Concert Review: Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams and Charlie Louvin
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The electricity before the show wasn’t just among Lucinda Williams fans — the foreboding clouds above them had that special hue of orange, as lightning struck in the distance and a cool wind threatened to knock down opening act Charlie Louvin, who celebrated his 80th birthday exactly one week ago.
Louvin, half of the legendary Louvin Brothers from Nashville’s mid-century golden era, has been playing live shows since World War II. A tornadic sky wasn’t going to phase him. Following a brief break demanded by venue staff, he finished a saucy, honky-tonk performance for the growing crowd beneath a brief rain.
