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In Memoriam - Maureen O'Hara

 
                                                                        63 Years

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga-Radio City Music Hall 6/20/2015

       Finally got to see Tony Bennett. Extra nice since Lady Gaga was sharing the bill with him.
The show spotlighted selections from their CD Cheek to Cheek. Both performers were backed by a full orchestra and also their own small jazz groups. They performed several songs together and also several by themselves.
       Tony Bennett performed a tribute to Frank Sinatra whom he cited as one of his best friends and teachers.
        Lady Gaga performed a jazzed up version of the Cher song Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).
        They both clearly enjoyed performing together, with Mr. Bennett thanking the audience many times for being there, and Lady Gaga telling Tony how much she was honored to be there with him.  Both sounded great, and in strong voice. Pretty amazing since Tony Bennett is 88 years old.


        Here is their setlist:


                             

                           Anything Goes - Both

                        Cheek to Cheek - Both
                        They All Laughed - Both
                           Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
                           Sing You Sinners - Tony Bennett
                           Nature Boy - Both
                           Watch What Happen - Tony Bennett
                           The Good Life - Tony Bennett
                           Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Lady Gaga
                           Bewitched,Bothered & Bewildered - Lady Gaga
                           Firefly - Tony Bennett
                           Smile - Tony Bennett
                           When You’re Smiling - Tony Bennett
                           Steppin’ Out With My Baby - Tony Bennett
                           For Once in My Life - Tony Bennett
                           I Won’t Dance - Both
                           The Lady’s in Love With You - Tony Bennett
                           Solitude - Tony Bennett
                           I Can’t Gove You Anything But Love,Baby - Both
                           Lush Life - Lady Gaga
                           I’ve Got the World on a String - Tony Bennett
                           In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Tony Bennett
                           La Vie En Rose - Lady Gaga
                           How Do You Keep the Music Playing? - Tony Bennett
                           Let’s Face the Music & Dance - Both
                           Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - Lady Gaga
                           Who Cares - Tony Bennett
                           Fly Me to the Moon - Tony Bennett-no microphone
                           I Left My Heart in San Francisco - TonyBennett
                           But Beautiful - Both
                           The Lady is a Tramp - Both
                           It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing - Both

  

The Night We Called it a Day

                                                       You will be greatly missed.

Darius Rucker - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 5/14/2015

Last night was the opening night of Darius Rucker's Southern Style Tour. He kicked it off at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holdmel N.J.
The tour also features A Thousand Horses, The Brothers Osborne, and Brett Eldredge as the opening acts.
Mr. Rucker's setlist consisted primarily of his solo work, but did include a few Hootie & The Blowfish songs and covers.
Prior to performing Time, he told a story of singing Billy Joel's Honesty in the shower at his dorm. Mark Bryan(guitarist for Hootie & The Blowfish) heard him singing and told him they had to make music together.
Prior to Let Her Cry he talked about hearing The Black Crowes She Talks to Angels and being surprised that it was them, being so different to Hard to Handle. He went home that night, put on a Bonnie Raitt album and said he wrote his version of She Talks to Angels for her.
Towards the end of the main set, all the artists came out to join on the Hootie & The Blowfish song Hold My Hand.
 Here is the setlist:


                    A Thousand Horses

                       Landslide
                       Southernality
                       (This Ain't No) Drunk Dial
                       Travelin' Man
                       Smoke


                    Brothers Osborne
         
                       Shoot From the Hip
                       Let's Go There
                       Sippin' on a Good Time
                       Stay a Little Longer
                       Down Home
                       Rum
                       The Shape I'm In(The Band cover)/Foxy Lady(Jimi Hendrix cover)


                    Brett Eldredge

                       Fire
                      On & On
                      Beat of the Music
                      Lose My Mind
                      Mean to Me
                      Gold Digger(Kanye West cover)
                      Haven't Met You Yet
                      I Wanna be That Song
                      Tell Me Where to Park
                      Don't Ya


                   Darius Rucker

                      Lighter Up
                      This
                      Good For a Good Time
                      Radio
                      Southern Style
                      Time(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
                      All I Want
                      Don't Think I Don't Think About It
                      I Miss Back When(Tim McGraw cover)
                      No Diggity(Blackstreet cover) w/Background singers from A Thousand Horses
                      It Won't Be Like This for Long
                      History in the Making
                      Alright
                      Only Wanna Be With You(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
                      Half Full Dixie Cup
                      She Talks to Angels(Black Crowes cover)/Let Her Cry(Hootie & The Blowfish song)
                      Come Back Song
                      Hold My Hand(Hootie & The Blowfish song) w/Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne & A Thousand Horses
                      East Bound & Down(Jerry Reed cover) w/Band Introductions
                      Homegrown Honey


                      So I Sang
                      Wagon Wheel

A Thousand Horses

Brothers Osborne

Brett Eldredge

Darius Rucker

   

All Performers-Hold My Hand