After I left Work I grabbed an Arby sandwich on the way to WorkPlay. I am a fraid I take after my father sometimes. "Hurry up, so we can be early." I git there about 35 minutes befor the show. I told the girl sat the entrance that was a guset. She didn't look at any paper to verify or amything and gave me an arm band pass.
I knew the theatre had seating, so I took the Makers Mark in with me. I figured I could set it undr the chair. What they had was a bank of small table. All the tables at the front were already full, so I sat down at one in the middle toward the back, but it was a small theatre so I was still close.
Teddy Thompson came on. I guess he was good. He just wasn't my style. Anbd the microphone was turned up so high that his wards scrambled.
Then after the stage was prepped, Tift finally came on.
Tables are handy for jotting down set list.
Something To Me
duet with Teddy, the Everly Brother's song "Kissed You"
Morning Is My Destination
Stray Paper
I Know What I'm Looking For Now
Another CountryHopes Too High
Supposed To Make You Happy
Keep You Happy
My Heart Is Free
Broken
Tender Branch
Neighborhood
When I Cross Over
Then after that, I think the encor:
Good Hearted Man (solo)
Virginia(slow version, solo)
Plainest Thing
Mille Tendresses
Trouble Over Me(solo)
Someone commented that shows at places where you have to stand are better. I definately liked sitting down. And the airconditioning was good too!
Tift pointed out a guy on the front left who gave her a standing ovation after every song. She said that because she was born in the South when she tours the South, in every city she has cousins. She said that even in France she has cousins, and used that as an intro to My Heart Is Free about her ancestor. One girl in the audience called out to her in French, and they exchanged some French dialogue.
Tift also asked if you could drink in Alabama on a Sunday, while holding her beer. Someone in the audience held up their beer in reply.
When Tift said something to Zeek that the audience couldn't hear, someone called out., "Sunday is nobodies business." Later that song was requested, but Tift ignored all request.
Before hert last song, she said it was dedicated to someone, I didn't catch who. And she doesn't sing it very often anymore. Then sang Trouble Over Me. During the song she stopped, but kept playing and said, "I forgot the words," then picked it up and kept going. That didn't stop her from getting a standing ovation.
I had no trouble getting toward the front of the line, if it could be called a line. Zeek came out with her. He saw my bag and smilled. He said, "Your Robert?" I replied in the afirmative and he shook my hand. He thanked me for help out. When Tift finished signing a cd I pulled out the bottle and presented it to her. She smiled, took it, and thanked me for sall the help I'd done. I went around behind the table to get the picture. The girl who speaks Spanish took one whil I had to bend my knees to lower myself to get into the shot with Tift. Tift said to take a second ond to be sure. Which turned out to be a good idea because the first one was out of focus.
After that it seemed that I was leaving too quyickly. But I was tired. I got some great pictures. I'm working on getting them online now.
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