Friday, 7 August 2015
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
A Life in Song
Not even initial sound issues and Michael Grade's sometimes ham-fisted interview technique could blight Friday's evening with Burt Bacharach at the Royal Festival Hall. Hearing the man responsible for 'Alfie' performing the song was a 'gulp' moment for the ages. The all-star finale, with the cast of guest singers (Alfie Boe, Laura Mvula and Sophie Ellis-Bextor amongst them) joining Burt for 'That's What Friends Are For', might have been saccharine but was pure unadulterated joy.
A privilege to have been there.
A privilege to have been there.
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Born 2-12-39. Musician: organist.
Musical tastes ebb and flow but the Doors, for me, have always endured.
Whenever Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek came to the UK I made a concerted effort to see them. On each occasion, whether it be at some enormodome like Wembley Arena, or Shepherd's Bush Empire (below, 2010), fittingly, the audience reaction would be frenzied, all whipped up by their greying keyboardist.
And, like the rest of us watching, he looked as though he was having the time of his life.
RIP.
Whenever Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek came to the UK I made a concerted effort to see them. On each occasion, whether it be at some enormodome like Wembley Arena, or Shepherd's Bush Empire (below, 2010), fittingly, the audience reaction would be frenzied, all whipped up by their greying keyboardist.
And, like the rest of us watching, he looked as though he was having the time of his life.
RIP.
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