I fell in love with Lucy Lawless when she was the dark-haired, leather-clad bad girl of Xena: Warrior Princess, but I love her no less in all her femme incarnations. From sassy blonde ’40s movie star to glittering cowgirl to — be still my heart — Sunday night’s sultry chanteuse, I love the Lawless that gave her fans what most called “her best concert ever” at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, in a benefit for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation.
staging-afterellencom.kinsta.cloud photographer KT Jorgensen was there, and said, “Boy, does she know how to play with the audience. She reaches out and grabs our attention and imagination with a smile and more. During one song, she slowly stripped both of her long gloves off. Wow. Best song of the night: ‘Hallelujah.'”
Lucy sang in front of a video backdrop, including some scenes of her days on Xena, something I’ve never seen before at one of her concerts. Fans also saw a few clips of her role as the Cylon D’Anna Biers on Battlestar Galactica. And another first: KT says the acoustics were great.
For her encore, Lucy sang the song “Bitch,” then offered to re-do it in any style the audience chose. They first had her do a bluegrass version, and then she followed it up with a blues version.
KT swore she was going camera-less to the next Lucy concert, most likely in Los Angeles this coming January, during the Xena convention. “I don’t really get to experience the concert when I am looking through the lens,” she said, “But I do get to experience Lucy.”
Hey, I’ll take it.
