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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-05 21:52 by Beelyboy.

I saw him in London last year and he did IORR

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-08 01:25 by Beelyboy.

Beelyboy Wrote:
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> paulywaul Wrote:
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> > I saw him in London last year and he did
> IORR
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>
> oh my god!!! that totally makes my day; ty; makes
> my WEEK...
> did not even know he was still touring...
> and he did iorr??? wow. was it great or pathetic
> or both?
>
> stones should pick him up as a support act here
> and there;
> like they used to do with havin' the Wolf on that
> brit tv show...
> birthday boy brian so excited to introduce him;
> great footage...
>
> and when they picked up ike and tina for the
> ya-ya's tour...
> etc...
> that rightly should put an end to the 'stones are
> old and past it and should hang it up' stuff right
> there...
> richard is ten years older and still taking it on
> out there....
> pauly, was the show good?

Was the show good ? Hmm, let me think about that.

Well, it was too short for a start. But apart from that, let me say firstly that Little Richard today (I THINK he's 73 or 74) is not wearing that well. It was fantastic to see him, the legendary man himself, but he's a bit kind of dithery in an "old person" sort of way, and a bit unsteady on his little ole feet, and he does tend to spend 10 minutes here and there telling a story or cracking a joke. That's all very well, but it gets a bit tiresome because it just limits the amount of time he spends sitting at that piano and pulling that microphone up close and letting rip. But when he does ........................... boy does he still have it ? It was a privilege to see him, and all the peripheral stuff you can just about put up with, because when he actually DOES let rip with all those great old r & r songs like Good Golly Miss Molly etc, he's timeless and you're back in the 50's.

Towards the end of the show, after listening to him rabbit on about friends here and friends there and visits here and visits there, he FINALLY got around to introducing the next song, which he said was in honour of a good English friend of his from "right here in London" - and that was when he launched into IORR in honour of his good friend Mick Jagger. It was a great version, he's got a very large and very accomplished band with him these days. At least he did have when he toured the UK in 2005.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-08 01:37 by Beelyboy.

His version of I Saw Her Standing There from 1969 or thereabouts KILLS!

Its tremendous!

JR

Little Richard did actually perform on the Stones UK tour September/October 1963, as documented in Gus Coral's photo book "Black & White Blues" (along w/ backstage pix of Bo Diddley & Jerome Green)

little richard IS brown sugar