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ig-news-digest tuesday, april 13 2010 volume 12 : number 011

today's subjects:
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[ig-news] indigo girl(s) at etown 4-11-10 [indigotraveller@aol.com]

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date: mon, 12 apr 2010 08:46:50 -0600
from: indigotraveller@aol.com
subject: [ig-news] indigo girl(s) at etown 4-11-10

what a strange, strange night.

etown always starts at 7pm.  around 6, my dad was told by a friend who
was backstage, that the start time had been backed up an hour.  in
attending well over 100 etowns over the years, i had never heard of
such a thing.

come 8, they started all the regular "getting the audience ready"
stuff.  then it was time for ig to hit the stage, but alas, out came
sulli and emily, but no amy.  it seems that amy had missed a flight
and was still in transit.

emily shared that she was nervous and had rarely done this before.
she also asked that we (the crowd) do our best to fill in amy's parts.

opening set:
our deliverance
what do you like (w/ etones, the house band, and lucy wainwright roche)
interview with host nick forster
best moment?  when nick asked, as a feminist, what advice would she
give to sarah palin?  the question clearly caught her by surprise, but
the answer was a good one - "go back to school."  had we not been
miked, i would have added, "but not in texas."

emily did a splendid job on the opening set but it just didn't work
out well for me, as i don't particularly like any of the songs she
chose.  and it's not that i don't like poseidon.  i like it a lot.
had she done love of our lives or fleet of hope, i would have been
delighted.

then we heard about the e-chievement award winner - a guy named craig
who was local in ft. collins and doing amazing work through realities
for children, an organization that provides emergency funding to
abused, neglected and at- risk youth in larimer county.
www.realitiesforchildren.com

then we heard some songs from the other artist, nathaniel rateliff and
his band, as well as an interview with nathaniel.  lovely harmonies.
during n's set, we had an unprecedented etown occurrence - an
intermission.  just another stalling for time tactic, i imagine.

after nathaniel, in another unprecedented move (but not out of the
ordinary for ig), we got a solo track from lucy w-r, who will be
opening for ig for this leg of the tour.  then finally, i saw sulli
with two guitars in hand, and out came emily and amy.

amy was properly sheepish. from what i understand (and hopefully i'll
get more of a story later), she was on a kayaking trip for her
birthday (which i think is now today), and she just missed her flight.

anyway, set 2 was:
sugar tongue (w/ the etones)
galileo
second time around
shame on you (w/ the etones) - censored
closer to fine (w/ the etones and lucy)

it was great to have the etones playing, and amy was very impressed
and appreciative, in light of the fact that they had to rehearse
without her.  (i heard sugar tongue through the doors during
soundcheck and therefore assumed it was emily who missed her flight).
i so, so, so miss the band.  i'm wondering how it would be if they
even just toured with a kick-ass drummer.  both ani (with andy) and
melissa ferrick (with brian) did that in the early days, and i liked
it a lot.

anyway, i had the same problem with the second set that i did with the
first.  i'm just not particularly fond of either of the two new songs
amy picked.  i would much rather have heard ghost of the gang or
driver education.

also, it was painful to watch amy censor "fuckin' up" into "screwin'
up." i understand that it's radio, but it was still sucky.

then for the finale, everyone came out on stage - ig, nr's band, the
etones, nick and helen, and lucy for a very nicely done version of bob
dylan's don't think twice, it's alright.

the performances overall were solid, but not great.  i was glad to be
there (in my happy spot - front row center between amy and emily).  my
neighbors were great company.  it was fun to have my dad and deni at
the show.  i always love etown.  it was magical for me to have one of
my favorite bands in "my" little world.  but all in all, it was a
disppointing (to me) set list and an average ig performance.  i expect
that the sold out, standing, ga show on wednesday night at the boulder
theater will be light years better.

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