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kevins_concerts) wrote2008-02-07 08:00 pm
kevins_concerts) wrote2008-02-07 08:00 pm
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Richard Thompson
1000 Years of Popular Music.
With Debra Dobkin on percussion and vocals, and Judith Owen on keyboards and vocals (Owen has a great voice), Richard played songs dating from the 1100's to 2006. They started the show by coming down the center aisle toward the stage, Debra drumming and Richard turning the crank on his hurdy gurdy.
He played a song written during the 1800's or early 1900's in England for the striking coal miners.
He played "Java Jive" written back in 1940:
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the jivin' and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
He went on to do a song from each decade through 2006, including "Oops I Did It Again".
He also sang one for an encore that was written by King Richard 1 of England while he was spending two years in prison.
Many were doubtless surprised that he didn't put one of his own songs in, but with a theme as grand as 1000 Years of Popular Music, that would be a bit presumptuous.
With Debra Dobkin on percussion and vocals, and Judith Owen on keyboards and vocals (Owen has a great voice), Richard played songs dating from the 1100's to 2006. They started the show by coming down the center aisle toward the stage, Debra drumming and Richard turning the crank on his hurdy gurdy.
He played a song written during the 1800's or early 1900's in England for the striking coal miners.
He played "Java Jive" written back in 1940:
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the jivin' and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
He went on to do a song from each decade through 2006, including "Oops I Did It Again".
He also sang one for an encore that was written by King Richard 1 of England while he was spending two years in prison.
Many were doubtless surprised that he didn't put one of his own songs in, but with a theme as grand as 1000 Years of Popular Music, that would be a bit presumptuous.