johnfoyle
07-23-2005, 09:01 PM
http://www.skyisblue.net/concerts/lcantrell2005.htm
Laura Cantrell
Red Light Cafe - Atlanta, GA - July 1, 2005
Mike and I went to the Red Light Cafe to see Laura Cantrell. Neither of us had been there before, so we weren't sure what to expect. We arrived at about 6:30, expecting the doors to open at 7:00. We sat in the truck for a little while, waiting for it to be closer to time to the show before we went up to the door. At about 6:50 we walked up to the doors, and a guy had just came out to start selling tickets. As we approached the building we could hear that Laura was still doing a soundcheck, performing various sections of "Yonder Comes A Freight Train". We bought our tickets and took a seat at one of the outside tables. I made the comment that you don't hear very many songs with the word "Yonder" in it. Mike immediately thought of "Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key" from Mermaid Avenue, and before he finished saying that, "Way Over Yonder" (from Tapestry) came to my mind. It seems like we came up with a couple more, but I can't remember what they were now. While we were discussing this, Laura came walking out of the building with a friend. They walked down to the end of the sidewalk, sat down and talked until after we went inside.
We were the first people in the door. The stage was on the left when you walked in the door. We took a seat at a table on the front row.
The opening act was enjoyable enough. It was a guy that played country/folk and sounded a lot like Dylan around the time of "Nashville Skyline". (This was Mike's proclamation, I agreed so much I stuck it here.)
Laura and her band came out just minutes after the opening act finished. Her band consisted of 3 guys. One played mandolin, one played guitar (and some kind of lap steel guitar), and a stand-up bass player.
This was a great show. Laura sounds exactly like she does on her studio recordings, and her band was really incredible. The setlist:
When The Roses Bloom Again
Churches On The Interstate
What You Said
Poor Ellen Smith
Queen Of The Coast
14th Street
California Rose
Khaki & Corduroy
Letters
All The Same To You
Yonder Comes A Freight Train
All Blue
Two Seconds
Old Downtown
The Encore:
Not The Tremblin' Kind
Bees
After the encore...wait, let me tell you about the encore. The last two times I saw Robyn Hitchcock there were enjoyable things that happened around the encore. In 2003, after the first encore, everyone assumed he was finished so everyone started milling around. An announcer came out and said "Robyn will come back and play some more if you want.". That was the first time I had ever seen that happen. When I saw him on Halloween of 2004, he just flat out made the announcement: "OK, this is the encore," without ever leaving the stage. Here is another story to add to my odd encore list. Laura finished her main set and came off of the stage to loud applause. The band kind of stood there for a second, not knowing what to do. There is no backstage area. The back of the stage is the front of the building. So, after leaving the stage they all walk outside for about...oh, maybe 30 seconds. Then they came back in and took the stage. I felt a little bad for them in a way, but Laura immediately called it to everyones attention, saying how transparent it was and that they were out there debating on how soon to come back in.
OK, at the end of the encore Laura said that she would be over by the door to meet people. I was very excited about this. I had purchased her first two discs from the merch table and I was really hoping to get my copy of "When The Roses Bloom Again" signed. I got my wish.
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You may notice that she signed this in a silver marker. I told her that I didn't bring her new album to get signed because it was black and I was worried that a marker wouldn't show. She told me that they had ran into that, so she came prepared with the silver. I wanted to talk to her a little longer, so I asked if she would sign the cd also. She debated using the silver or the black on the cd. She picked the black.
So here I was, talking about office supplies to one of my favorite singers. I decided to change the subject. During the show she talked about "Letters", one of the songs on the new album. She found the song on a cassette of Lucinda Williams demos from the 80's. I asked her if there were any other good songs on the tape. She told me that a lot of the stuff sounded very dated, and that there were even a couple of reggae type songs on it. So, I guess not. (For the record, "Letters" is probably my favorite song on the new album).
Then I told her how much I enjoyed the tribute to Johnny Cash she did on her radio show after he passed away. She said "Thank you, those shows are always hard to do," I guess reffering to that and other tribute shows she has done over the years.
At this point I told her thank you again and went back over to where Mike was. He was trying to finish his sandwich that he had ordered before the show started. Then I looked at the CD.
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"Scott, Nice to meet you at the Red Light! - Laura Cantrell". That's a great autograph. She clearly took a lot of care to write around the edge, and her name is in a perfect location and very neat.
I got to looking at it the next morning. I noticed it didn't really say that it was "Nice to Meet" me. It says it was "Mice to Weet" me. What does that mean? Was she too nice to write that it wasn't nice to meet me? Is it a secret code that I am supposed to crack? Did she just get nervous meeting me and make a blunder? Laura, if you ever stumble on this page and feel like clarifying yourself, feel free.
All kidding aside, this is probably my favorite autograph. "When the Roses Bloom Again" is one of my favorite albums (probably in my all-time top 20), and getting it autographed moves it into the top tier of my music collection.
When I got back to the table Mike was finishing up his sandwich. He had bought the new album on vinyl and wanted to get it signed. I took the camera and Mike took our picture.
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The signature on Mike's album is really cool. I hope to be able to post a picture of that soon. One more thing to note about this picture, that guy in the back is the guitarist. He was awsome, but somehow I didn't manage to get any other pictures of him.
We both got copies of the set list.
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And finally, here is my ticket.
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It was $12 to get in. For that $12 I got to see an excellent show, meet the artist, get an autograph, get a picture, and get the setlist. That's a bargain any way you look at it.
This is one of my favorite shows of all time. I can't say any more than that. I can't wait until she comes to Atlanta again.
Laura Cantrell
Red Light Cafe - Atlanta, GA - July 1, 2005
Mike and I went to the Red Light Cafe to see Laura Cantrell. Neither of us had been there before, so we weren't sure what to expect. We arrived at about 6:30, expecting the doors to open at 7:00. We sat in the truck for a little while, waiting for it to be closer to time to the show before we went up to the door. At about 6:50 we walked up to the doors, and a guy had just came out to start selling tickets. As we approached the building we could hear that Laura was still doing a soundcheck, performing various sections of "Yonder Comes A Freight Train". We bought our tickets and took a seat at one of the outside tables. I made the comment that you don't hear very many songs with the word "Yonder" in it. Mike immediately thought of "Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key" from Mermaid Avenue, and before he finished saying that, "Way Over Yonder" (from Tapestry) came to my mind. It seems like we came up with a couple more, but I can't remember what they were now. While we were discussing this, Laura came walking out of the building with a friend. They walked down to the end of the sidewalk, sat down and talked until after we went inside.
We were the first people in the door. The stage was on the left when you walked in the door. We took a seat at a table on the front row.
The opening act was enjoyable enough. It was a guy that played country/folk and sounded a lot like Dylan around the time of "Nashville Skyline". (This was Mike's proclamation, I agreed so much I stuck it here.)
Laura and her band came out just minutes after the opening act finished. Her band consisted of 3 guys. One played mandolin, one played guitar (and some kind of lap steel guitar), and a stand-up bass player.
This was a great show. Laura sounds exactly like she does on her studio recordings, and her band was really incredible. The setlist:
When The Roses Bloom Again
Churches On The Interstate
What You Said
Poor Ellen Smith
Queen Of The Coast
14th Street
California Rose
Khaki & Corduroy
Letters
All The Same To You
Yonder Comes A Freight Train
All Blue
Two Seconds
Old Downtown
The Encore:
Not The Tremblin' Kind
Bees
After the encore...wait, let me tell you about the encore. The last two times I saw Robyn Hitchcock there were enjoyable things that happened around the encore. In 2003, after the first encore, everyone assumed he was finished so everyone started milling around. An announcer came out and said "Robyn will come back and play some more if you want.". That was the first time I had ever seen that happen. When I saw him on Halloween of 2004, he just flat out made the announcement: "OK, this is the encore," without ever leaving the stage. Here is another story to add to my odd encore list. Laura finished her main set and came off of the stage to loud applause. The band kind of stood there for a second, not knowing what to do. There is no backstage area. The back of the stage is the front of the building. So, after leaving the stage they all walk outside for about...oh, maybe 30 seconds. Then they came back in and took the stage. I felt a little bad for them in a way, but Laura immediately called it to everyones attention, saying how transparent it was and that they were out there debating on how soon to come back in.
OK, at the end of the encore Laura said that she would be over by the door to meet people. I was very excited about this. I had purchased her first two discs from the merch table and I was really hoping to get my copy of "When The Roses Bloom Again" signed. I got my wish.
( reproduced at above link)
You may notice that she signed this in a silver marker. I told her that I didn't bring her new album to get signed because it was black and I was worried that a marker wouldn't show. She told me that they had ran into that, so she came prepared with the silver. I wanted to talk to her a little longer, so I asked if she would sign the cd also. She debated using the silver or the black on the cd. She picked the black.
So here I was, talking about office supplies to one of my favorite singers. I decided to change the subject. During the show she talked about "Letters", one of the songs on the new album. She found the song on a cassette of Lucinda Williams demos from the 80's. I asked her if there were any other good songs on the tape. She told me that a lot of the stuff sounded very dated, and that there were even a couple of reggae type songs on it. So, I guess not. (For the record, "Letters" is probably my favorite song on the new album).
Then I told her how much I enjoyed the tribute to Johnny Cash she did on her radio show after he passed away. She said "Thank you, those shows are always hard to do," I guess reffering to that and other tribute shows she has done over the years.
At this point I told her thank you again and went back over to where Mike was. He was trying to finish his sandwich that he had ordered before the show started. Then I looked at the CD.
( reproduced at above link)
"Scott, Nice to meet you at the Red Light! - Laura Cantrell". That's a great autograph. She clearly took a lot of care to write around the edge, and her name is in a perfect location and very neat.
I got to looking at it the next morning. I noticed it didn't really say that it was "Nice to Meet" me. It says it was "Mice to Weet" me. What does that mean? Was she too nice to write that it wasn't nice to meet me? Is it a secret code that I am supposed to crack? Did she just get nervous meeting me and make a blunder? Laura, if you ever stumble on this page and feel like clarifying yourself, feel free.
All kidding aside, this is probably my favorite autograph. "When the Roses Bloom Again" is one of my favorite albums (probably in my all-time top 20), and getting it autographed moves it into the top tier of my music collection.
When I got back to the table Mike was finishing up his sandwich. He had bought the new album on vinyl and wanted to get it signed. I took the camera and Mike took our picture.
( reproduced at above link)
The signature on Mike's album is really cool. I hope to be able to post a picture of that soon. One more thing to note about this picture, that guy in the back is the guitarist. He was awsome, but somehow I didn't manage to get any other pictures of him.
We both got copies of the set list.
( reproduced at above link)
And finally, here is my ticket.
( reproduced at above link)
It was $12 to get in. For that $12 I got to see an excellent show, meet the artist, get an autograph, get a picture, and get the setlist. That's a bargain any way you look at it.
This is one of my favorite shows of all time. I can't say any more than that. I can't wait until she comes to Atlanta again.