has anyone seen Wanda Jackson live in recent years?

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she's coming at the end of the month, playing a very small club in my neighbourhood, so I'm kind of looking forward to it... but I'm always a little wary of going to see the nore seriously senior types, it's a little heartbreaking from time to time - on the other hand, sometimes it's The Best. pls. advise.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 6 May 2005 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw her maybe 5 years ago? It was good. Probably depends a lot on who's in the backing band. When I saw her, Rosie Flores was playing the lead guitar, and she's very good. Wanda sang mostly her old hits, told stories about Elvis, and ended with a gospel tune. Still pretty lively, shaking around on stage and all that. Not the Best Show Ever, but very far from a heartbreaking experience, too.

I'd read that the Cadillac Lounge shows in Toronto were sold out (if that's the one yer talking about), but I could be wrong.

― pauls00, Friday, 6 May 2005 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw her four or five years ago too and she was pretty great

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 May 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Concurrence. She still does credible versions of her hits, assorted covers, always tells how she dated Elvis and also always testifies that she is now born-again.

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Friday, 6 May 2005 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep. I saw her 2 years ago at Maxwells. Love her.

― krimur (louizah), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

when I saw her she was ostensibly opening for Jerry Lee Lewis but it got really really late and he never came out! I still don't know if he ever wound up playing that night. She was better than he would have been anyway.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

In Red Hook, Brooklyn next week. I might even go!

http://wandajackson.com/pages/schedule.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

haha. i thought this was about wanda sykes and i was gonna say she totally cracked my shit up in the last curb your enthusiasm

― Dickset! Dickset! Disckset! (jaxon), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

She was awesome, well worth elbowing through the throng to stand in front of the stage. Her keyboard player is ESPN's Peter Gammons with a Crayola-brown dye job.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

she's playing here in about a month and i want to go but it's so pricey

― Reatards Unite, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 07:36 (fifteen years ago)

worth it.
saw her three years ago on her birthday.
it was a wild party.

― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 03:40 (fifteen years ago)

Sounding a bit chipmunky on Letterman recently, but the new album seems awesome so far. Rockabilly, calypso, various ingredients I associate with New Orleans, blues, gospel, a very appropriate down-home surrealism slipping through, but not overly reliant on novelty. Catch it while it's still streaming here: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/16/132289971/first-listen-wanda-jackson-the-party-aint-over

― dow, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

five years pass...

We saw her last night. She's a little slower and still recovering from knee/hip replacement, but her voice is solid and her band totally capable and respectful. Seeing her perform live is a life-affirming priviledge.

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 August 2016 01:15 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rock-pioneer-wanda-jackson-announces-retirement-from-touring-rock-hall-fame-1203173682/

― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:51 (seven years ago)

Living legend.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:24 (seven years ago)

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