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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.