During the pandemic, my hubby and I streamed all sorts of old TV shows, movies, etc.
And although this is not a movie or series per se, one of the genres we found - on almost all online streaming services that we fell in love with was rock music concerts.
I had no idea how many truly wonderful old time 1960's/70's/80's rock stars out there that still perform - most in the recent 2 decades with full 100 plus piece orchestras.
From surviving Beatles, the Eagles, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Supertramp, Roy Orbison, Richard Ashcroft....... the list goes on and on.
Our favorite 2 concerts we found were:
"Concert for George"
This was filmed on November 29, 2002 - exactly one year after George Harrison's death at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The event was organized by Harrison's widow, Olivia, and his son, Dhani, and arranged under the musical direction of Eric Clapton
While the first half of the concert focused on George's dabbling with Indian music, the second half featured "George's Band" and included the surviving members of the Beatles (Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr), Harrison's son Dhani Harrison, as well as musicians Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Billy Preston, Jools Holland, Albert Lee, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Ray Cooper, Andy Fairweather-Low, Marc Mann, Dave Bronze, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner and several other musicians who had appeared on Harrison's recordings over the years.
You can stream it on YouTube for money - even though most of it has been put up in segments for free - but I promise you - one hell of a good musical and a 2-hour tears in your eyes performance:
Small sample:
https://youtu.be/GdcSGxXJ8vM
The second one features Tommy Shaw from STYX. It's called "Sing for the Day!"
Back in 2006, STYX did a performance with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Unfortunately, what recordings of that performance that exist are very poor in video and audio quality.
However, in 2016, Tommy Shaw did a solo performance with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra which is mainly very talented high school aged youth.
It was one of the most touching performances I've seen! The kids in this have talent beyond talent on top of talent! It's on Amazon prime for rent.
A small sample:
https://youtu.be/xpYHgbjOIq0
(That kid violinist gets me every time!)
I hope those who know enjoy!
And although this is not a movie or series per se, one of the genres we found - on almost all online streaming services that we fell in love with was rock music concerts.
I had no idea how many truly wonderful old time 1960's/70's/80's rock stars out there that still perform - most in the recent 2 decades with full 100 plus piece orchestras.
From surviving Beatles, the Eagles, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Supertramp, Roy Orbison, Richard Ashcroft....... the list goes on and on.
Our favorite 2 concerts we found were:
"Concert for George"
This was filmed on November 29, 2002 - exactly one year after George Harrison's death at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The event was organized by Harrison's widow, Olivia, and his son, Dhani, and arranged under the musical direction of Eric Clapton
While the first half of the concert focused on George's dabbling with Indian music, the second half featured "George's Band" and included the surviving members of the Beatles (Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr), Harrison's son Dhani Harrison, as well as musicians Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Billy Preston, Jools Holland, Albert Lee, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Ray Cooper, Andy Fairweather-Low, Marc Mann, Dave Bronze, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner and several other musicians who had appeared on Harrison's recordings over the years.
You can stream it on YouTube for money - even though most of it has been put up in segments for free - but I promise you - one hell of a good musical and a 2-hour tears in your eyes performance:
Small sample:
https://youtu.be/GdcSGxXJ8vM
The second one features Tommy Shaw from STYX. It's called "Sing for the Day!"
Back in 2006, STYX did a performance with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Unfortunately, what recordings of that performance that exist are very poor in video and audio quality.
However, in 2016, Tommy Shaw did a solo performance with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra which is mainly very talented high school aged youth.
It was one of the most touching performances I've seen! The kids in this have talent beyond talent on top of talent! It's on Amazon prime for rent.
A small sample:
https://youtu.be/xpYHgbjOIq0
(That kid violinist gets me every time!)
I hope those who know enjoy!