[Dixielandjazz] Rod Stewart on Good Morning America

[Don Ingle]

Well . . .why don't you tell us how your R-E-A-L-L-Y feel, Butch? (grin)
Would that reviewers of such fraudulant claims to being new Messiahs of the
Great American Song Book be as honest and forthright -- a lot of people
could save their CD money.
My answer to the assault on my eardrums of Mr. Stewart's rock ravaged vocal
cords  is to dig out some of my old Lee Wiley cuts to help clear the smudge
from my ears.
Bless you, Butch, for this welcome moment of truth!
Don Ingle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Thompson" <butcht at sihope.com>
To: "djml" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:18 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Rod Stewart on Good Morning America


> Mr. Stewart appeared on national television to promote a second volume of
> his Great American Songbook.  It is hard to find words to describe this
> performance, but here are  four: arrogant, inept, enervated, juvenile.
>
> He was asked how he feels as he sings the classic repertoire in the shadow
> of the many giants who have done so before him, and more specifically how
> this compares with performing his usual material.  "It's easier," he said.
> Well, if you don't try to sing on pitch maybe it is.
>
>
> There were also a few string players on the set, along with a pianist,
bass
> player and maybe one or two others.  The arrangements were bland and
> unimaginative in the extreme, and I was embarrassed for the musicians.
>
> Anybody on the list who starts getting requests for that Rod Stewart song
> "I'm in the Mood for Love" should report this event to the rest of us.
>
> Butch Thompson
>
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