VIDA GUITAR QUARTET

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


ON 9 FEBRUARY 1964 THE BRITISH SHIPPED OVER 3 GUITAR PLAYERS AND A DRUMMER FOR THE ED SULIVAN SHOW........WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WENT !


FIFTY YEARS AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THEY DID IT AGAIN...THIS TIME 4 GUITAR PLAYERS AND  NO DRUMMER.....TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE !


EVERY 50 YEARS THE BRITISH SHOULD DO THIS !


TONIGHTS SHOW AT UNLV'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE DOC RANDO RECITAL HALL ONLY SENSATIONAL.


FOUR HALL OF FAME PLAYERS WITH PERSONALITIES...TEAMWORK AND HISTORIES PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY IN A SOUND PERFECT AREANA WITH MUSIC TO MY TASTE...ALMOST ALL FROM DEAD COMPOSERS (THE BEST KIND).    OLD !


ALL BUT 100 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD MISSED THIS AND THEY OF COURSE ARE COLOSSAL LOSERS....THIS EVENT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND EVERYTHING AND BE BLESSED WITH FINDIND A FEW UNKNOWN JEWELS.


THANKS AGAIN TO UNLV FOR PRESENTING SUCH QUALITY STUFF......YOU SHOULD CALL 702 895 2787 ONCE A WEEK JUST SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITES ARE.....A HIGHLY REVIEWED PLAY THIS WEEK AND THE RIPPINGTONS ON APRIL 26 AMOND YOUR FUTURE CHOICES.


ANY WAY.... WHAT A TREAT TONIGHT.....4 IDENTICAL GUITARS....NO ELECTRICITY...4 WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS WHO ACTED LIKE THEY HAD REHEARSED AND LOVED EACH OTHER.   THEY DID AND THEY DO.


THE HIGHLITE..... GEORGE GERSHWINS ..."RHAPSODY IN BLUE"....WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE PROGRAM I WONDERED WHAT CAN THIS BE....WITH CLASSICAL GUITARS......THE PIECE ONE OF MY FAVORITES....84 GRAND PIANOS OPENED THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS WITH THIS....TONIGHTS INTERPRETATION AND ARRANGEMENT NO LESS STIRING....LOTS OF MUSIC HISTORY ON TONIGHTS MUSICAL LINEUP AND THEY REPORTED IT TOOK GERSHWIN 2 WEEKS TO COMPOSE THIS AND THEN HE PLAYED IT WITH PAUL WHITEMANS ORCHESTRA IN 1924 TO ITS PREMEIRE....2 WEEKS TO COMPOSE AND THEY SAID IT TOOK THEM 3 YEARS TO ARRANGE TONIGHTS PIECE....IT WAS PERFECT...YOU WOULD SWEAR IT WAS PIANO AND STRINGS...JUST WOW....."VIDA" NEW THEY WERE COMING ON THIS TOUR YEARS AGO AND WANTED  AN AMERICAN PIECE....BOY THEY GOT IT RIGHT....THIS ARRANGEMENT THE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD SEE SHOWS AND MUSIC PIECES OVER AND OVER....DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS.....YES


AFTER INTERMISSION WE CLOSED WITH GEORGES BIZET'S ...."CARMEN"...IF EVER A PIECE OF MUSIC BEGGED FOR 4 GUITARS THIS WAS IT....THE GROUP DID TWO ENCORES WITH COMEDY AND CLASS AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL..... ESPECIALLY ME!


GLAD I LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS.....WOW !


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