Concert Review: Cowboy Junkies/Son Volt, Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, 7/8/09 - Page 3

After admitting she wanted to hit the hay, Margo, wearing a loose-fitting, flowery dress that competed with the vase of fresh-cut stems on the stand next to her, finally warmed up to the audience. Before tackling “Lost My Driving Wheel,” she gave a shout-out to Son Volt, saying she expected all of them to get “very close” over the next few weeks. When a fan let out a loud whoop, Margo quickly added, “Not that close,” before erupting into laughter.

That’s as animated as it got onstage. At least Mike, seated in his customary position to Margo’s right for the entire show, recognized the most valuable players on this night were sitting offstage.

In the diary, he added: “Sometimes the gulf between what is happening on stage and what is happening in the audience is huge: it seemed that most people were having a good time and in the end that is what really matters.”

With that, the Junkies were off and running. But hopefully not before getting a good night’s sleep.

Extras
• More photos of the Cowboy Junkies/Son Volt concert in Denver are available at flickr.com.
• Check out two versions of “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way.” Son Volt performs in Tallahassee, Florida, on February 21, 2009:

• And Waylon Jennings, the legendary outlaw country singer who died in 2002 at the age of 64, performs the song he wrote:

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