{"id":5336,"date":"2018-08-07T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=5336"},"modified":"2018-08-15T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:03:09","slug":"lucinda-williams-steve-earle-dwight-yoakum-king-leg-white-oak-music-hall-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/07\/lucinda-williams-steve-earle-dwight-yoakum-king-leg-white-oak-music-hall-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda Williams \/ Steve Earle \/ Dwight Yoakum \/ King Leg – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0388\"<\/a>While the White Oak Music Hall is not a brand new venue, the 2018 \u201cLSD\u201d tour was the first event that got me out to check it out. You don\u2019t often find an outdoor venue that you could describe as intimate, but WOMH is just the right size to draw a high dollar show like this one and not throw fans into a maelstrom of drunken fans and oblivious gyrating tweakers. The administration of the facility was professional without being overbearing. I will look forward to seeing more shows there.<\/p>\n

Certainly a great venue is a plus, but the show was an amazing amalgamation of American music. King Leg, from Las Angeles by way of Nashville, thanks to Dwight Yoakum\u2019s tutelage opened the show with a thirty minute set. They started off with the 1950\u2019s country standard, \u201cThere Stands the Glass\u201d, before rolling into four originals, \u201cWanted\u201d, \u201cGreat Outdoors\u201d, \u201cYour Picture\u201d and \u201cWalking Again\u201d. The music set the tone for this blend of rock and country that was to be the fare this evening. Bryan Joyce\u2019s voice had a hint of Roy Orbison\u2019s influence, while the drummer did some Keith Moon beat downs and the lead guitar even tossed in a Pete Townsend windmill or two. Leg ended their set with Little Richard\u2019s oft covered \u201cLucille\u201d.<\/p>\n

Steve Earle opened up his set with the title track to his latest disc, \u201cSo You Wanna Be an Outlaw\u201d, followed by \u201cLookin\u2019 For a Woman\u201d and \u201cFirebreak Line\u201d from the same CD. He dedicated \u201cDevil\u2019s Right Hand\u201d to the kids protesting school shootings as he began playing some of his older songs. He continued with \u201cSomeday\u201d which he segued into \u201cGuitartown\u201d. Steve next did a duet with Eleanor Whitmore of the Mastersons on \u201cCause I\u2019m Still in Love with You\u201d. Lucinda Williams came up briefly to sing back up on \u201cYou\u2019re Still Standing There\u201d.<\/p>\n

Earle grabbed his mandolin next to play the Celtic toned \u201cGallway Girl\u201d, moving to the electric mandolin for the obligatory \u201cCopperhead Road\u201d, and then on to \u201cSomething About a Monday\u201d. The Dukes momentum began to peak as they rolled into the psychedelic country-rock, \u201cFixin\u2019 to Die\u201d which soon morphed into \u201cHey Joe\u201d. Ever the rebel, Steve took the opportunity to work in a statement against Trump\u2019s border wall and call for his indictment.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0386\"<\/a>Lucinda Williams led off with Randy Weeks\u2019 \u201cI Can\u2019t Let Go\u201d before introducing \u201cI Lost It\u201d as a reply to a 1980\u2019s bumper sticker that said \u201cI Found It\u201d. She was joined by Steve Earle on harmonica for her song about Blaze Foley, \u201cDrunken Angel\u201d. Then came \u201cLake Charles\u201d and \u201cChanged the Locks\u201d. Ms. Williams went into \u201cEssence\u201d which is one of those emotionally charged songs in which she puts herself and her voice out on full display.<\/p>\n

Not to be left behind on the political front, Lucinda followed up with \u201cFoolishness\u201d not calling out anyone by name, but dissing hate, racism and walls. She wrapped up her set with \u201cJoy\u201d and \u201cHoney Bee\u201d as the sun went down.<\/p>\n

The evening\u2019s headliner, Dwight Yoakum, took the stage by storm, wasting no time in getting to the music. He started off with \u201cLittle Queenie\u201d, \u201cCome Back Home\u201d, \u201cLittle Sister\u201d and \u201cStreets of Bakersfield\u201d, pausing scarcely a beat between those rock-a-billy country songs. He stopped long enough to dedicate \u201cTonight the Bottle Let Me Down\u201d to Merle and a new song \u201cPretty Horses\u201d to the Southern California country rock bands of the 60\u2019s like Poco and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He also introduced one that he wrote with Chris Stapleton, \u201cThen Came Monday\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yoakum\u2019s mastery of the stage and showmanship was in full force as he taunted and teased the crowd while he turned up the honkytonk heat. He fired off \u201cI\u2019ll be Gone\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Back Again\u201d, \u201cLonely, Crazy and Blue\u201d and \u201c1000 Miles from Nowhere\u201d in rapid succession. He wrapped up the set with \u201cLittle Ways\u201d, \u201cGuitars, Cadillacs and Hillbilly Music\u201d and \u201cFast as You\u201d with the audience singing along. The evening ended with all of the artists making the stage for a grand encore.<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s show from the \u201cLSD\u2019 tour was an evening charged with amazing talent, great songs and a high energy vibe. Each of the artists brought his own style and kept the show moving. It might have gone on all night, I would guess, but for the 10 PM deadline for the outdoor music in the residential area of North Main. I would easily rank this show as the best one that I\u2019ve seen this summer.\u00a0 (Thanks to Jason Killen for the photos from the show).<\/p>\n

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Written by James Killen While the White Oak Music Hall is not a brand new venue, the 2018 \u201cLSD\u201d tour was the first event that got me out to check it out. You don\u2019t often find an outdoor venue that you could describe as intimate, but WOMH is just the right size to draw a… <\/p>\n

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