I bought Lowe’s Dig My Mood a couple of years back and wasn't overwhelmed by it, being more of a Jesus of Cool Cruel To Be Kind man, so I'm not totally au fait with Lowe's repertoire. My notes have the following track as One Of These Days, though a glance at the Tokyo set-list suggests the title may well be You Gotta Pay.
I think I got the title right for Crying in My Sleep.
Down In Hollywood gave everybody on stage an opportunity to shake some ass, and Lowe's intro to Half A Boy and Half A Man (Number one for three glorious weeks .... in Belgium) was further proof of the man's wry sense of humour.
One suspects Shrinkin' Man, a new Cooder composition, ties in with his L.A. short story writing the same way that I, Flathead does, and prompted me to curse the fact that the book of short stories on sale at gigs in Europe hadn't made it to the merch stand.
I had checked, asking specifically.
Across The Borderline was moving, and not just in the light of recent events, while the bush-fire conditions in southern Australia meant that Lowe wouldn't have been the only one to hope It's Raining when they hit Sydney.
After Jesus on The Mainline we got another topical element when it came to FDR in Trinidad, and I'm using the Tokyo set-list when I suggest it was followed by Impossiblo> He'll Have To Go. The latter's definite, but it's impossible to say whether the Spanish number sung by Juliette was actually Impossiblo...
A fun run through the 13 Question Method closed the main set, and the encore kicked off with a slowed down (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding.