Clark and I took in the Tom Rush concert at McCabe's Saturday night. As we walked in the door, there was the impossibly handsome Rush talking with a guy who was mentioning "Joni" and "back in 1967". Clark and I perused the CDs on sale and I picked out a remastering of his 1963 "Blues, Songs and Ballads". Like last year there were many people coming up to him talking about "when I saw you in Cambridge in 1967" and so on. He certainly has a hard core loyal following here in L.A. The show started and he played a number of different songs, all impeccably. He played "Circle Game" about the fourth song in and said that someone had specifically requested it. He did not play Urge For Going and Clark and I lamented not requesting that one when we saw him earlier. He was wonderful and even funnier than last year - his show is equal parts music and comedy and he is a truly hilarious storyteller. He also talked a bit about Club 47 where Joni used to play and said it was a very tiny room (only fot 80 people max). He was very engaging and invited us all to his "10th Annual 50th Birthday Party" a kind of week-long of "TomFest" which will be held February 3 - 10, 2001 at the Wyndam Sugar Bay Beach Resort in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Other partygoers include Jonathan Edwards, Patty Larkin, Fritz Richmond and Christopher Williams. More information is available through his website at http://www.tomrush.com At one point he asked if anyone in the audience had a digital camera so he could send a photo of us to his website. No one did (this was a mostly pre-tech crowd ;-) There is also an internet concert (recorded 10/8) airing today at 11:00 a.m. EST on Boston radio station's website at http://www.wumb.org Kakki NP: Byrds - Living Rock 1972 - It Won't Be Wrong (with John Guerin on drums - small Joni world ;-)
