Robin Trower in April. Week later- Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Brahm’s piano concerto No.1, Stephen Hough, soloist.
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@ghosthouse For SD, "Ready"Freddy Cunningham handled the bass admirably. They brought out Chuck Rainey (lives in Dallas) to play on "Peg", which he recorded on Aja. He did great. I think he suffered a stroke circa 2011. John Harrington handled all the guitar work--he is an effortless masterful guitarist. I'm not trying to take anything away from the Doobie Brothers guitar trio, but...Harrington plays circles around all those guys and doesn't prance around while he is doing it. He played the technically challenging and musical "Reelin' In the Years" solo in the encore and it seemed flawless, dynamic and calmly powerful. SD had the best group of musicians I have seen in a live performance that was not straight jazz. Keith Carlock on the drums is phenomenal. No Michael McDonald with the Doobies. DB sounded pretty darn good; they have aged pretty gracefully (at least from my vantage point on the floor row M). They were high energy, again for their age. DB played 1hr and 20 minutes. SD about the same. Here is the SD set list:
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@astewart8944 Thanks for that thoughtful and generous reply. I can get a feel for the actual concert given the links you provided. Interesting about the covers and band-sans-Fagen-songs. I can readily believe your comments about John Harrington's playing. He contributed to quite a few of the later SD (and Becker, Fagen solo) recordings. Very, very tasteful player. Need to see if I can find some of his solo stuff on-line. Never listened to him solo. I was sort of hoping Mr. McDonald might be part of that show since he contributed harmony vocals on many SD albums and was part of DB for years (though have to admit, I wasn't crazy about the turn their music took when he joined). I'll also note his participation in Dukes of September. Wish THOSE guys would record something for release. Love his voice. Thanks again. Later. |
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