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Nanci Griffith 02/09/2007

SHOWID 355568

Show Reviews

Matt Tyndall
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This was my first Nanci Griffith show and I enjoyed it as much as I had hoped. I was shocked when a member of the audience got up during a quiet moment between songs and said, "President George Bush is a good man". Nancy responded by saying she was just quoting a famous Molly Ivins' article. That just got more hecklers into the fray with some even mentioning the Dixie Chicks and "Just shut up and sing". To think that I was in the Bass Hall in Fort Worth seeing Nanci Griffith and there to be a heckler in the crowd just amazes me. Had she made a comment about Bill Clinton, I don't believe that individual would have said a word.

Set I

Star Spangled Banner*
Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra *
Trouble In the Fields
Love At the Five and Dime
Love Conquers All
Band Intro
Gulf Coast Highway
Drops From The Faucet
Traveling Through This Part OF You
Across The Great Divide

Set II

Always Will
Not My Way Home
Beautiful
It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go
Late Night Grande Hotel
Tell Me How
The Wing and The Wheel
This Heart
Well Alright

Set III

 

Comment

This show finds Nanci on the second night of a four night run at the lovely and acoustic friendly Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth. She is accompanied by her long time backing band; The Blue Moon Orchestra along with the full complement of players from the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffery Pollock.
This Bass Hall show was part of a season ticket package they offer, so most people in attendance are unfamiliar with the artist they are watching which makes for a very quiet environment.

Besides the full orchestra accompaniment with Nanci another unique thing to mention about the show is; just before intermission, Nanci quotes the late Texas author Mollie Ivins her favorite Ivins quote. "The next time i tell you people the governor of our state is no good and should not be president i hope ya'll will listen"

In a typical Nanci Griffith show this may be widely accepted, but a number of the hall full of conservative Texas seniors seemed to take offense as a spattering of boos grew.
When she reappeared for the start of the second set she was heckled and on reply a number of attendees headed for the exit even after explaining she was a native Texan herself and was just quoting a Texas literary legend. I stayed with a smile on my face and the tape still rolling!