I had the wonderful honor of seeing and hearing Richard Thompson perform at the smaller of the two theaters in The Egg in Albany NY tonight, from the fifth row. It was the first time I've seen him live and I dearly hope it won't be the last. I've been hearing his tunes off and on for over thirty years, usually when friends played me his music. I
(
Read more... )
How inutterably depressing.
Nine
Reply
Nine
Reply
(The comment has been removed)
It's damned hard to speak up in such an intense crowd of admirers. I'll bet no one wanted to contradict the Master, so neither side spoke up for fear he was on the other one.
You did well to speak at all.
Nine
Reply
I'll bet no one wanted to contradict the Master, so neither side spoke up for fear he was on the other one.
That's a very good point, and quite probably the case -- a relief, if so.
Reply
Thank you. I felt so good earlier, before the show, making my case with passion and really nailing it, that my later "I do" to RT's first question just felt horrifically inadequate. And yet everyone there heard me; there was fraught but total silence when I spoke.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment