Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Little of Lilith should be missed
BY LARRY NAGER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
With a main stage lineup of founder Sarah McLachlan (10 p.m.), Sheryl Crow (8:45 p.m.), the Indigo Girls (7:35 p.m.) and the Pretenders (6:30 p.m.), the last edition of Lilith Fair is going out with a big-rock bang.
Going to Riverbend today? Get there early.
Main Stage opener Deborah Cox (5:30 p.m.) is no filler. She's one modern R&B singer with the pipes and stage presence of a true diva. She tore things up at Cinergy Field a few weeks back at the Coors Light Festival and she should do no less tonight.
And though Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are best known as strumming, acoustic folkies, their electric set here at the 1997 Lilith was the equal of any arena rock band.
The side stages this year are even more varied than usual.
On the second stage, folk-pop singer Patty Griffin (who opened for Lucinda Williams May 15 at Bogart's), is the biggest name (4:15 p.m.). Rising Christian pop singer Jennifer Knapp (6 p.m.) and contemporary Celtic singer Sinead Lohan (4:50 p.m.) are also worth catching.
The youngest Lilith Fair attendees will want to catch teen sensation and former Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera whose “Genie in a Bottle” has been the country's No. 1 pop single for two straight weeks.
She's on the third stage at 5:10 p.m. and her 20-minute set will likely be a “track date” in which she'll sing backed by tapes.
In the day's biggest contrast, Ms. Aguilera follows Brazilian guitar virtuoso Badi Assad (3:55 p.m.). Sister of the famed classical guitar duo the Assad Brothers, she has performed at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall. She takes the Lilth stage at 3:55 p.m.
And representing the home team, Grace in Gravity is the local folky, pop/rock band the Lilith folks picked to start things off on that stage at 3:30 p.m.
Gates open at 3 p.m. Some $48.50 pavilion seats remain; lawn tickets are $31. Tickets carry a service charge at Ticketmaster outlets: 562-4949.
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