Tibet House Concert

As my friend Steve and I were leaving The Tibet House Concert last night I got an email on my blackberry from my friend David.

R u at the Tibet House show -- getting a Fred vibe.  Michael stipe, patti smith, ben harper, ray davies and lots more.  Very cool

Very cool indeed. Anytime you can listen to great music at Carnegie Hall, its a good thing.

But the lineup last night was really incredible.

Laurie Anderson
Ray Davies
Philip Glass
Deborah Harry
Lou Reed
Sigur Ros
Patti Smith
Michael Stipe

To be honest, Ray Davies stole the show. He was in a great mood, played more songs than anyone else, and the duet on Lola with Debbie Harry was a huge crowd pleaser. But my favorite moment was his rendition of Dedicated Follower Of Fashion. What fun that was.

The other highlight was Patti Smith. I've never seen her play live. She has an amazing voice and the finale with everyone on stage and Patti singing in the crowd had everyone buzzing into the streets. What a great night.

Comments

[carl rahn griffith]

wow, that's some line up. hopefully they'll bring it to the uk sometime soon.

i saw debbie/blondie play live a year or so ago - the previous time was some 20+ yrs ago - better than ever.

ps, did lou smile at all?

;-)

[Cameron Koczon]

I love the Tibet House series. My buddy and I flew out last year from CA to see it. Sufjan Stevens and Laurie Anderson were the stars that time. Plus everyone came on at the end to play something really awesome.

Also, did you see this?

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41280/M_Ward_To_Go_Home

Not the best review, but who cares? More M Ward is always a good thing.

[Recruiting Animal]

I saw Ray Davies in a one man autobiographical revue at a run down old movie theatre in Toronto. It was great. I also saw Patti Smith at The Phoenix Club. Pretty boring. How much were the seats.