I love the Lowell Memorial Auditorium:the architecture, the history, the acoustics. One of my favorite concert moments was seeing Tony Bennet there a few years back. At one point he chimed, "They don't build them like this any more. You're so lucky." He then politely asked Tom McKay to kill the PA. Without a microphone it sounded like Tony was serenading me in my own living room. And then it came...that magical moment when art and reality fuse together. It started somewhere behind my neck and surged downward. A little quiver. Ah... to be moved.
Appears the likes of Tony, Aretha, Springsteen, hek even Peter, Paul and Mary have been tossed aside in favor of over commercialized top heavy tribute bands. I mean one a season's OK but three in four months?
The fun starts tomorrow night when Dark Star Orchestra channels Jerry and the Dead and continues with the Pink Floyd Experience in January and One Night of Queen in March. Dare I ask...Who's Next?
Couldn't agree more. Why are there so many tribute bands?? I'll take the classics, or independent hopefulls anyday!