So SV you got a ticket too? That's great news! Text me please!

The show is starting at 7:30 PROMPT! I think it's going to be a long night so they are starting early and on time. I'm planning to get into the city by 5:45 or 6, free street parking near Walter's bar starts at 6 PM if I'm lucky enough to find a spot, Stones people are meeting there before/after the show.

U2 in Vancouver yesterday ~ good call. So is it possible MICK was rehearsing with Buddy Guy and/or Jeff Beck? They were the ones who were supposed to play with Clapton and since MICK is replacing him maybe there wont be a duet with Bono since U2 is playing as a band? You would think MICK should be doing a CLAPTON SONG!!

Clapton's Lineup
Eric Clapton
With Eric Clapton's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on March 6, 2000, he became the first musician to have been inducted three times. He was first honored as a member of The Yardbirds in 1992, then with Cream in 1993, and finally as a solo artist in 2000. While his stints with the groups were relatively brief — he stayed with the Yardbirds only a year and a half, and Cream lasted barely two years — Clapton has been a solo artist for three decades, beginning with the release of Eric Clapton in 1970. Even Derek and the Dominos, the short-lived quartet that cut the classic Layla...and Other Love Songs in 1970, was less a band of equals (à la Cream) than a Clapton-piloted project that bore his highly personalized stamp.

As a solo artist, Clapton has brought his singing and songwriting to the fore while maintaining his stature as rock's preeminent guitarist. Demonstrating a remarkable resilience, Clapton has managed to establish himself as a vital, hitmaking presence in every decade. Entering his fourth decade as a solo artist, Eric Clapton remains a relevant, creative force in popular music.

Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck is one of the three noted guitarists to have recorded with the band The Yardbirds. Rolling Stone ranked him as one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Much of Beck's recorded output has been instrumental, and his releases have spanned genres ranging from blues-rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion and (currently) a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Beck has earned wide critical praise and four Grammy awards for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Beck has guested at scores of sessions with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Buddy Guy to Tina Turner and Mick Jagger. Most recently, Beck teamed up with another former Yardbirds member and fellow Rock Hall Inductee, Eric Clapton, for two concerts in Japan.

Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy is one of the titans of the blues, straddling traditional and modern forms, as well as musical generations. He's worked with Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, on one hand, and Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Rolling Stones, on the other. There are few notable blues figures that Guy hasn't brushed up against. He was even an influence on Jimi Hendrix.

The genre's most electrifying guitarist, Guy has remained a vital and current musician, moving blues forward without losing sight of its roots. He's renowned for his raw, blistering vocals and high-voltage guitar playing. He plays a Fender Stratocaster, employing feedback, distortion and extreme string-bending. He spent much of the Sixties on the venerable Chess label and thereafter recorded for Vanguard, Atco, Silvertone and others.

Guy attained great stature within blues circles over the course of three decades, but his career broke wide open in 1991 with the release of Damn Right, I've Got the Blues. This landmark release won him a Grammy and five W.C. Handy awards, and he recorded and toured prolifically in its wake. Clapton has proclaimed Guy "by far without a doubt the best guitar player alive... He really changed the course of rock and roll blues."

Bitch wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 10:20am:


Jagger isn't replacing Clapton.
He hasn't even been officially confirmed.

It was announced on Monday that Jeff Beck and his band would fill Clapton's slot.

Might Jagger sing with them if he appears?
Sure.

Would he do a Clapton song?
Hells no.

SweetVirginia wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 8:26am:



Since you TORTURED me with texts from the Macca show (SHIVER), feel free to make amends tomorrow night!!!!

SV and Bitch in da house!!!! Have fun ladies!!!!!!!!!!!

LJ.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 11:43am:



the two old queens together?

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 11:53am:

Not necessarily.
Any of those guys can be anywhere on the planet that they want to be in a matter of hours...

Aretha's Lineup
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is the undisputed "Queen of Soul" and the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She is a singer of great passion and control whose finest recordings define the term soul music in all its deep, expressive glory. As Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun observed, "I don't think there's anybody I have known who possesses an instrument like hers and who has such a thorough background in gospel, the blues and the essential black-music idiom... She is blessed with an extraordinary combination of remarkable urban sophistication and of the deep blues feeling that comes from the Delta. The result is maybe the greatest singer of our time."

Franklin's greatest triumph — and an enduring milestone in popular music — was "Respect." Her fervent reworking of the Otis Redding-penned number can now be viewed as an early volley in the women's movement. As a measure of her impact, Aretha Franklin has charted more Top Forty singles — forty-five in all, since 1961 — than any other female performer.
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz is a student of classic rock, soul, funk, and psychedelia. With a huge appetite for all things Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone and the Beatles, Kravitz emerged at the end of the '80s, embracing the music of his childhood. On his first album Let Love Rule, he plays all instruments himself (guitars, bass, organ, drums, etc.). The sound is raw and largely acoustic, just beats, bass lines, and Hammond B-3's, like a collision of Prince and solo John Lennon. Kravitz's albums are high-energy craft and show his mastery of the recording studio. His seminal moments include "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "Mr. Cabdriver," "Stand By My Woman" and "Always On The Run."
Annie Lenox
Annie Lennox was a member of the Eurythmics, one of the greatest of the 1980’s British pop bands. Along with partner Dave Stewart, they created mournful, soulful songs featuring Lennox’s icy, beautiful voice. After the 1990 breakup of the duo, Lennox launched a highly successful solo career. In 1992 she released Diva, a platinum-selling solo album that received three Grammy nominations. Upbeat on the surface but apprehensive underneath, "Walking on Broken Glass" and "Little Bird" updated the classic Eurythmics sound. Yet it is the brooding ballads such as "Why," "Cold" and "The Gift" that truly stand out.

Lennox's supple vocals prove that she is among the finest white soul singers of our time. Her 2007 album, Songs of Mass Destruction, captures the range of her styles, from the rhythmically charged pop of her Eurythmics days to the haunted, longing ballads of her solo career.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 8:55am:



I didn't even consider that...Stevie Wonder maybe???
Not only a Stones legacy there...but an MJ connection as well...

Maybe Bono and Mick will re-re-re do Dancing In the Streets...(kidding)

Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 2:58pm:


If Mick appears with U2, my guess is they'll do a Stones song - 'IORR'.

Where'd you hear about 'State Of Shock'?

Even more unlikely that they were rehearsing with Stevie Wonder.
He's appearing at tonight's show.

Paul "Bono" Hewson to open with Schoolboy Blues at da Garden!

left shoe shuffle wrote on Oct 29^th, 2009 at 3:33pm:





have fun, everyone who's got tickets.