Almost 20 years ago today, I made it to Carnegie Hall.  Not because of my musical prowess (I have none) or for a Duran show  (I don’t think they’ve ever played there) but as an assistant to the producer of the “Daltrey Sings Townshend” 2 day event celebrating Roger Daltrey’s 50th birthday.

It was my first real job out of college.  I was lucky enough during that time to talk to Roger Daltrey on a a regular basis and to have him sing “Happy Birthday” to me is a cherished memory.  I now curse time for not having (reasonably sized) cell phones with audio and video available so I could replay it at will.  Damn!

This show had a plethora of well-known musicians involved – Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Eddie Vedder, Sinead O’Connor, Lou Reed, David Sanborn, Alice Cooper, Linda Perry,  The Spin Doctors and The Chieftains.  As a naive 24 year old, I didn’t recognize the greatness until many years later.

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This week’s Sounds of Saturday is the amazing band The Alarm.  I am ashamed that I haven’t featured one of my favorite bands until now.  I’ve been lucky enough to see the band and Mike Peter’s (the band’s lead singer) live more than once.  His voice […]

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