Lori Fye wrote: > > Saw Lucy Kaplansky last night at the Barns of Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA. > She was a joy to hear, as was her lead guitarist, Duke Levine (he > ROCKS). But the best part of the evening for me was Lucy's excellent > cover of "Willy", during which she accompanied herself on piano. > > After the song was over, Lucy returned to the center stage mike and > said, "You all know who wrote that, don't you? Joni Mitchell." She > then went on to say that she had performed the song along with another > Joni tune "at a gig in New York City a couple of weeks ago" (Wall to > Wall, I'm sure).
It was at Wall to Wall, early in the day. Her performance of Willy was one of my favorites. I'd heard of her so was looking forward to seeing her for the first time, and was pleasantly surprised by her mellow and lower than expected voice (lower than her speaking voice) and guitar playing and general manner. Her performance seemed so genuinely heartfelt. Are there any Lucy fans here who could recommend which cds to start with? Debra Shea
