Good Sunday afternoon, kids. Hope you're enjoying the hell out of your weekend.
Me, I took a pill and went to watch Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band at the Fox last night- aching back be damned. Totally worth it.
The line up for the band:
Todd Rundgren: Guitar and vocals
Richard Page (Mr. Mister): Bass and vocals
Steve Lukather (Toto): Lead guitar and vocals
Gregg Rolie (Santana/Journey): Keyboards and vocals
Warren Ham: Saxophone and vocals
Gregg Bissonette (Maynard Ferguson Band/David Lee Roth): Drums
And, of course, Ringo Starr.
The show opened up with a rousing rendition of It Don't Come Easy and proceeded to rock through favorites- not just from Ringo, but from the All Starr Band's work, as well. There was an eight minute of so version of Rosanna, some blistering guitar work on Black Magic Woman (plus, a shout out to writer Peter Green), an inspiring version of Kyrie, and a lot more.
In fact, the one song I didn't care for was Rundgren's Bang The Drum All Day- mainly, because I never liked the damned song to begin with.
Oh, and there were Beatles' songs, of course- and great stage patter from everyone, including Ringo's jokes about his "other band."
Other than the three minutes of Bang The Drum, the only real disappointment was that the show didn't last a little longer, with the whole thing clocking in at just about two hours on the nose. With such an incredible lineup, you'd think they might go a little longer. Then again, most of them are in their 60s or 70s, so I guess it's understandable.
It also makes me sad, because George and John aren't around any more- and I'd really love to see them.
A guitar played by Bob Dylan in the 70s sold at auction yesterday for nearly $400,000.
Heritage Auctions of Dallas says the buyer- who requested anonymity- paid $396,500 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar. Dylan played the guitar through his set at George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh in New York City in 1971 and during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour from October 1975 to May 1976.
Dylan’s guitar repairman, Larry Cragg, sold the instrument and his 1977 receipt showing that he bought the guitar from Dylan.
Guns N’ Roses has announced that their Not In This Lifetime Tour will continue through at least next summer, as 18 additional dates across Europe have been added. That will put the tour's length at 27 months (unless more dates are added).
The new dates include stops in Germany, Denmark, the UK, Belgium, and Russia.
Birthdays today include: Omarion of B2K (32); Tevin Campbell (41); David Ellefson of Megadth (53); Leslie McKeown of Bay City Rollers (62); Barbara Fairchild (67); Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate (69); Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult (70); Arthur Tavares of the Tavares (71); Neil Young (72); Booker T. Jones (73); and Brian Hyland (73). #MusicalBirthdays
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