BTW in later years i always wondered why the Carpenters came to Laramie of all places--i guess they were booked at a lot of universities and that's the only one in Wyoming...
Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.
Today is February 4th, 2025. So today marks 42 years since Karen Carpenter passed away. This is a sad time, but a very good time to listen to her most beautiful voice and look at some of your favorite pictures of Karen. Personally, I look at Karen's eyes, they melt my heart!
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@77jovian @grislybutter I'm no vocal expert either; however, many sources say she had a 3 octave range but it was the purity of her contralto that set her apart from other female vocalists and she was once quoted as saying "The money's in the basement". I also read that Neil Sedaka called her the greatest female pop vocalist of all time but then again i don't know what his credentials are...😀 |
Because you mentioned Lynard Skinard, I’ll tell a quick story about their Memphis concert in the summer of 1975. I showed up at the doors of the concert about 4 hours early and nobody else was around. About 30 minutes later, five long haired guys walked past the doors, inside. They looked at me with a smile, and opened the door to let me in. Then I realized it was the band! It was pretty cool meeting them like that. We talked for about 5 minutes as I walked around with them, and chose my preferred seat in the empty concert hall. The concert was great! There were about 100 frisbees flying around during the concert! What a scene!!! |
@unclewilbur What a great story! When i saw them it was Denver's Mile Hi Stadium and the hilarious part was that Neil Young (who was not there to perform) was sitting and rocking out on the side of the stage smoking a J (i assume) while they sang "Sweet Home Alabama" -- apparently they had reconciled and Young had apologized for his song Alabama |
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