When it comes to music, rock n? roll is still king. People the world over still list rock n? roll as their favorite music genre. You may be one of those people who truly appreciates and enjoys rock n? roll. To that end, you may be wondering how you can find and download good rock n? roll on the Internet and World Wide Web. Through this article, you will be provided with some basic information on how you can find and download good sounding rock n? roll on the Internet and World Wide Web.

By following these tips, you will be well on your road to expanding your rock n? roll music collection. Indeed, you absolutely will have fun seeking out and finding the exact rock n? roll music that you enjoy.

1. First, identify reliable and reputable websites to download music. There are two primary reasons that you need to make sure that your utilizing a reliable website to download rock n? roll music. You need to use a reliable site to make sure that the downloads that you obtain are legally transmitted to you. Unfortunately, there are some sites that have not crossed their Ts when it comes to complying with copyright laws. Additionally, when it comes to obtaining music downloads, you need to use a reputable site that works hard to ensure that the site is free from viruses that might get transferred to your computer. (Also, keep in mind that it is important for you to make sure that you have an updated and active virus program in place before you take off and start downloading music. In point of fact, you really should never spend time on the Net without an effective virus protection program in place.)

2. Second, decide what types of rock n? roll music you would like to download. You need to bear in mind that there are some different types of rock n? roll music available for download on the Net. As a result, there are different sites that cater to different types of rock n? roll music. By spending some time shopping around, you will be able to find precisely the style of rock n? roll music that you seek. For example, some sites specialize in delivering music from a particular time period — the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s and so forth. Of course, there are many, many sites that generalize when it comes to downloadable music.

3. Third, there can be a different in the sound quality of music downloads from one site to another. Take the time to determine which sites offer the best music quality in regard to their downloads. Some sites take great pride in ensuring that the downloads they provide are of the greatest quality. Certainly, if you are going to take the time to download music, you will want to be able to obtain the best possible quality for the money you are expended on the downloads.

4. Fourth, shop around for the best bargains that you can find in regard to rock n? roll music that you can download online. There can be some pretty significant price disparities between different websites. Therefore, it serves you well to shop around to find out where you can get the best deal on downloads. For example, some sites offer package deals through which you can purchase a set of downloads for one low price. Other sites operate rather like the music clubs that were popular in the brick and mortar world in the past. In other words, you are entitled to receive a certain number of specific downloads each and every month if you so desire.

By making the effort to follow these tips and pointers, you will be able to download the best in rock n? roll music from the Internet and World Wide Web. In a short amount of time, you will be able to develop a wonderful collection of rock n? roll music that will provide you with hours of entertainment and enjoyment. With very little effort, you can establish a terrific rack of downloaded rock n? roll music.

Publisher & Author Raymond DeChampfleur – You can access detailed articles, news, & more relevant resources along with great information and downloads on the movies and music world at Music or http://muzic-and-moviez.com/wordpress/categories/articles/

There’s a reason Apple Computer dominates the legal 99-cents-a-download digital music scene: It does it right. Apple’s iPods set the style and ease-of-use standards that other portable music players must try (so far unsuccessfully) to match. Its iTunes Music Store and iTunes software are equally unparalleled.

Still, as I wrote in a column on the Napster To Go subscription service, Apple’s path isn’t the only one that makes sense.

I remain an unabashed iTunes junkie. But an alternative model ? the portable music subscription ? is growing on me. Now, with the addition of RealNetworks Rhapsody To Go service ? and especially with the debut this month of Yahoo Music Unlimited ? I imagine it’ll grow on others, too.

I did encounter some sour notes with the two services. Yahoo Music is still in beta testing, though the more serious snags actually occurred inside Rhapsody. But overall, both Yahoo and Real left a melodious impression. Each claims more than 1 million songs in its catalogs ? though they’re light on classical. (Apple says iTunes exceeds 1.5 million tracks.)

I’m guessing that Apple will eventually introduce a subscription service of its own.

Why? Under a subscription or rent-a-tune model, you can listen to a boatload of music for a lot less loot than on a buy-only download site. And you can carry those tunes in your pocket, via compatible portable digital music players. Buying 2,000 songs on iTunes would cost nearly 2 grand.

Under Yahoo, you could rent those same tracks for a fraction of that sum. And you can’t beat Yahoo’s introductory price of $59.88 a year, equal to $4.99 a month. If you prefer to go month to month, you’ll fork over $6.99. Subscribers who wish to buy, instead of rent, certain tracks will pay 79 cents each, non-subscribers 99 cents.

At $14.99 a month, Rhapsody To Go is costlier than Yahoo but still a bargain, on a per-song rental basis, compared with iTunes. RealNetworks subscribers can buy downloadable songs for 89 cents a pop. Nice touch: Those who don’t subscribe can still listen to 25 full-length streams and 25 radio stations a month.

(Napster To Go fetches $14.95 a month and 99 cents a track.)

As with Napster, there’s a catch to Real’s and Yahoo’s rental plans: You must remain a paying subscriber, or the songs you’ve rented will no longer be playable.

And forget about transferring Yahoo or Real rental tracks to an iPod. (You can still transfer to an iPod songs ripped from CDs and, in Real’s case, songs you buy.)

Why rent when you can buy? Aside from the cost savings, you may want to listen to something on a whim. Maybe you’re just curious about an emerging artist.

Renting can be complex, though, reflecting conflicts over digital rights. You’ll have to buy tunes to burn them to a CD. But some songs can’t be bought. Others can be streamed but not downloaded. Some can be downloaded but must stay tethered to a PC. And some can be downloaded and moved to a portable device. Got it?

I prefer Yahoo to Real, and not just because of the lower prices. Yahoo jukebox software (called Yahoo Music Engine) also worked more seamlessly than its Real counterpart. Using both services, I synchronized music with iRiver H10 and RCA Lyra RD2762 devices, though not all tracks ended up on the Lyra. That’s because, for now, this model can receive only purchased music, not rented tracks.

When I downloaded or transferred tracks to a portable device, Yahoo displayed a helpful status bar on the Music Engine screen to show the download progress. On Rhapsody, you must visit a separate screen.

Yahoo boasts other sweet touches. Yahoo Music is integrated with Yahoo Messenger. So you can see the music your IM pals are listening to and legally listen along.

You can also search for members who have similar tastes. Members can control who gets to see their collections. People you follow are called influencers; their highly rated songs will play on your personalized LAUNCHcast radio station. Those who seek your recommendations are deemed followers.

There were a few annoyances. Yahoo lets you search by album, artist, song or member, though not all at the same time. When I searched Yahoo for certain albums ? the soundtrack to the movie Fever Pitch, for example ? Yahoo showed a picture of the album cover and listed the songs. But there was no way to stream any of the album tracks. It happens that Yahoo lacks the rights to play those songs or to make them available for sale. Still, I felt teased.

I ran into bigger trouble with Rhapsody, at least at first. Real’s software kept freezing and crashing on an HP Pavilion notebook computer. I called Real for help. Disabling a feature in which Rhapsody is supposed to automatically search for and import new tracks into your music library fixed the problem. But that feature is one that many users will want. Real says a fix will be included in the next release.

What’s more, if you decide to buy a track as a Rhapsody subscriber, good luck figuring out how. I had to call the company to determine one way: I right-clicked on a song title and then clicked on the menu item buy track(s).

Though Rhapsody doesn’t have an instant-messaging component as Yahoo does, there are ways to share and discover free MP3 music. You can press a share button to publish a playlist on Rhapsody, e-mail that list to friends or write a blog about the contents. Rhapsody can show an instant playlist based on songs you’ve been listening to.

Microsoft’s digital rights software underpins both Rhapsody and Yahoo Music. So when something goes wrong with the software, it affects all the music services at once. When licenses on my machine somehow became corrupted, rental tracks on Rhapsody and Yahoo failed to play. I had to reinstall Microsoft’s software.

I don’t expect Apple to slip off the online music throne anytime soon. But Yahoo and Real are at least giving digital music fans plenty to think about.

Mary works in US for a media company, occasionally writing for the biggest MP3 music news portal, and drinking too much coffee.

Oh My Goodness!!!

These three words perfectly express what I think of Brian Culbertson’s seductively titled It’s On Tonight CD.

This CD, although mostly containing songs completely without lyrics, comes extremely close to being explicit. I mean it just drips track after seductive track with some of the most intensely suggestive smooth jazz you’ll ever hear.

It starts off HOT with track 1, Let’s Get Started and only gets hotter.

Track 4, Sensuality, he should have just flat out named Sex. It’s that good.

These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.

Smooth Jazz music fans will recognize some of the well known guests that have been assembled to play along with Culbertson on several of the tracks. Artists like Boney James, Kirk Whalum and the incomparable Chris Botti just to name a few.

Fans of smooth vocalists will enjoy the contributions made by Will Downing, Patti Austin and Marc Nelson to songs on this CD as well.

If you’re a Brian Culbertson fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Culbertson, or even smooth jazz to know is good. It’s just good music. Period.

The standout tunes are The Way You Feel [track 5, Dreaming of You [track 7, and Secret Affair [track 9. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore […as in Stuck On REpeat is track 4, Sensuality. Wow! Be very careful who you’re in the room with when you press play on this one. Unless of course…

You were warned.

Release Notes:

This CD was originally released July 26, 2005 on the GRP Records label.

CD track list follows:

1. Let’s Get Started
2. Hookin’ Up
3. It’s On Tonight
4. Sensuality
5. The Way You Feel
6. Forbidden Love
7. Dreaming Of You
8. Wear It Out
9. Secret Affair
10. Touch Me
11. Love Will Never Let You Down
12. Reflections

To hear samples of each song on this CD go to Brian Culbertson CD – It’s On Tonight [www.smoothlee.com/music-samples/brian-culbertson-its-on-tonight

Clyde Lee Dennis, a.k.a. SmoothLee has been bumping around on the web since 1999 and is a self described Web Head, and Life long AVID music fan. Smooth Jazz Music in particular. In addition to writing CD Reviews for I Love Smooth Jazz.com he is also the Program Director, and can be heard during his daily radio show which airs on one of the internets most listened to smooth jazz radio stations, Smooth Jazz 24/7

In the early and mid-90s, I did quite a bit of promotion work with local musicians. At that time, I was helping musicians who primarily played in coffeehouses get their first CDs played on college/public/community radio stations. We thought that with all the radio DJs out there in that market, we might find some who might be willing to listen to and take a chance on giving some unknown but talented person some airplay.

The scene has changed a lot since then. You now have the explosion of the Internet and streaming MP3 sites in which anyone can upload their music and be heard anywhere at any moment. Yet, some independent artists still do pursue radio airplay as part of their career strategy. In fact, I get unsolicited inquiries fairly often to this day. I thought I would take a look back and share some details on how some artists had some success…a few a bit beyond their expectations.

Most of the artists I assisted were folk/acoustic musicians. The first thing we did was try to identify stations that would be willing to hear them. Through the help of a folk dj e-mail list which posted digests of radio show playlists, we had an idea of what was being played and who was playing it. We then contacted the show hosts or music directors first by e-mail, providing a musical description of the artist and the CD (without flowery hyperbole about how fabulous the CD is), and asking if there would be interest in airplay. If they responded positively, we sent a CD and short bio. We did not just blindly send out CDs to an address just because it was on a list of folk radio stations. We wanted to be sure that money and time (both ours and the DJs) was being spent wisely by going to the people and places that would give the best possibilities for airplay.

After a few weeks, we would check posted airplay lists or send follow up e-mails to see if the CD was being played. On the average, about half of the stations we would send a CD to would report airplay. We had some heartening success stories. Some local artists were getting international interest as well as national airplay. A couple even got reviews in folk magazines such as Sing Out! or Dirty Linen. One musician’s CD ended up on a radio station’s top 40 year end best of list. I also offered additional help to a regional artist who already had a respectable following in her marketing efforts. Eventually we lost count of all the stations that played her CD and she ended up being signed to a folk label.

Lessons here: 1) Do your homework first–it’s worth it. (Unfortunately, people who still send me unsolicited and inappropriate material haven’t learned this one. ) 2) Never say never…unless you at least try, you just never know who might hear you, and where.

Wendy Vickers is a writer, encourager, life coach, and speaker. Wendy offers resources, encouragement and support for musicians at her websites http://wendyv.com and http://embraceencouragement.com

The supremely talented Smooth Jazz Trumpet playing Chris Botti has released a remarkable CD entitled Midnight Without You.

It’s my belief that Botti is one of the finest musicians America has ever produced, and as if that weren’t enough he is growing into the status of being a top notch composer as well. Composing every tune on this CD release.

As a trumpet player, Botti’s offerings are always heartfelt with truly artful phrasings. His full artistic excellence is on full display on Midnight Without You, offering a ten track collection that is most certainly some of his best work ever.

The CD launches with a great track, The Steps Of Positano, and proceeds to display why Botti is considered one the greatest smooth jazz artists of our time as he mixes his signature, romantic style throughout the CD.

Ladies and gentlemen what we have here is trumpet playing excellence.

This is simply an outstanding CD and is a perfect companion for relaxation, or driving, and also mixes well with cocktail and dinner parties.

The title track Midnight Without You with Paul Buchanan I have to say is artistry on the highest level.

As a side note guys, the ladies always respond VERY well to Chris Botti’s music. Just for reading along today I’m going to pass along a tip. Carve out some alone time with your significant other, put this one on, light a few candles, turn off the lights and the two of you will be behaving like grown folk in no time flat. You’re welcome!

I give Midnight Without You and most, if not all of Chris Botti’s work two thumbs up. Very highly recommended not only for smooth jazz lovers but also for any and everyone who appreciates fine music.

While this entire CD is outstanding the truly standout tunes and SmoothJazz247.com favorites are Regroovable [track 3, The Way Home [track 5, and Forgiven [track 9. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore […as in Stuck On REpeat is track 2, Midnight Without You. Very nice!

Release Notes:

Chris Botti originally released Midnight Without You on May 20, 1997 on the Polygram Records label.

CD track list follows:

1. The Steps Of Positano
2. Midnight Without You
3. Regroovable
4. Never Gone
5. The Way Home
6. When Rain Falls
7. Until Now
8. Mr. Wah
9. Forgiven
10. Alone In The City

To listen to samples of each song on Midnight Without You by Chris Botti go to: Chris Botti CD – Midnight Without You Samples

Lee Dennis, a.k.a. SmoothLee is an AVID music fan, smooth jazz in particular, and in addition to writing CD Reviews for http://www.ILoveSmoothJazz.com he can also be heard during his radio show which airs online daily at http://www.SmoothJazz247.com

Do you know why playing guitar is so much easier than playing piano? It’s because guitar players learn how to use chords first. Even before note reading!

They usually learn how to play chords in the first position. Called open position chords, the beginning guitarist quickly learns how to finger this position and can immediately create music. That’s why so many people love the guitar and want to learn it!

They don’t waste time learning the masters or anything like that at all. Nope. It’s all contemporary. Unless of course it’s classical guitar.

Now why can’t those interested in learning piano have the same benefits? After all, it’s not like everyone wants to learn how to play Bach or Beethoven.

The good news is you can play piano using only chords. But not just any chords. I’m talking about learning a chord structure that will have you sounding like a professional right away! It’s called the Open Position Chord and with it, you’ll be able to create your own unique music!

I know it sounds far-fetched. I didn’t think I could make my own music either until I discovered this chord position from a book titled The Four-Way Keyboard System. In it, the author Alan Swain goes into great detail about the benefits of learning this chord structure.

I didn’t have to really read what he wrote. I just played it. And I was hooked! Here was something I could learn quite easily. And I could learn it in all 12 keys – just as easily! I had found what I was looking for. A modern sounding chord that would let me improvise with both hands at the piano right away AND sound good doing it!

Most of us know what triads are. This 3-note chord structure has been used to introduce students to chording on the piano. But learning triads isn’t necessarily the best place to start. In fact, there really is no good reason to begin your piano studies with triads.

Listen, if your goal is to read music and play kum-ba-ya, then by all means, spend countless hours learning how to read music and play triads. But, if you want to improvise and create your own unique music, I can think of no better chord structure than the open position chord!

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/pianolessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!

The lights dimmed and the wrinkles, pot bellies, and bald heads disappeared into the darkness . . . almost.

People clapped and danced to their own rhythm as Huey Lewis and the News performed one hit after another at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Washington.

?I don?t know how to put this politely, ? Huey told the audience, but I had dinner here at the casino and most of you are at least as old as me.?

I had eaten dinner at the same time as Huey. I left for the bathroom and came back into the restaurant and saw my wife and friends pointing and smiling in my direction. Huey had just walked past me and out the door.

Perhaps our clothes brushed each other. Perhaps we exchanged the same air. Oh, well our party had driven from Tacoma to Shelton, Washington to see Huey Lewis and I had the best opportunity for an up close and personal view, and I was adjusting my underwear. Such is life. Just like opportunity . . . we passed and never met.

Peg and I joined Donn and Debbie Irwin in their PT Cruiser (a classic car wannabe) for a comfortable journey. Donn fed the CD player with Huey?s Greatest Hits, and early rock and roll classics. Actually, Deb had him turn the volume down low so conversation could flourish, which it did. The trip lasted through several discussions, many smart alec comments, laughing fits, and one detour for Olympic Ice Cream (Kentucky Pie is yummy!). We caught up with friends Randy and Sue Lord at the casino for dinner.

After dinner, Donn and I went to the walk-in humidor for cigars, while the group went ahead to the performance hall. By the time Donn spent $30 for three cigars, we had a fairly long line to wade through. As we stood and waited, a little old man walked by everyone repeating the phrase ?The heart of rock and roll is still beating.? We just looked at him and shrugged our shoulders. He turned out to be Huey?s father.

Sue reserved excellent seats. We were slightly elevated and about forty feet from stage left where Huey stood most of the time.

Huey?s lost some of his upper register, but his charm and energy carried him well through the evening. His group was outstanding. Most of them have been together a long time. Huey introduced them individually. The new guy he noted, ?we didn?t meet until 7th grade.?

?So many hits, so little time,? said Huey when he came back for an encore. The concert was well worth the money and the drive. For a while I had more hair and less body as Huey Lewis and the News transported us back twenty-five years. Where has the time gone?

Don Doman is a published author, video producer, and corporate trainer. He owns the business training site Ideas and Training (http://www.ideasandtraining.com), which he says is the home of the no-hassle free preview for business training videos. Don and his wife Peg also travel in the Pacific Northwest writing of their fun and adventures. You can read their stories at NW Adventures (http://www.nwadventures.us).

A student recently emailed me saying that she was through with piano playing. She was very upset because the desire to play piano had disappeared. My sage advice? It happens to everone!

Look, if we were meant to have the muse on 24/7 we would burn out faster than an accountant on espresso. There’s something about the creative spark that does not like to be pressured. Sure, you can show up at the piano and try and enter in to the music, but if your spirit is not in it, chances are you’re not going to want to play.

As frustrating as these dry spells can be, they are necessary for further creative growth. Patience is key here but many creative types (myself included) are not patient people. As I said before, forcing rarely works and will leave you even more frustrated. The only real solution to this is to see that we are more than who we are when we sit down to play the piano.

If we identify only with our creative self, we set ourselves up for frustration. It’s also good to know that 99.9 times out of 100, creativity returns and we can relax and entertain the muse once more.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/pianolessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!

To learn to play guitar is difficult and easy at the same time. The guitar is a fascinating instrument. It is very difficult to master in some areas but you will also find wells of easy to play but nice sounding treasures among the strings.

In this learn to play guitar article I will give some examples of easy to play guitar chords and progressions. I will use guitar tab to help you find the notes on your guitar.

In this article i will only use the first four strings on the guitar. In the guitar tab staff notation I will also use only the first four lines. The first string is the thinnest string on the guitar or the E-string.

The first guitar tab progression will be in the key of D. The chords of the progression is Dmaj7 and Em7. Here is the guitar tab:

1. –2—0—
2. –2—0—
3. –2—0—
4. –0—0—

The guitar chord progression above can be used as a little intro in a song in the key of D. It can also end a song or be used as a break between verses in a song. You can repeat the progression to make it last longer.

The next example will use the first chord and a Gm6 as the second chord. This little passage can also be used as an intro in a song if you like it:

1. –2—0—
2. –2—3—
3. –2—3—
4. –0—0—

The following example will use just one chord, the D chord and it will be moved two frets up. When you move the chord up it will not be D anymore. It will change into a E7 or if you want E/D. This means that you play an E-chord with the note D as a bass note.

The chords in this guitar chord progression will be D and E7. Try it!

1. –2—4—
2. –3—5—
3. –2—4—
4. –0—0—

When you move the chord up the two frets you don’t need to lift you left hand fingers. Just release the pressure of your left hand fingers a bit and slide up to the new position.

This method of sliding to new positions can be used when you change between chords. Many times you can keep one or more of your fingers on your fingerboard and slide when you change to new chords. This will make it easier to find the chord and will speed up the chord change.

Our last little guitar chord progression will use the same progression with just a different way to play the E7 chord.

Remember that all these chord progressions can be repeated over and over as intros or something else in the key of D on your guitar.

1. –2—0—
2. –3—0—
3. –2—1—
4. –0—0—

Observe that you can slide with you first finger that you hoopefully have pressed down on the second fret of the third string when you play D. When you change to the second chord you can slide to the first fret.

The above progressions use the open D-string as a fundament so to speak and this bass note creates an illusion of peace in the chord progressions. In tonal music this bass note is called a pedal point.

If you like finger picking on your guitar I will give you a pattern that can be used with these chords. I will use the common classical guitar symbols for the right hand fingers. P denotes the thumb, i the first finger, m the middle finger and a the ring finger.

1. –a———–a—
2. ———-m——-
3. ——i———–
4. –p—————

I hope you will find this little learn to play guitar lesson helpful. There are a lot of chord progressions that sounds nice but are very easy to play. In other words, I will be back!

Peter Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music teacher. Visit his site Capotasto Music and download your free sheet music and learn to play guitar resources at http://www.capotastomusic.com

It was a hot July night (not a Hot August Night) in London and I was to see Neil Diamond perform live for the first time. I had been a fan of his music since my teens but had never been to one of his concerts. However, I knew that he had passed his 61st birthday and wondered if he could still actually sing. I needn?t have worried, he could!

For those who don?t know the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, it is a vast open space, sometimes used for trade fairs, sometimes as a theatre. It has incredibly high ceilings and is not the warmest and most inviting place in the world. On this evening, though, there was a buzz as people bought pre-show drinks and souvenir T-shirts and CDs.

We took our seats, about 20 rows from the front and slightly to the left – not a bad view of the stage – and looked with amazement at all the complicated lighting and sound equipment up in the rafters. There was a guy up there in a sort of cage for the whole evening. Who?d have his job?

Hanging down the front of the stage was the biggest Stars and Stripes you ever saw??.then the lights dimmed, the buzz of audience chatter was silenced and Neil Diamond appeared on, bounded onto rather, the stage and straight into a rousing version of ?America?. Backed by a 17 piece band, many of whom had been with him for 25 years, Neil moved straight into a raft of favourites, including ?The Boat That I Row? complete with well choreographed rowing movements from the beautiful ladies who make up the four piece string section.

Neil Diamond works a stage and an audience like no-one I?ve ever seen, whipping the different sections of the audience into a frenzy of appreciation with an remark here and a look there. Well worn phrase though it is, he really did have the audience in the palm of his hands, and what a mixed audience it was. Ages ranged from 20s to 90s with nearly as many men as women, throwing themselves into the dancing, clapping and swaying with as much enthusiasm.

Neil doesn?t take a break during his shows (apparently because he?s afraid people won?t return after an intermission) and although the tempo varied during the two and a half hours, he was on stage, the energy he brought to his performance was incredible.

Neil sang nearly all the old favourites, dedicating ?Captain Sunshine? to the memory of Vince Charles, the band?s steel drum and percussionist, who sadly died in 2001 and ?He Ain?t Heavy, He?s My Brother? to the true heroes of America post 9/11, the police offers, the teachers, the fire fighters and military personnel serving overseas in order to protect the liberty of the American people.

Other highlights included ?Sweet Caroline? and for one young lady in particular, ?Girl, You?ll Be A Woman Soon?, during which Neil lay supine on the stage caressing and kissing her as well as the appearance out of the floor of a grand piano, on which Neil played ?I haven?t Played This Song In Years? and ?You Are The Best Part Of Me?, both from his Three Chord Opera album

Altogether, it was a memorable evening with music performed by a brilliant and charismatic artiste.

Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Concerts