Sharing the stage
As a budding musician, you very often get asked “if you could pick anyone in the world, who would you want to play with” …
Having been a metalhead for little under 25 years and being in a symphonic metal band, I am often tempted to confirm the image and say things like “Steve Vai” or “Nightwish” but in all reality, for over 25 years, there’s only one person in the whole world that I would give up a lot for to be on stage with and it’s Bruce Springsteen. I’m also pretty certain that the previous sentence is grammatically correct but it could have been formed better.
A few minutes ago, I realised I had never even looked up a Springsteen video on Youtube. Don’t ask me why, I just never have. I think I’ve looked up every possible keyword on Youtube by now, but the boss somehow never came up. So, I did tonight and the skill of the man blew me away as it does most every time I play one of his records or watch one of his videos.
The first video that came up is what I think to be everything that Bruce is about. It’s him, playing an acoustic guitar somewhere on the streets of Denmark. Just like that, without amplification, stagehands, bodyguards or towels.
[gv data="LWQV7agBFtE"][/gv]
So, next time someone wants to know who I want to be on stage with, it’s going to be Bruce. Just so you know.
