This is our classical music. This was Pete’s show. Not that Roger was not great, not that the vocals were superfluous, it’s just that Pete SHINED! You know Pete, complaining about his tinnitus, saying he’s got to play behind plexiglass, has to strum an acoustic…THAT’S HISTORY! The show began with Liam Gallagher, in a poncho […]

Toto-Africa Live at The Met in Philly (10-20-19) This is why you go to the show. For the joy of the performance, for the joy of being there as music enters your soul and transfixes and transforms you. If you talk to Steve Lukather, and I do, you believe Toto is the most hated band […]

It was a religious experience. The only song I clapped for was “California,” otherwise I sat there transfixed, driven deep into my own soul. How often do you go to a show and know every word, literally? Joni Mitchell was a known quantity because of “Both Sides Now” and “The Circle Game.” Actually, Joni’s songs […]

He’s a gunslinger. This is not the show I expected. I expected Dave would come out and do a soft rock rendition of his hits for a geriatric audience which remembers “We Just Disagree,” and maybe a smattering of fans of “Alone Together.” Instead, it was just like 1969 or ’70, when the Fillmores were […]