Austin’s “finest” of the singer/songwriter overflux, sang song Dixie Chicks made famous, delicate cool earnest woman

little cutie with large voice

first drum set, resounding bass, more rocking than the rest, enjoyable

egh

member of Ministry!!!, odd amped acoustic (I think?) with romantic lush vocals and stupid electronic organ backing, liked it overall

happy hour regular playing to bunch of regulars, abnormally intimate, funny rude to crowd, young guitar crooner (35-40), all right but nothing wow

To celebrate her Dust Bowl Symphony release, Nanci Griffith teamed up with the Seattle Symphony as part of Summer Nights at the Pier in Seattle, Washington. The set was filled with her hits, and Griffith didn’t bat an eye when the symphony was forced to leave (the temperature dropped too low risking the instruments) and kept the concert going with her back-up band.

Despite her folk roots, Griffith knows how to rock the stage. Her recent releases showed a pop music side that brought her as close to the mainstream as she is likely to get. This show was excellent, symphony or no symphony.

06.25.1998 Nanci Griffith The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
I got into Nanci Griffith because her most radio-friendly album Flyer featured Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton (U2), Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), Amy Ray and Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) and Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) and Mike Mills (R.E.M.) and I was hooked. But she’s mostly a folk music artist with a twinge of rock, which doesn’t sell big tickets in Las Vegas. We had front row seats and stood directly underneath Ms. Griffith (the fact that there were seats in the Joint says something right there.)