"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 13:04:49 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 7:49:39 AM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
>> On 2021 Feb 3, , dsi1 wrote
>> (in >):
>> > Mr. Lightfoot is famous for giving lousy performances. You can probably
>> > get
>> > odds on whether or not it'll be a lousy or okay performance in Vegas.
>> > Sounds
>> > like you went to a lot of concerts.
>> I never went to an outdoor venue. It was nearly always in main showrooms
>> and
>> cabarets of casinos. There was a plethora of entertainment stars in Reno
>> in
>> the sixties and seventies.
>> The best goof-up I saw was Roy Clark breaking the D string on his guitar
>> during a complicated solo instrumental. Every time he was supposed to
>> pluck
>> that string, he shouted "D!"
>> The most entertaining single performer I ever saw onstage was Leo Kottke.
>> His
>> twelve-string playing was outstanding, and his personality was even
>> better.
>> I was a Doc Watson fan. He was superb too.
>It's interesting how a person's concert going experience differs according
>to generational differences and where you grew up. You saw people like Roy
>Clark and maybe Jose Feliciano and other lounge act types. I saw arena acts
>like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors. If I was a little younger,
>and lived in the mid-West, it would be completely different. I'm talking
>about those boys from St. Louis, of course.
>By the eighties, I was mostly not interested in seeing anybody that passed
>through this rock.
>Kenny Rankin was one of the last concerts my wife and I went to. He played
>a Guild guitar that band leader/conductor/arranger Don Costa gave him back
>in the 60's. It was gratifying to see what a single guy, alone on stage,
>with an old guitar and a smooth as velvet voice, can do.
>The last concert we went to was Leo Kottke. We saw him twice. We'll
>probably see him again if he hasn't croaked and passes through again.
>
I saw Elton John a year ago, just before covid. Can you go to an Elton
John concert and still be cool?
>
I also saw Leo Sayer a bit over a year ago. That was fun, seeing those
old hits, from when I was 13, live. He also has funny stage presence.
>
Ok, I guess I'm not cool.

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LOL the only people I would go to see now, would be Kenny Rogers and
Elvis in his younger years)


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