Leonard Cohen Live in Tel Aviv on the 24th of September 2009

On the 24th of September 2009 Leonard. Cohen gave an incredible three hour concert in Ramat Gan's stadium.

It was an event I will never forget. The man somehow succeeded in granting the audience of 50,000 people that came to hear him in the Ramat Gan stadium, the feeling that we were all in some intimate venue and Cohen was singing just for us, his closest friends.

Although he turned 75 this week, he gave a generous 3 hour concert, multiple encores, and ended by skipping off the stage in funky little dance steps : )

It was especially comforting as he had collapsed at a concert in Spain earlier this week.

There was a special reason Lihi and I went to the concert - it was my gift to Lihi for celebrating the birth of our daughter Or, has just turned 3 months old. Or's favorite "soothing song" is Leonard's - "Marianne"

Leonard's is legendary, so it was no surprise that to experience him was incredible but it was a real treat to discover how amazingly talented his band is.

The current ensemble features Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters (background vocals), Roscoe Beck (musical director & bass), Neil Larsen (keyboards & Hammond B3 accordion), Bob Metzger (electric, acoustic & pedal steel guitar), Javier Mas (bandurria, laud, archilaud, 12-string acoustic guitar), Rafael Gayol (drums, percussion), Dino Soldo (sax, clarinet, dobro, keys).

"Everything is cracked, that's where light comes in" - Leonard Cohen

...to top it all off Leonard signed off with "Birkat Cohanim" - The traditional Jewish blessing that Cohens (the literal Hebrew word for "priests") give unto the congregation.

Wow! ...
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items are from 24 Sep 2009.