[Dixielandjazz] Sinatra in old age

[Harry Callaghan]

You can field this one if you want, Bob...........You've got many more years
experience than I when it comes to dealing with Steve.

HC

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Stephen G Barbone <
barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Harry and Bob:
>
> I think Maybe This Time, from Sinatra's 80th Birthday Album was recorded in
> 1987 or 1988, though the album was release in 1995. It gets 4 out of 5 stars
> among the Amazon reviews. One reviewer even says "with Sinatra in
> magnificent voice throughout all the tracks." Another syas his intonation is
> not what it once was, but his stage presence is superb.
>
> To those who feel sorry for, or felt that Sinatra should not have kept
> performing as he aged I suggest you read the comments on the following
> Sinatra family forum. See Nancy Sinatra's comment on why he kept performing,
> she said:  "I asked him why he was still working when he was obviously weary
> of it all and he said:" "I have to keep trying to get to my supporters to
> thank them for being there for me all these years."  IMO that says it all
> folks. As do the comments by his FANS on the family forum.
>
> http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php?p=383215
>
> As for me, I am a huge Sinatra fan. Saw him many times in Vegas during my
> day gig years. Last time I saw him live was in 1994 in Atlantic City at the
> Sands. I was gigging at the Showboat and got a sub for me one night so I
> could see him perform. I watched from the wings. The stage manager was our
> bass player's son and the room had been sold out for months.
>
> He was not as great as he used to be, BUT, that performance sent chills up
> my spine. It was wonderful. Perhaps those who feel he should not have kept
> going, have no soul?
>
> I'd go to see him if only for that wonderful stage presence and how he
> connected with the audience. Sure, he had some brain farts as he aged, but
> then, who among us old guys hasn't been there on stage? The trick is to make
> those lapses connect with the audience and he did that.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
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