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Following up on Mark’s view of Lou…the scene from the side of the stage during Reed’s set was pretty interesting. Carlos Santana jumped up to take a gander while Reed was slashing away at “Sweet Jane,” the members of the young Athens outfit The Whigs were eagerly checking the action, as was Cat Power drummer Jim White. More fascinating was the fact that Reed was using a fairly sophisticated teleprompter system to sneak a peek at the lyrics – 36 years of playing it and he can’t remember the words to “Satellite of Love”?  Although it was a pretty solid set with some real peak moments, the one missed opportunity came at the end, when the teleprompter showed “Pale Blue Eyes” as the closing number, but Reed called an audible and capped the set with “Magic and Loss” instead.  

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