[dar-list] Monmouth University

[BornALittleLate at aol.com]

Alrigght, time to post about the show last night. We arrived at 5:30.  We 
hung around for a while, heard dar soundcheck, and saw Lucy and Susan in the  
lobby. FYI- Dar was the headliner, but Lucy Kaplansky, Vance Gilbert, and Susan  
Werner did a workshop beforehand about writing and they each played four 
songs.  We all went out to a nice italian restuarant and had a great time (save for 
the  diet coke/ice tea confusion). We got back and took our seats and 
watched, what I  though, was the best concert expierence I have had in a long time. 
Here were  their sets,
 
Vance Gilbert
10,000 Skies 
Unfamiliar Moon 
Courage (cover)
'Judge' (new)
 
Susan Werner
I Cant Be New
Give Me Chicago Anyday
Never My Love (cover)
'I Would Like To Think' (new)
 
Lucy Kaplansky
Ten Year Night (harmonizing was bonechillingly perfect)
Manhattan Moon (new)
'Goodbye' (new, about her fathers dying, very sad)
A Brian Perry song, the name escapes me
 
Dar did come out near the end, for two rounds
 
Dar Williams
I Know What Kind Of Love This Is (with Lucy)
'I Never Took' *
 
*Dar said she hasnt written in over a year, but this was a song she  never 
got to finish. I really enjoyed it, hope she finishes it. There was a line  
about a house of cards that was really great, wish I could remember  it.
 
Susan and Vance adlibbed the rest of the lyrics for I Never Took, Vance  is 
so hilarious.
 
Dar left the stage and the three closed with an amazing version of  "Heaven 
Help Us All" which was really, really great. That opening set was worth  
admission ten-fold. Great selection of people.
 
Intermission came and I got to talk to everyone I know..Sharon, Amy,  Chris, 
Gene, Isobel, Donna, Ivenette, George, Susan, Alice, Dennis, Esther, and  so 
many more. A lot of familiar faces, ecspecially having seen Susan Werner the  
night before in Philadelphia.
 
Dar looked absolutely gorgeous, Sharon mentioned that she wore a new  dress 
in Ridgefield, I think this was the same one. It was gorgeous, her hair  was 
gorgeous, etc. She played..
                                                The Babysitters Here
 
If I Wrote You 
The Hudson 
You Rise and Meet The  Day 
Christians And The  Pagans 
Mercy Of The Fallen 
February 
Teen For God 
Spring Street 
When I Was A Boy 
E: We Learned The Sea 

She was accompanied, beautifully might I add, by Susan Werner on piano  on 
February and When I Was A Boy. It was a nice set, and good to see Dar  again. 
That was the 16th dar show I have seen, if you're counting.
 
If anyone has pictures, please share- the few I took came out mediocre  at 
best. 
 
Vincent
 
 
"Sheila tells  the policeman, 'I've got all of his phone messages here on a 
cassette marked  'Death Threats'. No, he never sent any letters, he's dyslexic 
so he doesn't like  to write anything, ever. It's funny, he always said how 
that made him more  compassionate...'"- Susan Werner, Bring 'Round The  Boat