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The following is a Guest Post by Brad Risinger, reporting on the James Taylor concert in Greensboro, North Carolina on May 18, 2018. James Taylor has told interviewers that he was “clinically nervous” in 1968 when he played an audition for Paul McCartney and George Harrison for The Beatles’ new record label, Apple. Returning to … Continue reading “James Taylor Live in Greensboro (Live Review)”
The following is a Guest Post by Brad Risinger, reporting on Thursday’s Bruce Springsteen concert in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bruce Springsteen’s April 24 Raleigh stop on the High Hopes (2014) tour was a family affair. Vocalist wife Patti Scialfa made the scene, along with daughter Jessica, who is a student at nearby Duke University. Little … Continue reading “Springsteen & Family Rock Raleigh (Guest Post)”
The following is a Guest Post by Brad Risinger, reporting on last night’s Bruce Springsteen concert in Greensboro, North Carolina: “Old friends,” the late Harry Chapin wrote, are special because “they see where you are, and they know where you’ve been.” The Wrecking Ball version of the E Street Band, even on night two of … Continue reading “Springsteen’s “Whoop-Ass Session on the Recession” in Greensboro (Guest Post)”