RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
5/19/2012, 02:27 PM
I saw his solitary act performance last wednesday in Mesa AZ, and it was certainly memorable. Greg is the Lake of King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer, and he was the lead singer for both groups. His show had a theme of his music autobiography, with him singing and playing guitar, and he had recorded background music to accompany him. He sang his main King Crimson songs, and all the big stuff of Emerson Lake and Palmer, and between songs, he told stories of his life as a high profile musician, how the 2 bands were formed, and personal anecdotes.
His voice is still strong, although not primo, as when he was young. Court of the Crimson King, Lucky Man, From the Beginning, Still you turn me on, Cest La Vie, a few others, and he sang a Beatles song and an Elvis song. He proclaimed those 2 acts as the Greatest, and I have to agree with him there, at least as far as popularity and portfolio.
About 2/3 the way through the show, he asked for questions and comments from the audience.(it was a theater with about 500 seat capacity) There were some folks who asked decent questions, but most were a waste of time. Greg had 2 guys working for him in the audience, handing portable microphones to those who asked the questions. One guy was black, and wore a wild, long hair style, with dreads, and some sort of a fabric or net in the hair(I don't remember just how it looked)After the Q&A session, he started his singing again, and finished the first song.
After the first song and the applause ended, the black guy came on stage, bringing Greg a new guitar, and Greg sys to the audience, "Folks, this is Andre"(I think that was his name) A guy from the audience then yells "GET A HAIRCUT"! Greg then plays the next song, and after the applause, he says: "For the guy who said get a haircut, GO F--K YOURSELF"!!!
His show seemed a little bit off(at least to me. Maybe I was imagining it), for the rest of the performance. I'm sure he will remember his Mesa gig, 2012.
His voice is still strong, although not primo, as when he was young. Court of the Crimson King, Lucky Man, From the Beginning, Still you turn me on, Cest La Vie, a few others, and he sang a Beatles song and an Elvis song. He proclaimed those 2 acts as the Greatest, and I have to agree with him there, at least as far as popularity and portfolio.
About 2/3 the way through the show, he asked for questions and comments from the audience.(it was a theater with about 500 seat capacity) There were some folks who asked decent questions, but most were a waste of time. Greg had 2 guys working for him in the audience, handing portable microphones to those who asked the questions. One guy was black, and wore a wild, long hair style, with dreads, and some sort of a fabric or net in the hair(I don't remember just how it looked)After the Q&A session, he started his singing again, and finished the first song.
After the first song and the applause ended, the black guy came on stage, bringing Greg a new guitar, and Greg sys to the audience, "Folks, this is Andre"(I think that was his name) A guy from the audience then yells "GET A HAIRCUT"! Greg then plays the next song, and after the applause, he says: "For the guy who said get a haircut, GO F--K YOURSELF"!!!
His show seemed a little bit off(at least to me. Maybe I was imagining it), for the rest of the performance. I'm sure he will remember his Mesa gig, 2012.