{"id":13021,"date":"2022-04-29T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=13021"},"modified":"2022-04-29T08:07:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:07:29","slug":"the-magic-of-live-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=13021","title":{"rendered":"THE MAGIC OF LIVE MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>I love live music in little clubs, grand concert halls, outdoor festivals, or just impromptu performances in the open air. Music is the expression of everything an artist is made of&#8230;their signature rhythmic<\/strong> <strong>DNA, joy &amp; jubilation&#8230;inner conflict and turmoil, protest &amp; revolution, awakenings and catharsis, and love. Many songs we love are like sonic arrows right into our heart! A recent ad for a large outdoor festival in San Francisco brought memories of many artists and groups I&#8217;ve seen live over the years. Marla is pictured above at a Rolling Stones concert many years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cDependin\u2019 On You\u201d , Doobie Brothers. September 27, 2021, Ball Arena, Denver\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PeCKPHexCTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>I shot this video last September at a Denver Doobie Brothers concert. The song is very special to me!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>I really can&#8217;t remember all the live concerts I&#8217;ve seen but this is a list of a few in no special order:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong style=\"\">James Brown&#8230;Ramones&#8230;Jefferson Airplane&#8230;Moody Blues&#8230;The Grateful dead&#8230;R.E.M&#8230;Fleetwood Mac&#8230;Santana&#8230;Queen + Adam Lambert&#8230;Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young, Neil young &amp; Crazy Horse&#8230;Small Faces&#8230;Public Enemy&#8230;Sons of Chaplin&#8230;Boz Scaggs&#8230;Bob Dylan&#8230;Wilson Pickett&#8230;Booker T &amp; The MG&#8217;s&#8230;The Righteous Brothers&#8230;Ray Charles&#8230;Stevie Wonder&#8230;Michael Jackson&#8230;Lady Gaga&#8230;<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Dick Dale&#8230;Peter Frampton&#8230;Crowded House&#8230;Peter Gabriel&#8230;New York Philharmonic Orchestra&#8230;<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>YES&#8230;Paul McCartney&#8230;Sting&#8230;Rod Stewart&#8230;Leon Russell&#8230;Frank Sinatra&#8230;Ella Fitzgerald&#8230;Sarah Vaughan&#8230;Anita O&#8217;Day&#8230;Kingston Trio&#8230;Carmen McCrae&#8230;Tito Puente&#8230;<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Elton John&#8230;Rolling Stones&#8230;David Bowie&#8230;U2&#8230;Prince&#8230;Joe Cocker&#8230;Cher&#8230;Keane&#8230;Journey&#8230;Metallica&#8230;Seal&#8230;Heart&#8230;Tears For Fears&#8230;Hall &amp; Oates&#8230;<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Dallas Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Denver Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Simple Minds&#8230;Eagles&#8230;Steely Dan&#8230;Placido Domingo&#8230;Berlin&#8230;Stevie Ray Vaughan&#8230;Talk Talk&#8230;The Psychedelic Furs&#8230;B-52&#8217;s&#8230;The Jam&#8230;The Doobie Brothers&#8230;Earth Wind &amp; Fire&#8230;Ramsey Lewis&#8230;Modern Jazz Quartet&#8230;John Coltrane&#8230;Alice Coltrane&#8230;Dizzy Gillespie&#8230;James Moody&#8230;Wayne Shorter&#8230;Herbie Hancock&#8230;Bill Evans<\/strong><\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Trio&#8230;Duke Ellington Orchestra&#8230;Oscar Peterson Trio&#8230;The Dave Brubeck Quartet&#8230;Cal Tjader&#8230;McCoy Tyner&#8230;Count Basie Orchestra&#8230;Jimmy McGriff&#8230;Nancy Griffith&#8230;Jimmy Smith&#8230;Bruce Springsteen &amp; The E Street Band&#8230;Keola Beamer&#8230;Jane Monheit&#8230;Annie Lennox&#8230;Jackson Brown&#8230;Burning Spear&#8230;Dan Fogelberg&#8230;Shawn Colvin&#8230;Michael McDonald&#8230;Morris Day &amp; The Time&#8230;Bobby Short&#8230;Pinback&#8230;Sonic Youth<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUITAR UNDER THE THE LIGHTS OF ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TSbZDCdBqaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>I shot this in Granada Spain under the lights of The Alhambra.<\/strong> <strong>There is interesting magic in unexpected places.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Glastonbury-Festival-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C559\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Glastonbury-Festival-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Glastonbury-Festival-2.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Glastonbury-Festival-2.jpg?resize=768%2C419&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Glastonbury-Festival-2.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><strong>I&#8217;ve always wanted to attend the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk\/line-up\/line-up-2022\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk\/line-up\/line-up-2022\/\"><strong>Glastonbury Festival<\/strong><\/a> <strong>in the UK. They have over 100 stages for live performances this year<\/strong> <strong>Over 200,000 people attended it in 2019.<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Yeah, I know I&#8217;m a terribly old fart and would hate the discomfort of all the fans and the craziness&#8230;but I&#8217;ve always wanted to go!<\/strong> <strong>I&#8217;ll be satisfied to watch it on TV!<\/strong> <strong>I love &#8220;Isle of Wight&#8221; and &#8220;Radio 1 Big Weekend&#8221; music festivals as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=768%2C1364&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=865%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 865w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?resize=1153%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1153w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-Glastonbury.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Their 2022 main lineup looks totally fabulous!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arcade Fire - The Suburbs + Ready to Start @ Glastonbury 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3eGV9UeVK_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>The one group I would love to see live is Arcade Fire! This is a great set from<\/strong> <strong>2014 Glastonbury when they played many of their classics! They were in Coachella this year. You can add to my live want to see list: Tame Impala, M83, Silk Sonic, and Lady Gaga in an acoustic ballad set.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GlastoPyramidFinale.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GlastoPyramidFinale.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GlastoPyramidFinale.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GlastoPyramidFinale.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Fabulous Glastonbury!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9_result.jpg?resize=810%2C628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9_result.jpg?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9_result.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9_result.jpg?resize=768%2C595&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13_result-1.jpg?resize=837%2C628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13_result-1.jpg?w=837&amp;ssl=1 837w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13_result-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13_result-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>At a beautiful summer pre-COVID concert at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater<\/strong> <strong>in Vail<\/strong>. <strong>Live music will be back again this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love live music in little clubs, grand concert halls, outdoor festivals, or just impromptu performances in the open air. Music is the expression of everything an artist is made of&#8230;their signature rhythmic DNA, joy &amp; jubilation&#8230;inner conflict and turmoil, protest &amp; revolution, awakenings and catharsis, and love. Many songs we love are like sonic arrows right into our heart! A recent ad for a large outdoor festival in San Francisco brought memories of many artists and groups I&#8217;ve seen live over the years. Marla is pictured above at a Rolling Stones concert many years ago. I shot this video last September at a Denver Doobie Brothers concert. The song is very special to me! I really can&#8217;t remember all the live concerts I&#8217;ve seen but this is a list of a few in no special order: James Brown&#8230;Ramones&#8230;Jefferson Airplane&#8230;Moody Blues&#8230;The Grateful dead&#8230;R.E.M&#8230;Fleetwood Mac&#8230;Santana&#8230;Queen + Adam Lambert&#8230;Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young, Neil young &amp; Crazy Horse&#8230;Small Faces&#8230;Public Enemy&#8230;Sons of Chaplin&#8230;Boz Scaggs&#8230;Bob Dylan&#8230;Wilson Pickett&#8230;Booker T &amp; The MG&#8217;s&#8230;The Righteous Brothers&#8230;Ray Charles&#8230;Stevie Wonder&#8230;Michael Jackson&#8230;Lady Gaga&#8230;Dick Dale&#8230;Peter Frampton&#8230;Crowded House&#8230;Peter Gabriel&#8230;New York Philharmonic Orchestra&#8230;YES&#8230;Paul McCartney&#8230;Sting&#8230;Rod Stewart&#8230;Leon Russell&#8230;Frank Sinatra&#8230;Ella Fitzgerald&#8230;Sarah Vaughan&#8230;Anita O&#8217;Day&#8230;Kingston Trio&#8230;Carmen McCrae&#8230;Tito Puente&#8230;Elton John&#8230;Rolling Stones&#8230;David Bowie&#8230;U2&#8230;Prince&#8230;Joe Cocker&#8230;Cher&#8230;Keane&#8230;Journey&#8230;Metallica&#8230;Seal&#8230;Heart&#8230;Tears For Fears&#8230;Hall &amp; Oates&#8230;Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Dallas Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Denver Symphony Orchestra&#8230;Simple Minds&#8230;Eagles&#8230;Steely Dan&#8230;Placido Domingo&#8230;Berlin&#8230;Stevie Ray Vaughan&#8230;Talk Talk&#8230;The Psychedelic Furs&#8230;B-52&#8217;s&#8230;The Jam&#8230;The Doobie Brothers&#8230;Earth Wind &amp; Fire&#8230;Ramsey Lewis&#8230;Modern Jazz Quartet&#8230;John Coltrane&#8230;Alice Coltrane&#8230;Dizzy Gillespie&#8230;James Moody&#8230;Wayne Shorter&#8230;Herbie Hancock&#8230;Bill Evans Trio&#8230;Duke Ellington Orchestra&#8230;Oscar Peterson Trio&#8230;The Dave Brubeck Quartet&#8230;Cal Tjader&#8230;McCoy Tyner&#8230;Count Basie Orchestra&#8230;Jimmy McGriff&#8230;Nancy Griffith&#8230;Jimmy Smith&#8230;Bruce Springsteen &amp; The E Street Band&#8230;Keola Beamer&#8230;Jane Monheit&#8230;Annie Lennox&#8230;Jackson Brown&#8230;Burning Spear&#8230;Dan Fogelberg&#8230;Shawn Colvin&#8230;Michael McDonald&#8230;Morris Day &amp; The Time&#8230;Bobby Short&#8230;Pinback&#8230;Sonic Youth I shot this in Granada Spain under the lights of The Alhambra. There is interesting magic in unexpected places. I&#8217;ve always wanted to attend the Glastonbury Festival in the UK. They have over 100 stages for live performances this year Over 200,000 people attended it in 2019. Yeah, I know I&#8217;m a terribly old fart and would hate the discomfort of all the fans and the craziness&#8230;but I&#8217;ve always wanted to go! I&#8217;ll be satisfied to watch it on TV! I love &#8220;Isle of Wight&#8221; and &#8220;Radio 1 Big Weekend&#8221; music festivals as well. Their 2022 main lineup looks totally fabulous! The one group I would love to see live is Arcade Fire! This is a great set from 2014 Glastonbury when they played many of their classics! They were in Coachella this year. You can add to my live want to see list: Tame Impala, M83, Silk Sonic, and Lady Gaga in an acoustic ballad set. Fabulous Glastonbury! At a beautiful summer pre-COVID concert at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail. Live music will be back again this summer. Photos: Dick Gentry. 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