June 23 and 24, 2008, Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA

from Planted in my Mind
Heaven, I’m in heaven……… oops wrong era.
But I was. Let me just say that I’ve loved Rasing Sand since the day it came out.
Monday night Dave and I had great seats (unfortunately sitting seperately).
The energy on stage was hot, but it always is when the musicians are enjoying themselves. Every song was fantastic, Robert’s delve into roots music, American style, is brilliant. Paint my face red… during I’m In the Mood, I said to the guy next to me, “I recognize that sond, who did it?”, he turned to me astonished and said “Robert.” Needless to sayy I borke out Nine Lives and am discovering so much I love.

The duets with Robert and Allison were nothing short of magnificent. The sum issi better than the parts. During “gone, gone gone” Robert did this cute little imitation of Elvis (lip curl and all)– I thought Allison was going to burst out laughing!
The LZ songs were good , as usual, “Black Dog” was highly rearranged, but I think I like it better than the SS version.

T-Bone did this amazing song, his voice is very distintive. I don’t know the name, but the lyrics went something like “The frightening part is living”

What was a little sad, but I guess understandable, was that every time Robert wailed, or kicked up a mikestand the crowd went wild. The only standing ovations were for the LZ songs. There was so much brilliant music that deserved to be recognized, I was disappointed that it was not shown the respect or appreciation it deserved.

Stuart Duncan did this amazing “rock and roll” violin solo on “Nothin” that was heart stopping.

I know this is really disjointed, but I’m not a writer. All I can say is they were all wonderful, and I’d love to hear another album from them.