I'm a fellow cryer-at-concerts, and although I haven't given Willie Nelson a ton of thought over the years I had a similar reaction to his set at Outlaw last year. Just a wonderful performance (and funny in a way I hadn't anticipated) and I was surprised how emotional about it I was. It helped, I'm sure, that it followed my favorite of the handful of Dylan sets I've ever seen.
I think I cried the last time I saw Dylan - this time in a small hall in Prague several years ago; he closed with It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry and I had to wonder if it was the last time I'd see him again and it seemed such a perfect way to say goodbye but also it was so sad somehow.
I came heavily unglued after Springsteen's concert in Prague back in June, this time mostly because of the weight of our times and the goddamn awful, relentless news. The show was weighted toward setting a bulwark against Trump and was as joyous as it was heavy. It had been a long hot day and during Rainmaker it started to rain, the wind whipped up and lightening flew. There's a shot from backstage of Bruce looking out over the crowd with an arc flashing through the sky. No AI was needed.
He closed with Chimes of Freedom and This Land is Your Land and again, I wondered if I would see him and the band again and there was something in humid air that just crashed down and this wave of grief washed over me as I ruefully considered This Fucking Year. Blame my age, blame the beer, but it was more than I could take. I sat on the sidelines as people trickled out, silently weeping. This Fucking Year.
If Willie or Dolly make it to London again (they likely won't), I'll bring the Kleenex.
Excellent piece. In the spirit of musing about relationships, I've had the Willie & Mickey relationship on my mind. I caught the Willie & Bob show in San Diego this spring, and meditated on that myself. https://medium.com/@ksquire/a-conduit-0601021b596a
I love this. I’ve spent a lot of considering his relationship to JC, and it seems as you say so intuitive as well as weird and deep—despite however it ended. But his eulogy is always so touching.
Terrific piece!
I'm a fellow cryer-at-concerts, and although I haven't given Willie Nelson a ton of thought over the years I had a similar reaction to his set at Outlaw last year. Just a wonderful performance (and funny in a way I hadn't anticipated) and I was surprised how emotional about it I was. It helped, I'm sure, that it followed my favorite of the handful of Dylan sets I've ever seen.
I think I cried the last time I saw Dylan - this time in a small hall in Prague several years ago; he closed with It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry and I had to wonder if it was the last time I'd see him again and it seemed such a perfect way to say goodbye but also it was so sad somehow.
I came heavily unglued after Springsteen's concert in Prague back in June, this time mostly because of the weight of our times and the goddamn awful, relentless news. The show was weighted toward setting a bulwark against Trump and was as joyous as it was heavy. It had been a long hot day and during Rainmaker it started to rain, the wind whipped up and lightening flew. There's a shot from backstage of Bruce looking out over the crowd with an arc flashing through the sky. No AI was needed.
He closed with Chimes of Freedom and This Land is Your Land and again, I wondered if I would see him and the band again and there was something in humid air that just crashed down and this wave of grief washed over me as I ruefully considered This Fucking Year. Blame my age, blame the beer, but it was more than I could take. I sat on the sidelines as people trickled out, silently weeping. This Fucking Year.
If Willie or Dolly make it to London again (they likely won't), I'll bring the Kleenex.
Excellent piece. In the spirit of musing about relationships, I've had the Willie & Mickey relationship on my mind. I caught the Willie & Bob show in San Diego this spring, and meditated on that myself. https://medium.com/@ksquire/a-conduit-0601021b596a
I love this. I’ve spent a lot of considering his relationship to JC, and it seems as you say so intuitive as well as weird and deep—despite however it ended. But his eulogy is always so touching.