I don't own any Lucinda CD's yet, but I caught her with Neil Young on 6/26 at MSG. She was undoubtedly the highlight of the show. Her guitarist ripped the place up and her pain soaked vocals were the real thing. Neil on the other hand burdened the crowd with his "audio novel" Greendale for an hour and a half. He had shoddy, props corny actors and rough video footage going on simultaneously. The narrative piece about The Green Family and Greendale the town they live in was like Mayberry RFD with politics thrown in. After it was over (yawn!), Neil played only 5 or 6 songs from his earlier period. No Buffalo Springfield or CSNY stuff. I would've felt cheated had it not been for the discovery of Lucinda Williams. She alone was well worth the inflated (140$ per ticket) price of admission.
