LSD show at the Greek

[Sharon W]

We really enjoyed Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Dwight Yoakam last night. Made more fun by Anni and Brian joining us for the show and Corsica's Deli dinner in Griffith Park. Steve didn't do this but I think he should update it, maybe use NRA, NSA, KKK instead of the FCC, FBI & CIA -

[Brian]

What a great idea, Sharon! "F the CC" certainly could use an update after 14 years. Sadly, other songs like "Home to Houston," "Rich Man's War" and "Warrior" are just as timely, and not just because the wars that inspired them continue.  "The Revolution Starts Now" is my favorite Steve Earle album -- and every one of them is excellent.  It's also his most political album.  We saw him at Amoeba last year debuting his new album with an acoustic set and mentioning that he wrote all of the songs when he thought that Hillary Clinton was going to be our next president.  I wonder what Steve has written since.

Thanks to Sharon and Bill, we got to enjoy the second show of the second part of the LSD Tour at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday.  Here's the format:  The young band King Leg opens an hour earlier than usual promptly at 7 p.m. but plays only 20 minutes.  The stage breakdowns and set ups took only 15 to 20 minutes.  Each of the headliners and their bands played for about an hour, starting with Steve Earle and the Dukes, followed by Lucinda Williams.  A small percentage of the audience left before Dwight Yoakam closed the show, but he was greeted by a crowd that stood through the first several songs.  Dwight seldom paused for applause between songs, trying to work in his set before the 11 p.m. curfew.  He went two minutes over.

Steve Earle and the Dukes played 13 songs.  Last August at the Troubadour, they did 27 songs.  They opened with the first three songs from their latest album, "So You Wanna Be an Outlaw," just as they did last year.  Lucinda Williams came onstage to reprise her duet with Steve on "You're Still Standing There" from 1996.  Steve played harmonica and guitar on two songs in Lucinda's set later.

Few audience videos have been posted on You Tube of the shows in San Francisco, L.A. and San Diego so far.  This one captures that last minute and a half of the encore at the Greek, with Dwight, Lucinda and Steve singing "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" as the curfew passes:

[Sharon W]

Bill was hoping they'd do "Truckin" -

Bill tried for some video of the show but security was pretty vigilant and the bands had asked for no cameras or recording equipment.