Last Night

Nanci Griffith

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A good show. Two 45-min sets with a smoke break/intermission wedged between. A good number of old songs: John Prine's "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness," her own "There's a Light Beyond These Woods," "Listen to the Radio," "Gulf Coast Highway" (duet with James Hooker. I think she recorded a version of this tune with Hootie. Ergh), "These Days In An Open Book," "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go," "From a Distance," and about a half-dozen or more songs off her latest record, most of which seemed pretty light-weight, but fun. Two exceptions: "Beautiful," and "Heart of Indochine." Ended with Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer," and a Stones song I sort of didn't recognize.

And, Steve--yes, she did begin every song with a longish folksy anecdote. She's so cute. I kind of wish she were my mom. My cool folksinging country mom.