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  • Most virtuoso performance seen live

    From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 11:00:51 2023
    It could be a vocal performance, either group or solo, a performance on
    a particular instrument, a sublime harmony, whatever.

    The most virtuoso performance I ever experienced on an instrument was
    Paul Butterfield at the Fillmore West on the harmonica c. 1969.

    Others ?

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 12:15:16 2023
    I saw Lightnin' Hopkins at the Lone Star Cafe and I was standing only about 5 feet from him watching his fingers on the guitar all night.

    The Spaniels UGHA luncheon with 4 of the 5 original members.

    Five Keys UGHA Hall Of Fame Induction - Close Your Eyes

    Solitaires at UGHA - The Angels Sang

    Revels at UGHA - Dead Man's Stroll

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Mon Jan 16 16:10:14 2023
    On 1/16/2023 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
    I saw Lightnin' Hopkins at the Lone Star Cafe and I was standing only about 5 feet from him watching his fingers on the guitar all night.

    Well, I can at least corroborate that those live fingers translated very
    well onto vinyl.



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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Mon Jan 16 19:26:06 2023
    On 1/16/2023 2:00 PM, Steve Mc wrote:
    It could be a vocal performance, either group or solo, a performance on
    a particular instrument, a sublime harmony, whatever.

    The most virtuoso performance I ever experienced on an instrument was
    Paul Butterfield at the Fillmore West on the harmonica c. 1969.

    Others ?

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    The Motown groups were always absolutely flawless in their singing and
    dancing. Supremes, Temptations, Miracles.

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  • From Mark D.@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 17 04:04:43 2023
    On Jan 16, 2023 at 1:00:51 PM CST, "Steve Mc" <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
    wrote:

    It could be a vocal performance, either group or solo, a performance on
    a particular instrument, a sublime harmony, whatever.

    The most virtuoso performance I ever experienced on an instrument was
    Paul Butterfield at the Fillmore West on the harmonica c. 1969.

    Others ?

    Ray Charles at Carnegie Hall, sometime in the early 60s, in a midnight show that went on until well after three. The audience was pretty evenly split racially, and everyone got into it in a big way, including Ray, and it ended
    up feeling like the best revival meeting ever.

    --md

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  • From Dean F.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 20:18:46 2023
    In the summer of 1995, I attended the first annual Newport Rhythm & Blues Festival in Rhode Island. Opening the the show were the Five Blind Boys of Alabama with original lead singer Clarence Fountain. They performed a ten-minute version of "If I Had a
    Hammer" that would have made Peter, Paul & Mary blanche a paler shade of white. Not sure if that was THE most virtuoso performance I ever saw live, but it was damned sure one of them!

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  • From Dennis C@21:1/5 to Dean F. on Tue Jan 17 13:37:35 2023
    On Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:18:47 PM UTC-5, Dean F. wrote:
    In the summer of 1995, I attended the first annual Newport Rhythm & Blues Festival in Rhode Island. Opening the the show were the Five Blind Boys of Alabama with original lead singer Clarence Fountain. They performed a ten-minute version of "If I Had a
    Hammer" that would have made Peter, Paul & Mary blanche a paler shade of white. Not sure if that was THE most virtuoso performance I ever saw live, but it was damned sure one of them!


    Cat Stevens!!

    Knoxville Coliseum, 1972!!

    The crowd went absolutely mild, baby!!

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