Okay I'm gonna do something I haven't in a while....give you a link. Here. Go. NOW. That was really hard for me to find....and I'm pretty good. That is Buick 6. They started out with a 10 minute ultimate version of pipeline. It was great! They had this little tiny synth on stage...and said they did all instrumentals. They had this washing machine on stage, that caught my eye. You know the drummer is hard core when he changes cymbals during the set. I'm going to correct myself, Butch Norton - not a drummer. Butch is a percussionist. After a few songs he moved up to a second set of gear, had a giant cymbal (about a meter across) and he played the wash tub and a big piece of duct work. Oh, later he played a bird call too... The piece of ducting sounded pretty cool. Chet Lyster played guitar, keyboard and drums (when Norton moved to his second "kit"). While they were both on the drums they did this syncopated routine then the bass and guitar came in.
Bass. My GOSH. The bass player, David Sutton was fantastic. He was really grooving, he made me want to dance. Actually...wouldn't have minded dancing with him....
Five songs into the set there were words. Cinnamon Girl - a great rendition of a personal favorite. They did all covers but they did it wonderfully, they were awesome.
After the intermission Lucinda came out with the band wearing a screaming black shirt with PUNK scrawled across the front. Doug, the lead guitar player continued to wail - alternating between the pedal steel and his other guitars. Lyster broke out the mandolin for a song off Cartwheels, Concrete and Barbed Wire. Lucinda has really talented musicians. I could really just listen to them play. I mean...I can't say enough, REALLY. Sutton is an awesome bass player, with so much rhythm it's not enough to simply play the bass, it leaks out in his need to rock and dance while he's playing.
Lucinda Williams has a really unique method of strumming. She strums up really close to the neck- like around the 12th fret. Towards the end she pulled out her silver electric out and it had sparkles on the strap.....she was workin it :)
Rock on!
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rock on! I saw lucinda play with buick 6 at bumbershoot in Seattle 2 weeks ago, and I agree with you. Magnificent! Best band I heard all weekend.
Have you heard anything about when they were going to release the album? Their only web presence as a group is their myspace...and its sparse at best
Saw them last night, 9/29, in Charlotte. Sounds like the identical show you saw, and yes, it was wonderful.
Lucinda can rock for a girl 55! You are so right about David Sutton, I watched him as much as I watched Lucinda. From the first few songs I noticed he didn't have the normal moves of a guitarist. He did a sensual dance while he played. Then about the 3rd song he brought out his bass and that sort of explained his different groove I think. Not that the rest of Buick 6 weren't a delight as well. I think we'll be hearing a lot more about them.
Oh man I love Lucinda. Saw her at Austin City Limits a few years ago. Amazing.
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