Going to the John.....
"Sir Elton, how are you sir?"
Er, I mean Sir John?
May I just call you Reginald?
You may call me Chuck.
I'll be the guy in the 14th row. With the white hair.
You started making your 250 million records back in 1967.
Yet, YOUR hair is not white.
I had several of your albums when I graduated college and enjoy your music still.
That's why I'm glad you came back to Charleston.
Enjoyed your performance here 4 years ago and look forward to a marvelous night tomorrow.
Another piano player I like -
Ben Folds - appeared at the Performing Arts Center a few years ago.
Guess you don't play in smaller venues like that.
He seemed to have a good time.
Is it possible you "touch up" your hair?
I tell people I dyed mine this color.
(Click on the photo of Ben Folds for details.)
The
Elton John photo is from the internet and it is as big as it'll get. I hope to have some of my own VERY soon.
Looking forward to a cold beer and some cool iconic music.
Labels: Ben Folds, coliseum, Elton John, ng Arts Center, OBE, PAC, Performing Arts Center, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Sir John
No Cameras ....er, what about cell phones?
Ben Folds pulled out all the stops Thursday at the
PAC and I have a few really nice pictures.
The ticket - as usual - said
"No Cameras * No Recorders."
Hmmm. When I see people all around me holding up cell phones and other devices snapping pictures, shooting videos and making recordings, I feel
"ok" using my little digital camera. But, no flash.
The
Performing Arts Center in North Charleston has excellent stage lighting and I have often captured nice images without annoying people with an intrusive flash.
At the Bruce Springsteen concert in the Coliseum, instead of fans waving lighters in the dark as homage, the lighted dials of cell phones created the visually moving salute.
That's a LOT of people with phones (banned cameras) inside the venue.
Saturday, up in Charlotte, everybody obeyed the warnings so I took no pictures of
Robin Williams performing a fantastic show.
I DID download one from the internet - and give full credit - because Williams had the packed
Ovens Auditorium laughing out loud.
My daughter has been a stand up comic for years and credits
"Mork" as a role model when she started performing.
She knows his current tour - upon his release from a rehabilitation center in Northern California - is entitled
"Weapons of Self Destruction."He joked
"I went to alcohol rehab in Wine Country."
On Thursday,I snapped Ben Folds when he climbed atop his piano while telling a story of driving to a gig and hitting a bear.
I just drove back from Charlotte today and tonight Folds is appearing up there where Williams starred last night.
No bears were injured in these appearances. Nor photographed.
Labels: Bear, Ben Folds, Charlotte, hit-and-stop accident, Ovens Auditorium, rehab, Robin Williams
"Sir Elton, how are you sir?"
