Category Archives: Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen – Who By Fire
Memphis: March 24, 2013
Video by Wirebirds (Henry Tengelsen)

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
Memphis: March 24, 2013
Video by Wirebirds (Henry Tengelsen)

None of these videos from the March 30, 2013 Leonard Cohen Louisville Concert are perfect offerings (the stage lighting and the crowd interfere with the first and the other two are taken at a distance) but the audio is good on all of these and that’s how the music, as well as the light, gets in.

Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat
Louisville Palace: March 30, 2103
Video by phrenopsis

Leonard Cohen – So Long Marianne
Louisville Palace: March 30, 2103
Video by stilli cling

Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz
Louisville Palace: March 30, 2103
Video by stilli cling

Leonard Cohen’s first-ever New Orleans concert Thursday night was, I think most would agree, transcendent; over the course of nearly three hours and a satisfying number of familiar songs, he and his band hit the mark of reverence, humor, ribaldry and general intimacy with the nearly sold-out theater even while battling a well-publicized group flu.

Opening paragraph of Spirituality, sex, wit and a staggering legacy: Leonard Cohen at the Mahalia Jackson Theater by Alison Fensterstock. The Times-Picayune: March 29, 2013. Full report and photo gallery (photos, including the one atop this post, by Erika Goldring) at link.

About That Flu:

According to an on the scene report, Roscoe Beck, the 2013 Leonard Cohen Tor Musical Director, was stricken with an exacerbation of flu symptoms during the encores at the New Orleans concert last night (March 28, 2013). The photo & the following text are by Joey Carenza at Notes From The Road

Down for the Count: Roscoe Beck flat on the deck with what appears to be a nasty bit of stomach flu. The band is going to have to scramble to keep the encores coming.

Better Out Than In: Well, that’s my stance and I’m sticking near it. Roscoe is looking better, fluids dripping and then back to hotel. Pretty bog standard food poisoning it seems. Hey, it happens.

Setlist: New Orleans Leonard Cohen Concert – March 28, 2013

First Set:
1. Dance Me To The End Of Love
2. The Future
3. Bird On A Wire
4. Everybody Knows
5. Who By Fire
6. The Darkness
7. Ain’t No Cure For Love
8. Amen
9. Come Healing
10. Democracy
11. A Thousand Kisses Deep (Recitation)
12. Anthem

Second Set:
13. Tower Of Song
14. Suzanne
15. Waiting For The Miracle
16. Show Me The Place
17. Anyhow
18. Love, Lover, Lover
19. Alexandra Leaving
20. I’m Your Man
21. Hallelujah
22. Take This Waltz

Encores:
23. So Long, Marianne
24. Going Home
25. If It Be Your Will
26. Save The Last Dance For Me
27. Closing Time

Source: Henry Tengelsen post at LeonardCohenForum

Credit Due Department: Photo of complete stage by Kristin Diable via Statigram. Other photos as attributed.

Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat
Miami: March 20, 2013
Video from hea ther

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
Memphis: Mar 24, 2013
Video from Jack Wagoner