Permit me to scribble in an upsidedown hook over that 'period', and see if I can't turn it at least into a question mark (?): 2 selections of my favorites (somewhat comparable) from both respective artists, side by side:
Led Zeppelin ll is the album that got me into rock and roll. It’s like it just reached out and grabbed me by the throat, demanding that I listen.
Many years ago George Strait played in Tampa at the fairgrounds. I was fortunate enough that a small group of us and our dates got to go backstage before the concert for a "meet and greet" with him. He was nice enough to pose for photographs taken by his photographer. They got our contact info and a week or two later personalized, autographed photos arrived in the mail. I was a hero twice for that one. For the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour, we didn't get meet & greets, but Pepin Distributors (Budweiser distributor in Tampa) sent limos to pick us up to take us to Tampa Stadium for the concert. We had second row seats on the field and we were given numbered, leather tour jackets.
This triggers another point for the Beatles imo--I'm surprised by their staying power so long after their breakup. I stil hear regularly, kids being totally ito the Beatles, year after year. Zep's star has largely faded; Stones maintain a following but they're also around to nurture that flame (ditto Springsteen, who similarly surpises me with how many strong he meaintains his following--but again, still around to stoke the flames...). ...but for the Beatles to generate such a following so long after they broke upj (and members died)--truly impressive. jmho/fwiw.
There is probably some Malcolm Gladwell-ism about their residency in Hamburg where all they did was play pub band stripper music on uppers for 12 hours a day for months at a time. They were probably the worlds greatest bar band before they got their recording break.
Probably? He expressly used the Beatles as one of his key examples in his landmark book, Outliers. (Maybe that's what prompted the association to you?)
Wasn't really busting your chops, just figured you'd probabl read it but not remembered, which was probably what prompted the association (though I had to ask, to allow for the possiblity that maybe I was missing sometihing, or misread your post).
Well, if any of you want to join me look into a second mortgage or perhaps the going rate for a kidney..... 6 tickets on pre-sale ended up being like $3,300. lol.
I know, I remember nothing about the book TBH other than his thing about 1000 hours of reps or whatever
Whoa! I'm afraid I'll have to content myself with YouTube vids, and wait with baited breath to hear your review, and enjoy it vicariously through you. (...but I'm sure it will be an excellent show, and worth every cent you paid for it. Dude's legend!)
Not back in the day. A friend told me there was Trader's South and Dub's, both on 13th street. TP/Mudcrutch played at Dub's. Gainesville: Where Tom Petty's dreams began
Yeah, I think that was the second chapter, the first being all the hockey players born at the start of the calendar year. The Beatles got 10,000 hours in like 4 years because they were playing like 5 hour sets like every night.
