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This morning, on my way to work at Rockefeller
Center, I headed toward the Fox News Building more out of idle curiosity than
anything else. I heard some music coming from that direction, and thought I’d
see what it was all about.
Had I known earlier that it was the Doobie Brothers, appearing on Fox and
Friends as part of its All-American Summer Concert Series, I would have made an
effort to get there much sooner. I was even able to get relatively close to the
stage—something that was impossible when, several years ago, I watched a Bruce
Springsteen Friday morning appearance with the E Street Band, on the Today Show.
The group sounded sharp on “China Grove,” one of my
favorite tunes of theirs. I stayed around for another song, taking a few more
pictures until, much to my deep regret, I headed across the street to the pile
of work awaiting me at my office.
Walking away, I heard a pair of women talking about
the show. I wasn’t following the conversation closely, but I did pick up
phrases such as “The Seventies,” “long hair,” and “moustaches,” followed by
giggles. As you can tell from the accompanying image of band members John
Cowan, Patrick Simmons and Tom Johnston, those images persist, like their
evergreen hit “Long Train Running.”
Two weeks from today, I intend to catch in concert in upstate New York Michael McDonald, who took the Doobies in a somewhat different direction in the late Seventies and early Eighties before going solo. It will be an interesting contrast with the group members who preceded him, then returned.
This morning, just before heading into my building
across the street at Rockefeller Center, I snapped this picture of the group Lifehouse, who were appearing as part of Fox and Friends’ “All-American Summer Concert Series.”.jpg)
This morning, just before stepping into my office at
Rockefeller Center, I caught a few minutes of country music star Sara Evans, kicking off the 2014 “All-American Summer Concert Series” for
Fox and Friends. The singer,
promoting her Slow Me Down Tour, was in fine voice and displayed considerable
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Yesterday morning, just before the start of the workday,
I hurried over to the bandstand across the street from my job in Rockefeller Center.
A country-music singer, Justin Moore,
was performing to an appreciative crowd on Fox and Friends. I was lucky enough to hear one song, “Small-Town USA.” It was enough to pique my interest in hearing
more of his music on Spotify and YouTube.
