We had a good time at Bill Wyman's Birthday Celebration concert last night. I wouldn't have even thought about going if mrs twm had not wanted to go, especially as the ticket prices were so high - not to mention a hotel night, travel etc. Putting all of that aside, I'm really glad we went.
I can understand that "AMIT-ers" herein would wish to concentrate on MK's contribution but I enjoyed just about every performer and they all seemed genuine in valuing Bill Wyman as a friend.
Just as I would find it difficult to criticise any performance (OK, Bob Geldof talked too much), I find it hard to single out any particular performer or highlight but I'll mention a couple - MK's new song, aside. I thought Joe Brown was a great choice as an opener, as he's a really warm performer (Mollie Marriott, who joined him for his song song, is Steve Marriott's daughter, by the way). And I thought Imelda May (just a name to me before this show) was quite ballsy to choose a song by The Animals but she really has the lungs to match Eric Burdon's vocals. And Robert Plant's voice has held up really well over the years. If I go on, I'll end up saying something about everyone and I don't have the time.
Two minor MK asides (I should stress here that I haven't read all the posts closely nor looked at all the images etc included, so somebody may have mentioned them already):
> "Playtime Deluxe" had a video running on the screen behind the musicians. It was mainly a film of the a never-ending highway in a fairly empty landscape, viewed from the front of a coach or truck by the angle of the shot. At the beginning, the title of the song was shown on-screen. Does this mean that it was a video prepared by MK and his team?
> Muleskinner Blues is the name that everyone uses for this song but it was actually "Blue Yodel No.8". Jimmie Rodgers wrote about a dozen songs in the Blue Yodel series over a number of years. The first was just called "Blue Yodel", then became "Blue Yodel No.1" or, more fully "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)". Similarly, "Blue Yodel No.8 (Muleskinner Blues)" is the more complete title.
