BRS video

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>I've gotten in the BRS video and thought everybody might like to hear 
>something about it.  For anyone who hasn't been following the BRS, this is 
>the British Rock Symphony performance at Ragley Hall, Devon, England.  
>Performers included a small symphony type orchestra, a gospel choir and a 
>rock band including Geoff Whitehorn on electric lead, Simon Townshend on 
>acoustic and Zak Starkey on drums.  Simon gets prominent billing on the 
>jacket, along with Roger, Alice Cooper, Gary Brooker (of Procul Harum), 
>Darlene Love (R&B), Nikki Lamborn, and Paul Young.  Keith Levenson 
>conducts.

>It's a fairly short video at 60 minutes running time, and there are a 
>couple of awkward transitions, which I gather is because this is edited for 
>television--it has been showing on PBS in NY.  One interesting thing about 
>this is that Simon actually gets more camera time than Roger, which makes 
>it a great video for Simon Townshend fans.

>Simon is on for the whole show playing guitar and singing backup.  He also 
>performs two songs solo, "Blackbird" and an excellent job on "Norwegian 
>Wood"--somehow actually making it sound fresh and interesting.  Roger sings 
>"Street Fightin' Man," "See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You" and "Pinball 
>Wizard" pretty much solo, and then "Start Me Up" and "5:15" with Alice 
>Cooper, "Let it Be" with Darlene Love and "With a Little Help From My 
>Friends" with the ensemble.  It's a decently filmed video (though not 
>outstanding) and the sound is good.  Everybody turns in a strong 
>performance, and there's some evidence that Roger is picking up a R&B 
>sound. ;)

>There is a note that a portion of the proceeds benefit the "Let Music Live" 
>foundation (possibly a Roger project), which provides financial aid to 
>underprivleged youth for musical pursuits.  The video is available in NTSC 
>format for $24 from http://www.britishrock.com.


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