Timothy Winton

Headliner John Legend nearly sold out the Hard Rock last night. I was there courtesy of some complimentary tickets. It was a soulful R&B show with Corinne Bailey Rae playing a 50 minute opening set. She is a talented singer songwriter and new to the music industry machine. I only recognized one of her original songs, although I caught part of one of her videos on cable today. She also did a very slow cover of the Zeppelin classic ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You.’

Muti-Grammy winner John Legend delivered a solid set that had most of the audience on its feet. He really brought out the female crowd. I guess his brand of love songs can melt the opposite sex’s heart. I didn’t recognize very many of his tunes, other than ‘Ordinary People’ and a Beatles cover. He is a talented front-man and had the crowd eating out of his hand.

For the first time in a while, my friend Rich hasn’t locked in any free tickets from the casino. We have, however, paid for tickets to three concerts which are much more in line with my classic rock tastes. They are all outdoors and on Saturday we will be on the water front in West Palm for SunFest. We’ll catch Todd Rundgren, Stephen Stills and the All American Rejects. I peaked at Tony Levin’s website and see that he left Todd Rundgren’s band this week unfortunately.

In two weeks we will be on the lawn for Roger Waters. “The lunatics will be on the grass” as he performs Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. In July we are on for The Police at Dolphins Stadium.