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deesh
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thanks everyone and i just read the review from the new york show this weekend and PRINCE SHOWED UP and played lead guitar for his show.
WOW!
also, india arie showed up in atlanta and sang with him.
that's dope!
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Tlum
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 21:19 |
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| deesh wrote: |
| thanks everyone and i just read the review from the new york show this weekend and PRINCE SHOWED UP and played lead guitar for his show. |
...and Tony Bennett as well for their masterpiece duet! |
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LLCoolJR
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 23:05 |
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| ... His songs are renowned for being hard to sing. There are many 9th, 11th and 13th chords. His melodies make abrupt, unpredictable changes. His songs are melismatic, meaning that a syllable is sung over several notes. In the American Idol Hollywood Performances, judge Randy Jackson repeatedly stated the difficulty of Wonder's songs. Some of his best known and most frequently covered songs are played in keys which are more often found in jazz than in pop. For example, "Superstition", "Higher Ground" and "I Wish" are in the key of E flat, and feature distinctive riffs in the E flat minor pentatonic scale (i.e. largely on the black notes of the keyboard). ... |
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deesh
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 22:48 |
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I wish I would have had tickets to the NYC concert, but they were soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo expensive and sold out rather fast, obviously! What a treat those people had when Prince and Bennett came out.
Cool info you posted Jereon. Didn't know that.
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funkynicki
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:52 |
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Stevie is coming for 3 gigs to germany......
STEVIE WONDER KÖLN Mo.,22.09.2008 20:00
STEVIE WONDER MANNHEIM Di.,23.09.2008 20:00
STEVIE WONDER MÜNCHEN Do.,25.09.2008 20:00
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Sandriche
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:51 |
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i was thinking of going to munich but not sure if i can afford money and manage to get day off!!
arrrgh..
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peggy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 19:06 |
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Well, I'm certainly doing my best, all my best, to go and see him in Rotterdam on September 14th. Although tickets are quiet expensive, this is STEVIE, an icon !!! Anyone cares to join me ??
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