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| Supper's Ready |
An awesome show last night by
Steve Hackett
at the
Carolina Theater in Durham. A 2.5-hour performance, with a brief intermission, followed by
every cut from Genesis's Foxtrot album. For me, the
absolute highlight was the first encore — "Firth of Fifth" from
Selling England by the Pound. And "Every Day" from
Spectral Mornings was so perfect I hollered real loud. The
instrumentation sounded great, although the vocals were a bit
muddy, alas. I'd seen Steve back in 1980 at the Agora Ballroom in
Atlanta, leaning up against the stage, literally at Steve's feet.
Here, we were a bit farther back, in the first balcony, but the
view and sound turned out to be fantastic.
Running into friend and fellow author
Richard Dansky
was a treat. Rich narrowly escaped being bombed by a full cup of
beer falling from the balcony above. Yesterday was his birthday —
thankfully, he survived it, hopefully to see many more. Next time,
I hope we run into each other long enough to share drinks and
stories (minus plummeting cups).
An altogether fine evening for
Brugger
and me.
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| Encore! |
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| Pre-concert wine with Ms. B. at West End Wine Bar |