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Donovan Concert in small town Iowa

Nov 15, 2009 09:23

Last night I went to a really interesting (almost awesome) concert here in Fairfield, Iowa:
The concert was organized to benefit the David Lynch Foundation, and director David Lynch was there on the stage introducing each act, all of whom were there as a personal favor to him (I believe).
James McCartney BandThe opening band was Paul McCarney's son ( Read more... )

fairfield, little death, ia, james mccartney, david lynch, donovan

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ancientgirl November 15 2009, 15:36:47 UTC

I've heard that Paul McCartney's son really is talented. I haven't heard anything of his though. I should look around.

embers_log November 15 2009, 16:35:22 UTC

I've been searching for something online and can't find anything...
James McCartney's band has done some performances in the UK, but evidently not enough to get put up on youtube or anything.... So I'm guessing we'll just have to wait a while (I do think he'll become more prominent in time).

spacenewt November 15 2009, 20:01:21 UTC

Aww, I'm so glad you had such a good time :-)

I used to love Donovan and didn't realise he was still perfoming... *must look to see if he's got anything planned in the UK*

hugs!

embers_log November 15 2009, 22:09:12 UTC

Yeah I don't think he does a lot of touring, but it does seem like he does some smaller things (I found a couple of his recent stuff on youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-JPMXysOfo
(at Trinity College in 2007)

I think the playlist last night was
(Donovan singing alone w/his guitar):
Catch the Wind
Colours
(and then w/Little Death):
Sunshine Superman
Season of the Witch
something I haven't heard w/funny lyrics... Riki Tiki Tavi?
Mellow Yellow

I think there was at least one other number, but I'm not sure... it is hard to remember everything after the fact.

wildigital November 16 2009, 09:30:23 UTC

It is amazing how some old musicians can roll back the years on stage - they showed Burt Bacharach at the BBC Electric Proms and he was still playing away for the whole evening. And Donovan's a lovely Scottish boy too.

embers_log November 16 2009, 14:19:37 UTC

it might have helped that my expectations were low, but it was really a pretty magical evening... I'm so glad I got to see him in person (his music really was an important part of my youth).