. Big Shelby fan here.
I apologize for my harsh comments. I did not know her history. If I had, i would not have used those words.
The artwork is done by Jorgine Jensen who I'm sure does not want the image associated with such a negative light of SL. What a messed up review. Incredibly rude...She ALWAYS gives a great show. Ask the roomful of people who actually got it.
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