Not only did Lucinda seem to be in a better mood than usual last night, she was also in better-than-average voice. She simply nailed a few of the tunes, including “I Lost It” and the writhing delivery of “Unsuffer Me.” Her band was not the best it’s been, sounding sluggish at times, but guitarist Doug Pettibone was still mighty and gritty in “Out of Touch,” “Essence” and several more. Look for the full concert review at www.startribune.com/music.

Funny thing about the band members: They played without Lucinda in the opening slot as the Buick 6, which is causing much confusion with another band of that same name from London. Those guys definitely weren’t British, although they did do a mean version of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog.”

I really enjoyed Lucinda’s new stuff, especially “Little Rock Star” and “Real Love,” plus I’m still enamored with the songs from last year’s album “West.” However, I wish she would go back and pick a couple songs from her two pre-”Car Wheels” albums at her shows (the eponomyous one and “Sweet Old World”). Here’s what she did play:

Rescue  /  Ventura  /  Circles and X’s*  /  I Lost It  /  Tears of Joy*  /  Right in Time / Real Love*  /  Out of Touch  /   Essence  /  Little Rock Star*  /  Real Live Bleeding Fingers  /  Come On  /  Honey Bee*  /  Joy 

ENCORE:  Heaven Blues * /  Unsuffer Me  /  It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)

* = new/unreleased songs

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