Isn't he Wonderful
It's been ridiculously long since my last posting. Drinks at the weekend with my old chum Guto reminded me that people do actually look at my 'blog' (can I actually call it that I post once every blue moon?) So here I am checking over this page and I realise my lasting posting was about the amazing Kanye gig.Guess what? I was only back at Abbey Road again. This time it was for a Stevie Wonder showcase. Once again small but intimate but this time it was a seriously industry crowd, mainly made up of golden oldies who wet their pants when they heard the Wonder play the classics.
Highlights? Stevie's daughter Aisha, subject of 'Isn't She Lovely' which was written on her birth coming on stage and singing the song as a duo with her dad (cleverly changing the lyrics to 'isn't he lovely' when she sings a solo verse). Ever the consumate performer, Stevie developed a charming repartee with the crowd and when he stopped and was over-come with emotion mid-song while singing a tune he wrote in the mid-seventies for his wife who only recently died from cancer, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Stevies been out of the game for 10 years and you could tell - he didn't want to get off stage. What was supposed to be a 50 minute showcase turned into a two and a half hour exclusive gig. Priceless
posted by Bella Figura @ 10:33 pm
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