At 11:52 AM 7/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I saw the best performance that I've seen in years last night. Alicia Keys >can to perform in my neighborhood (about 2 miles from my house) and I was >amazed by the show. She is definately much better in person than on a CD. > >I cannot remember hearing that good of a R&B/Blues/jazz voice. She had a >tight band, and well as a rapper duo supporting her. She showed an >extremely wide range of music: everything from classical, to blues, to R&B >to hip-hop, to jazz, to Latin to, even, classic '60s rock (Light my Fire >from the Doors). I'm old enough to remember when Jim Morrison sang it, and >I never thought I'd appreciate a cover until now. > >This impressed me almost as much as a voice that just blew me away. I've >always believed that one overwhelming strength of the United States is the >richness of its culture. It was very enjoyable sitting and experiencing >some of that variety. > >Dan M.
Alicia Keys *is* much better in person than on disc. Sounds like it was a good show. As for Light My Fire covers, the only one I ever liked before Alicia was Jose Feliciano's. john who still listens to his scratchy 33 1/3 rpm 60's rock albums every now and then; just to set the mood, i light incense, turn on the black light bulb, and wistfully gaze upon the old bong.
