Set Your Mind To Fly

Man, it's been about an hour and a half since the Friday night Black Crowes Fillmore show ended, and my ears are still ringing. Another smokin' excellent show. I am running out of superlatives, and I have yet another show tomorrow night. Wow. I don't want it to end.

Highlights: Two songs my husband Joe and I really wanted to hear; Horsehead and Can't You Hear Me Knockin'. I love the Stones, but the Crowes totally kick ass over the original. Rarities Bewildered (not played live since 1993) and Title Song were treats. The Hard to Handle jam was superb.

Comin' Home, another cover from Bonnie & Delaney and Friends with Eric Clapton....Chris singing the refrain from the Beatles' I Am The Walrus ("smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot") out of the Wounded Bird jam, which featured a blazing guitar solo by Luther Dickinson. During God's Got It, drummer Steve Gorman pounded a bass drum with the image of lame duck President Bush's face on the side of it, complete with black eye, bruised forehead, and missing teeth. I was highly amused.

Two hours of rock & roll bliss, and we have one more night to go. I was given a card to fill out for Chris's birthday tomorrow. A couple of gals will collect them to give to Chris, and we are all going to sing Happy Birthday to him. We'll see how that goes on Saturday night.

Setlist, Friday, December 19, 2008 (thanks to CrowesBase):

Cursed Diamond
Horsehead
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
Hotel Illness
Comin' Home
Under A Mountain Jam ->
Bring On, Bring On
Girl From A Pawnshop
Girl From The North Country
Good Friday
Title Song
Bewildered
Soul Singing
Hard To Handle -> Jam
Wounded Bird
- encore -
God's Got It
Can't You Hear Me Knocking