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Turner
I had never heard this story before - the 3rd show of 1981 tour was in Rockford because of a petition created by a radio station. Cool story!
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GRNRBITW
this story has been discussed here many times...the archives can be found in the following folder:
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TooTough
According to M. Bonanno a 9.000 sellout. They were selected
from the 36.000 who signed the petition.
btw: about Lee Allen (saxophone)
He played three shows in October 1981 with the Rolling Stones:
on October first at the Metro Centre (Rockford, Illinois), and
on the third and the fourth at Folsom Field (Boulder, Colorado).
According to Ian McLagan,[1] who played keyboards with the Stones
on the 1981 Tattoo You tour, Allen was so bewildered by playing
with the Stones for over 80,000 people in attendance "he [Allen]
completely choked up". Audio recordings of the shows confirm
McLagan. Allen was replaced by Ernie Watts for the remainder of
the tour. wikipedia
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TooTough
According to M. Bonanno a 9.000 sellout. They were selected
from the 36.000 who signed the petition.
btw: about Lee Allen (saxophone)
He played three shows in October 1981 with the Rolling Stones:
on October first at the Metro Centre (Rockford, Illinois), and
on the third and the fourth at Folsom Field (Boulder, Colorado).
According to Ian McLagan,[1] who played keyboards with the Stones
on the 1981 Tattoo You tour, Allen was so bewildered by playing
with the Stones for over 80,000 people in attendance "he [Allen]
completely choked up". Audio recordings of the shows confirm
McLagan. Allen was replaced by Ernie Watts for the remainder of
the tour. wikipedia
So I know the story but never heard Lee Allen play with the Stones.
What does it mean musically when Ian said "this guy choked up" ?
Did he hit wrong notes, did he overplay or did he play right and it didn`t fit ?
Tom
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tomcasagranda
Lee Allen did end up playing with The Blasters.