LOCATION: Winslow, AZ via train
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Nick Radina
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Orchard thread:
http://www.overtherhine.com/orchard/index.php?showtopic=9387
Setlist:
Laugh of Recognition
Suitcase
I Want You To Be My Love
Bluebird (Linford & Karin)
Drunkard's Prayer (Linford & Karin)
Johnny & June (Linford & Karin)
The King Knows How
Ohio (Karin)
Long Lost Brother (Linford & Karin & Mickey Grimm)
Don't Wait For Tom
Hush Now (Linford & Karin & Mickey Grimm)
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Latter Days
Bill Ivester:
We jumped back on the bus for the cruise to Winslow and the beautiful La Posada Resort. As we were checking in you could hear the band sound checking in the ballroom for the show later that night. Several of us who kind of bonded on the trip met up, had dinner together in their wonderful restaurant , then headed to the ballroom. The format was much the same as Santa Fe, with OtR playing a slightly shorter set due to a Sunday night 10PM curfew out of respect for other guests in the hotel.
On a side note, just after sound check, and 80 year old man approached Karin (having no idea who she was) and asked what was going on in the ballroom. She explained and he immediately was disappointed. He then asked if it was a “private function,” and she replied “yes” and asked him why. After talking further, she found out that on the same day a year ago, he married his wife (she is 60 and they were both widowed) there and that they had they had their first dance as “husband and wife” in the ballroom and that he had surprised her with a trip back there to celebrate their first anniversary and hoped to dance with her there again tonight.
Karin lit up, explained who she was and personally asked them to please attend the show.
After a great dinner in the La Posada Restaurant, everyone began to casually accumulate in the ballroom across the hall. Lucy opened the night with another charming set of music and her stories, Molly & Bill (Swan Dive) followed and then OtR. All sets were slightly abbreviated there was very little break between them, due to there being other guests in the hotel and a 10:00PM curfew.
Three songs into the set, Karin acknowledged the newlyweds mentioned above and invited them to “have their dance” while dedicating “I Want You To Be My Love” to them. They danced together as Karin sang to them, it was a beautiful, touching moment. Many of us met them in the bar after the show and they were beautiful, kind people and very grateful and happy for the generous acknowledgement.
The set was very casual and relaxed, which fit the day, the setting and the mood perfectly.