Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
You have to be a legend if you’re the best musician in a band so influential they were just called “The Band”.
Category Archives: Music
A Moment of Perfect Beauty
The title is a quote from Babylon 5. It fits.
R.I.P.
Seems like we are loosing a lot of famous and talented people recently. Dame Maggie Smith and now Kris Kristofferson. He was a true Renaissance man. And don’t forget, he discovered John Prine and Steve Goodman both.
Kris Kristofferson, “A Star Is Born” Actor and Country Legend, Dies at 88
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When You Have the Best Band
There is a line in the movie “The Blues Brothers” where the late Donald “Duck” Dunn says, in his great southern drawl, “… Jake’s’ not lyin’, we had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.” I’ve always loved that line. In 1975 Bruce Springsteen played the Hammersmith Odeon in London. He had that kind of band…
I have never gotten to see Springsteen, placing him on my list of “Bands that got away”. But I always heard he put on a helluva show.
Speaking of Music and Musicianship
I was mentioning how it didn’t matter that the Stones weren’t technically perfect and I thought I should post a band that is technically perfect live. Plus the Rolling Stones may be the greatest rock and roll band ever, but this is the greatest rock and roll drummer, ever.
Fun fact: YYZ is the airport code for Toronto International Airport. The beginning cymbal riff is actually Y-Y-Z in Morse Code.
Also: How legendary must you be to play a rock-and-roll instrumental, which is a thinly disguised sped up piece of classical music, to a stadium of close to 100,000 people, and have the crowd “sing” along?!
The Rolling Stones at Browns Stadium June 15th
Those of you who know me know I am quite the music fan and have been lucky enough to see many, many live acts over the years. The Stones have always eluded me. Mostly due to the eye watering cost of the tickets. They have long been on Mrs. Boch’s bucket list as well. I finally agreed to spend the money a few years ago and then COVID happened and the show was canceled. This year our kids went together and purchased the tickets for our birthdays. We had great seats.
Wow! All I can say is 80-year-old guys should not be so energetic. It was an amazing show. Some bands you go to see for their technical skill and musicianship. The Stones are not that type of band. As you can see in the video below, mistakes were made. Mick clearly blows his cue to start singing. It just doesn’t matter. It’s the Stones. It was sort of a Rock-and-Roll religious experience.