Rehearsal Setlist Thoughts

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Originally posted by jmn3
Rhiannon has been poor for years. It's not just as recent as 1997 either, except for brief moments during Stevie's 1994 tour, Rhiannon has not been what Rhiannon once was for at least twenty years.

Yeah! Since about midway through 1977...there was a significant change in Stevie's approach to the song somewhere in mid-tour. The instrumental portion remained somewhat the same, but Stevie changed the dynamics of the song somewhere along the line in that tour. If you listen to versions from the beginning of the tour (Feb-Mar 1977) to the versions from later in the tour (August-Sep 1977), you'll hear a BIG difference in her approach to the song. The dynamic between her vocal and what the band was playing behind her didn't mesh for a while, until the band reworked the musical dynamics...then the whole song just went downhill from there.