Okee dokee folks… This thought popped into my head today. When my duo, Fuzek-Rossoni, began playing open mics over 35 years ago, one of the first places we played was the Stone Soup “Hoot.” The late Richard Walton ran things back then and one of the things he always said that wound up burned in […]
Okee dokee folks… I was fortunate to be in attendance for the Counting Crows/Dashboard Confessional show at Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) last night. The Crows were on their Banshee Season Tour and brought their friends along for the shows. To many folks this seemed like an odd pairing as one could not understand why […]
Okee dokee folks… The other night, July 8, I checked out a new, to me, venue, The Bank of NH Pavilion, and attended The Last Summer on Earth Tour with Barenaked Ladies, Five For Fighting, and Del Amitri. This very cool, outdoor concert amphitheater is located close to Lake Winnipesaukee and Laconia Airport. This area […]
Okee dokee folks… Well, it’s officially summer – my least favorite season of the year. It is my annual obligation to say that. People always find it hard to believe. I like the other three seasons! Fortunately I am not alone in my disdain for this time of year. There are pockets of us all […]
Okee dokee folks… Forty seven years ago, July 4, 1976, I saw Elton John at Schaffer Stadium in Foxboro, MA. To date this is the biggest concert I have ever attended. As I recall there were 80,000 people there. I could be wrong, it was a long time ago. I was a huge Elton John […]
Okee dokee folks… On June 11, the Providence Performing Arts Center hosted a stop of the John Mellencamp Live and In Person 2023 tour. I first saw John COUGAR about 44 years ago as an opening act for Heart. Back then I was not impressed and didn’t care much for the pompous performance of this […]
Okee dokee folks…Last night, May 30, the majestic Boch/Wang Center welcomed the Finn fellas from New Zealand, Crowded House, for the final night of their US tour. Anticipation filled the room as folks waited for the first notes of this rescheduled show. About this, Neil Finn commented later in the evening, “Thanks for waiting for […]
Okee dokee folks… I was just online and a friend of mine posted photos from a concert he is at. He commented that people had been on their feet the whole show. This was a positive thing to him. Me, not so much. At my age I don’t enjoy standing for concerts. I know that […]
Okee dokee folks… We at Motif are going to start printing two issues per month again and I am excited! So much so, I cannot wait, so I am going to warm up to the two issue quota by writing a few extra online columns, starting with this one. Last week I attended two great […]
Okee dokee folks… Lately, I have been thinking a lot about concerts. I was VERY fortunate to have grown up in the ’60s and ’70s when the price of tickets was reasonable, maybe even cheap. I used to go, on average, to about one show a week. Yes, it drove my parents crazy to have […]