SHARPS & FLATS : CONCERT CROWDS CLAMOR FOR HITS.Byline: Fred Shuster Peter Buck For New Zealand Maori leader and academic, see . Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M.. He is the oldest member of the band. of R.E.M. was saying the other day he wasn't sure he ever wanted to go back on tour while audiences were in the mood to hear nothing but hits. The thought hit home, he said, in October when R.E.M. was playing Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert just outside San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and decided to stick mostly new tunes in the set, songs the band was excited about playing. The crowd had other ideas. Silent and still at the Shoreline Amphitheater, the audience made known its displeasure at having to sit through material it wasn't familiar with. The new songs were taken from R.E.M.'s ``Up,'' due to be released the following week. ``We went on after the Wallflowers, Sarah McLachlan and Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. and these other acts that just played their hits,'' Buck said. ``I remember a time when audiences wanted to hear something new.'' We do, too. When one went to see a group like Little Feat, Steely Dan, the Who and especially the Grateful Dead, you knew you were going to hear music you'd never heard before. That was part of the fun. These days, concerts have become greatest-hits shows, oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. shows before their time. Gigs where the crowd gets what it wants, no questions asked. That's a shame because live music can mean much more than just duplicating the album tracks. Blues has its rewards Atlantic Records  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. co-founder Ahmet Ertegun and blues crooner Bobby (Blue) Bland will accept the Blues Foundation's Lifetime achievement awards Monday at a ceremony at the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically . Ertegun, poised to enter his ninth decade, has spent a good 60 of those years at the forefront of the record business, focusing on jazz, blues and rock. Southern soul singer Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 1st District of Illinois, will receive the B.B. King Blues Hero Award from the foundation. Performers at the fourth annual event include Ray Charles, Stephen Stills, Boz Scaggs, Ruth Brown and Bland. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: When R.E.M. played songs from its new album, ``Up,'' the crowd grew unhappy. |
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