leoroberts
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Post by leoroberts on Dec 2, 2022 10:19:38 GMT
BBC2 21:45 tomorrow evening.
I saw Don McLean the same year (and venue) that I saw Gordon Lightfoot and was similarly disappointed at the end of the concert. Maybe I have unrealistic expectations?
Nonetheless, McLean is a superb songwriter and so it’ll be worth a watch, I reckon.
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juliant
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Post by juliant on Dec 2, 2022 21:55:16 GMT
I saw him in New York about 10 years ago, and enjoyed hearing the famous songs. I also remember that he was an alarming orange colour, a bit like Mr Trump... I'd never seen anyone look like that before!
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 3, 2022 22:00:09 GMT
I’ve seen DM many times starting with an incredible concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1973. No support just Don and a guitar and banjo. Nobody would leave at the end and he came back with the house lights on playing his banjo for fully 10 minutes. In 1975 I saw him 6 times in 3 weeks including 4 nights in a row, Sheffield, Manchester, Croydon and RAH again. No set lists other than the first song, Bronco Bill’s Lament, and American Pie and Vincent at the end before the numerous encores. As a performer I learned a lot watching those performances. In Manchester he played banjo for over an hour to a lively audience. Next night with a more sedate audience in suburban Croydon there was only one banjo song, Waters of Babylon.
He’s not the same when there is a band with him.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 3, 2022 22:56:00 GMT
The concert video used in Classic Albums with the yellow shirt was from the 1973 concert I attended at RAH.
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 4, 2022 7:56:00 GMT
Watched this last night, it was really interesting. Fascinating in fact.
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Phil Taylor
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Post by Phil Taylor on Dec 4, 2022 8:39:42 GMT
He's written some superb songs has Don such as Castles In the Air, Vincent and Tapestry etc.and we have a CD somewhere. Having said that American Pie unfortunately went in my Mull of Kintyre box which contains songs that I really don't like probably due to the 'catchy pop' type nature. Hearing them incessantly on Radio 1 in the 70's didn't help either. Of course in my teens I didn't know where the off button was...... I'll have to watch it again on iPlayer and fortunately I think he gets AP out of the way early on
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