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| 479.1 | Concert on 8/19/93? | SOJU::SLATER | Bill Slater - 603-884-4953 (DTN 264) | Tue Aug 17 1993 18:21 | 6 |
| I am a real fan of Mark Cohn, and I heard that he's playing in the
Boston Area on Thursday night. Does anyone know about this concert?
Bill
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| 479.2 | | QRYCHE::STARR | Rulers make bad lovers | Tue Aug 17 1993 19:02 | 9 |
| > I am a real fan of Mark Cohn, and I heard that he's playing in the
> Boston Area on Thursday night. Does anyone know about this concert?
I believe he is playing as part of the WBOS Concert Series. These are free
shows held every Thursday evening (starting at 5:30pm) in Copley Square.
I saw Nils Lofgren at the series opener and was wonderful - decent acoustics,
beautiful setting, great show.
alan
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| 479.3 | | LEDS::BURATI | Chest Fever | Wed Aug 18 1993 15:54 | 6 |
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I like Mark Cohn a lot. And the guy he collaborates with on his two
albums, John Levinthal, is pretty impressive too. He contributed some
fine guitar and production work on Shawn Colvin's first album Steady On.
Saw Mark Cohn do Paper Walls on the Tonight Show. Good job. Levinthal
was on guitar and Hammond B3 (a man after my own heart).
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| 479.4 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | DOS Boot | Thu Aug 19 1993 17:19 | 5 |
| This is the guy that did "True Companion" right?
Great tune (our band is doing it) - what's the rest of his stuff like?
db
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| 479.5 | | QRYCHE::STARR | Rulers make bad lovers | Thu Aug 19 1993 19:24 | 9 |
| > This is the guy that did "True Companion" right?
Yup. I just heard that song for the first time last night.... I agree, it's
a real nice song.
He also had a small hit called "Walking In Memphis" from his first album.
Sort of a whistful rock song. Haven't heard anything else by him.
alan
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| 479.6 | | LEDS::BURATI | Chest Fever | Thu Aug 19 1993 19:37 | 6 |
| There's also a tune on his first album call "Ghost Train" that I like a
lot. The "Memphis" tune for which he won a Grammy I think, is a nice
tribute to that city's contibution to modern music.
--Ron (Did I already mention that I think the R&R Hall of Fame should be
in Memphis?)
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| 479.7 | A Brief Review - Cohn's Concert - 8/19/93 | SOJU::SLATER | Bill Slater - 603-884-4953 (DTN 264) | Fri Aug 20 1993 02:40 | 72 |
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Free Concert - 8/19/93
Copley Square, Boston, Mass. - 26,000 people attending - 5:30pm
The warm-up band was a folk-rock band named Knots and Crosses. They
were fronted by a woman lead singer who played rythym guitar. Some of
the songs were okay and their musicianship itself was good, but too
many of their songs sounded the same or unoriginal.
Mark Cohn came on stage about 7:15pm, playing an electric piano (Fender
Rhodes?) with his guitarist/co-producer, John Leventhal. He played
these songs:
Silver Thunderbird (1)
The Rainy Season (2)
Paper Walls (2) (Cohn played guitar)
29 Ways (1)
Ghost Train (1)
Walk Through This World (2)
Walking In Memphis (1)
Perfect Love (1) (Cohn played guitar)
Dig Down Deep (1)
True Companion (1) (For The Encore)
(1) CD - Mark Cohn - Mark Cohn
(2) CD - The Rainy Season - Mark Cohn
From his own reaction as expressed from the stage, it may well have
been the largest crowd he's played to till now. He made a simple
comment, "Gee, I'm a bit overwhelmed by this crowd. I don't really
know how to personally communicate with you so I guess I'll just try to
do it with music...".
The sound was excellent. I sat on a small patch of grass (we're
talking a "virtual carpet" of people) about 300 feet back from center
stage.
Cohn was confident, yet fresh, appreciative, and still a little in awe
of all the new fame and adoration. At one point he suggested that the
audience take their enthusiasm for his music with them into the record
stores. Watching him belt out some of these bluesy songs with only a duo,
made a believer out of me. The guy can literally sing blues with all
the soul of an African-American. Besides having a great voice, his
musician ship on electric piano as well as acoustic guitar was
impeccable, as was the electric guitar talent of John Leventhal.
Probably the highlight of the show was Cohn's audience participation
performance of "Wallking In Memphis". It was a great feeling to
have such a massive crowd joining in in the background chant "Walking
in Memphis, Walking in Memphis, Walking In Memphis...". You see, I was
born and raised in Memphis about one mile from Graceland, so it was
amazing to see 26,000 Yankees singing the praises of my hometown. Too
bad it wasn't recorded. I was kind of choked up at the emotions it raised.
Cohn was excited to announce to the crowd that he will be back in the
Boston area at the PARADISE Club in October. He invited the entire
audience to come out.
Cohn's writing, arranging, performing, and musicianship make him a
genious in my book. I love both of his CDs and his passion for
life, people, and music which comes through in each tune, whether live
or on a recording. I hope we see many more CDs from Mark Cohn and I
wish him the very best in his personal and professional life.
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| 479.8 | he wasn't the reason I went | EZ2GET::STEWART | Logic is the beginning of wisdom | Fri Aug 20 1993 13:27 | 7 |
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When Cohn opened for CS&N out here, I think he was playing an Ensoniq
keyboard, but he primarily used Rhodes-type voices.
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| 479.9 | hope they all showered first | CADVAX::LEMAIRE | | Fri Aug 20 1993 18:51 | 7 |
| re: -.2
26,000 people in Copley Square? That's an awful lot of people.
Boston Garden and Great Woods each hold in the neighborhood of
15,000, and I would say they are larger than the Copley Square
park area. Mmmm.... how about 2,600?
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| 479.10 | 2600 - nope - 26,000 | SOJU::SLATER | Bill Slater - 603-884-4953 (DTN 264) | Fri Aug 20 1993 19:47 | 13 |
| Re: .9
2600?!? - Wrong, that wouldn't even cover the people on the lawn...
Nope - there were 26,000. They had people practically on top of people
on the sidewalks, behind the stage, EVERYWHERE. Those estimates came
from the police and a helicopter flying overhead. And if you don't
believe the 26,000 figure, try calling the radio station. (WBOC?)
They said it was their largest concert - EVER.
And if you don't believe that figure, who cares? Not me.
Bill
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| 479.11 | heard it on the radio | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Mon Aug 23 1993 11:22 | 5 |
| Yeah, I heard it on the radio. It was 26,000. Must've been quite a
mob. Makes me feel less bad about missing the show!!
Lorna
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| 479.12 | excuse me all over the place | CADVAX::LEMAIRE | | Mon Aug 23 1993 13:41 | 5 |
| Well I sit corrected, and I apologize. I didn't mean to impugn
your credibility. I've been to a couple of the previous shows in
Copley Square and the idea of 26,000 people in that space boggles
my mind.
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| 479.13 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Mon Aug 23 1993 15:34 | 4 |
| re .12, okay, Robert Mitchum. :-)
Lorna
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| 479.14 | It Boggled Marc Cohn's Mind Also | SOJU::SLATER | Bill Slater - 603-884-4953 (DTN 264) | Mon Aug 23 1993 15:55 | 13 |
| Re: .12
You're forgiven. Being new to the area, I just figured that's the way
Boston always looks! By the way, it boggled Marc Cohn's mind also. He
was pretty blown away by such a huge receptive crowd so tightly fit
into such a small place.
And thanks, Lorna, for the reality-check!
Bill
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| 479.15 | | QRYCHE::STARR | Rulers make bad lovers | Mon Aug 23 1993 16:04 | 7 |
| Don't worry, Louise wasn't the only one wondering about that figure! I saw the
Nils Lofgren show there which had about 6000 people in attendance, and that
place was already packed full of people, and four-deep at the sidewalk in
the back. I can't even begin to imagine where they would put four times that
many people!!!
alan
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| 479.16 | Mark Cohn @ the PARADISE... | BLUMON::CARR | | Mon Oct 04 1993 16:07 | 9 |
| Does anyone know what date(s) Mark Cohn will be at the PARADISE Club
this month?
I have been trying to call the PARADISE but so far no one has answered
the phone.
Please help!! I don't wanna miss this one!
Eileen
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| 479.17 | Already passed | RANGER::CERQUA | | Mon Oct 04 1993 17:18 | 7 |
| > Does anyone know what date(s) Mark Cohn will be at the PARADISE Club
> this month?
Bad news -- the show was last month (Sep. 18, to be exact). I don't
believe there's any October show.
- Paul
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| 479.18 | | LEDS::BURATI | Helter Skelter | Mon Oct 04 1993 20:02 | 8 |
| I've been listening to his 2 albums lately and I'm pleased to
be able to say that I like his 2nd even more than his 1st. The songs
seem consistently better and the instrumentation is really nice. It
grows on you. "Walk Through This World" is worthy of John Hiatt.
Too bad you missed him. Too bad *I* missed him.
--Ron
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