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Eliot Rosewater

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1. Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco about 25 yrs ago, saw him...Own every album he made
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:27 PM
Oct 2022

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until a few years ago when I stopped buying music altogether. I have not heard any new stuff in a few years, I need to fix that.



He is a writing machine and his performances are amazing.

Did you see the Roger Waters "The Wall" at The Wall when it came down? It is on video...Van sings Comfortably Numb.


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-van-morrison-the-band-comfortably-numb-1030732/





OAITW r.2.0

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2. Saw him, up close at either the Purple Onion or the Black Rose in Beantown....back in the late 70's.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:32 PM
Oct 2022

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He muscled his way, past me, to the bar for a beer.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
3. Watch the vid in my post, two lead guitar players doing the song that Gilmour did alone
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:35 PM
Oct 2022

and Van singing it.

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OAITW r.2.0

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4. Have seen this video a lot....Probably during the collapse of the Soviet Union
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:42 PM
Oct 2022

I just realized that Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Robbie Robertson were his audio stage mates. Just a truely powerful piece of music.

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vanlassie

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14. Yes, I did think the #1 post was the OP and realized my mistake.
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 12:09 PM
Oct 2022

I will read your long post after coffee.

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