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April 15, 2007

Updated: Ken Lyon concert: Photos and a video clip

Originally posted 3:30 a.m. Updated throughout, 11:49 a.m. Popups fixed, 12:44 p.m.

Ken Lyon Retrospective, Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket last night.

I shot these with a little digital camera ( a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01, for the photo geeks) at full telephoto from my seat far from the stage, and over the heads of the couple in front of me. You are there. Full IDs later are in now.

The photo above is just as it came out of my camera, uncropped, but reduced to 200 pixels wide. You can open it (in a new or popup tab/window) at 600 pixels or 1200 pixels to see it larger. The images below are cropped and/or inexpertly enhanced to make the people more visible. There's lots of background on the concert, Ken Lyon and these friends in the Thursday post previewing this concert.

My only complaint: Nowhere to dance.

Ken Lyon, in the hat, his oldest son Josh playing guitar to the right of him, and, at far right, his nine-year-old grandson Ezra on drums. Click the photo to enlarge it. Onstage, from left to right: Vocalists (Lori Martin, not visible), Brenda Mosher Bennett, Betsy Listenfelt; mostly hidden, pianist Mark Taber; guitarist Gary Gramolini; saxophonist Michael Antunes; Ken Lyon, guitar and vocals; Don "D.C." Culp, drums; Josh Lyon, guitar; on the stage floor, two late Tombstone members are represented, guitarist Paul DiChiara's guitar and hat, and a photo of Sybilla; Jon Samuels, bass; Rick Bellaire, guitar; Ezra Lyon, drums.

Brenda Mosher Bennett, who went on from Tombstone to work with Prince, and appear in the movie Purple Rain, sang strong and low. Click photo to see it larger. Onstage, Betsy Listenfelt, Mark Taber, Gary Gramolini, Michael Antunes, Brenda, Don "D.C." Culp, Josh Lyon, Ken Lyon.

From Beaver Brown, Gary Gramolini (partially hidden at far left), John Cafferty, far right, and saxophonist Michael Antunes sat in -- that man can wail. Onstage, Gramolini, Ken Lyon, Antunes, Don "D.C." Culp, Josh Lyon, Ezra Lyon, Jon Samuels, Cafferty.

Lori (Lacaille) Martin plays in Ken's newest band, Shoe Fly Orchestra, a neo-jugband. She also sang in the girl chorus with Brenda and Betsy, visible only in the uncropped images linked in the first paragraph. (Given the dim light, we get an Impressionist's view of Lori.)

I love the look on Ken's face here. He was obviously having a great time. At 66 -- yesterday was his birthday -- he's comfortable with himself, surrounded by friends and family playing the music he loves. He's refueled now.

I didn't think this would come out, but it did: a bit of video -- 16 seconds in wmv or mpeg format.

Great show, fine fun.

Posted by Sheila Lennon  at 12:44 PM | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: K.C. Johns on April 16, 2007 6:02 PM

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