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| From | Joe Field <joe@flyingcolorscomics.com> |
| Subject | Re: Live double bills |
| Date | Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:12:16 -0700 |
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One old show, one much more recent:
1) Pablo Cruise opening for Billy Joel at Berkeley Community Theater in
1977. Neither had yet broken through in a huge way---and both acts
featured some brilliant keyboard work (says the guy who hopelessly
dabbles on keys).
2) Jason Falkner opening for Travis at the Warfield in San Francisco---
three years ago, maybe? What I do remember is the respect Travis, the
headliner, showed for Jason, the opener---having the whole of Travis
join him for his last song. Travis surprised me by being a lot more
powerful live than on CD, too
During the Travis set, at one point all the stage lights and mikes were
turned off, except for one spot on Francis Healy. The Warfield is a
pretty big hall (1500 or so)---and Healy had every one in attendance in
the palm of his hand as he did a quiet acoustic number. With no
amplification, he projected to the entire house--- it was a very cool
moment in live performance.
Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com
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