Aretha Franklin, one of the greats, died yesterday, at age 76.
Here's one of her performances that you might not expect: "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammys. Luciano Pavarotti was supposed to perform but he was ill, so Ms. Franklin stepped in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIHlvOjc5cU" target="_blank
All I could say was..... Wow. We'll miss her.
R.I.P., Queen of Soul
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Re: R.I.P., Queen of Soul
Aretha was more than the "big hits", of which there were many. Her gospel work is wonderful and some of her lesser known popular music was stunning.
"The Weight" at Muscle Shoals w/Duane Allman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGdxpnG ... gs=pl%2Cwn" target="_blank
"It Ain't Fair" At Muscle Shoals w/ Duane Allman on slide, King Curtis on saxophone.. I heard this for the first time recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7E_jz3 ... gs=pl%2Cwn" target="_blank
"The Weight" at Muscle Shoals w/Duane Allman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGdxpnG ... gs=pl%2Cwn" target="_blank
"It Ain't Fair" At Muscle Shoals w/ Duane Allman on slide, King Curtis on saxophone.. I heard this for the first time recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7E_jz3 ... gs=pl%2Cwn" target="_blank
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Re: R.I.P., Queen of Soul
The story of that night blows my mind.Heavy_Metal wrote:Aretha Franklin, one of the greats, died yesterday, at age 76.
Here's one of her performances that you might not expect: "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammys. Luciano Pavarotti was supposed to perform but he was ill, so Ms. Franklin stepped in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIHlvOjc5cU" target="_blank" target="_blank
All I could say was..... Wow. We'll miss her.
Sure, she performed Nessun Dorma a week or so earlier, but this was in a higher key (I think), and she had a whiz-bang rehearsal with the conductor and a boom box in her dressing room while the rest of the show was going on.
I keep putting myself in her chair: "Hey, Pavarotti's sick, can you cover Nessun Dorma on the biggest music broadcast of the year?"
What'd she answer with? "Yeah, I can do that."
Holy cow.
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Re: R.I.P., Queen of Soul
AND I read somewhere that Aretha Franklin played tuba in her high school band!
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just saw that on FB & googled it & found this:Frank Byrne wrote:AND I read somewhere that Aretha Franklin played tuba in her high school band!
http://books.google.com/books?id=bfchhP ... ba&f=false
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Exactly. A musician's musician if there ever was one. Who else could have pulled that off? Not many............Leland wrote: The story of that night blows my mind.
Sure, she performed Nessun Dorma a week or so earlier, but this was in a higher key (I think), and she had a whiz-bang rehearsal with the conductor and a boom box in her dressing room while the rest of the show was going on.
I keep putting myself in her chair: "Hey, Pavarotti's sick, can you cover Nessun Dorma on the biggest music broadcast of the year?"
What'd she answer with? "Yeah, I can do that."
Holy cow.
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Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
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Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
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1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
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Re: R.I.P., Queen of Soul
FYI, from age 5 she was raised in Detroit not Memphis. Her tuba playing days would have been in Detroit.