Mary Chapin Carpenter Trio w/ Lúnasa, Weinberg Center for the Arts (Frederick MD), 4/26/2015

Rear Orchestra Right, Row FF, Seat 6 (lower level, near the rear)

 

Highlights – song selection slanted towards favorites “from last century” … the seldom-heard “Rhythm of the Blues” … “The Hard Way” and “I Take My Chances” to finish the main set … “I Feel Lucky” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” (with Lúnasa) as the encores .. mid-set Q&A session (we now know that she doesn’t handle jet lag all that well, and that John Jennings is “doing well”) … the intriguing “Pizza Elvis” at Brewer’s Alley

 

Other – hard to get used to Jon Carroll being to our left on the stage (other trio member John Doyle was in Carroll’s usual spot to our right) … is every restaurant in downtown Frederick packed every evening? (There was a line at Brewer’s Alley, but we were fortunate to snag a table in the bar area 10 minutes or so after we arrived, and the service was prompt)