Wonât somebody think of the Cockatoos?
I may have shared this before, stop me if you heard it.
I was at an Al DiMeola concert at Toshiâs in SF. At one point he was asking the audience for requests, ignoring the obvious popular titles like âMediterranean Sunriseâ, actually engaging in a bit of shameless narcissism trying to see if anyone was familiar with his very early work. After a minute and a half or so of silence and rejected requests, I, seated about 6 feet away from him, covered my mouth and shouted âFree Birdâ. It won me an epic eye roll from the Artist, and my friendâs friend next to me turned to me and asked âdid you really just say Free Birdâ?
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Iâve seen him twice, but never with RTF, sadly. (Although tbh, a goodly chunk of the RTF catalog is a bit too âsomethingâ for me, even tho I owned a few of their lpâs at one point)
My exposure is mostly live stuff he did with Paco DeLucia and John McLaughlin, notably âFriday Night in SFâ
Besides, I thought RTF was mostly a Chick Corea thing. Wikipee tells me Al was a part of it at one timeâŚ
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Wasnât sure where to go with this, so here it be.
