Sunday, January 27, 2008

1) Lou Reed - Sweet Jane - live in Paris, 1974

I saw this tour in '74 in Detroit, back when performances were more raw and unpredictable.
Bassist Prakash John and drummer Penti Glan were from Toronto and that sound is all Mandela and Bush, two very influential Toronto bands of the 60's led by Domenic Troiano and these two solid players.
The guitarist Danny Weis now lives in Toronto and started the 60's bands Iron Butterfly. He is a great player with an interesting career.
The reason they look so apprehensive is Lou Reed may or may not show up, would likely fall off stage or at best miss half of the lyrics. It seemed the more Lou tried to offend his audience the more popular he became.
The album of this tour was 'Sally Can't Dance" and that could equally apply to Lou ;)

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