Tuesday, October 28, 2008

What's in Al Green's bag?

I went to see Al Green in Vicar Street on Sunday night. I'd never seen him before and I've got to say that it was a very surreal experience. He's great, of course, but there's so much showbiz onstage that sometimes you just wish he'd just sing the damn songs.. And he has a really strange habit of smiling and waving during the songs. So he's singing something heartbreaking like 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' and stopping mid verse to wave and flash his pearly-white gnashers. Bizarre. Although in fairness everyone was lapping it up so Al clearly knows what he's doing. Wish he'd done more from his new album though. I'm thinking it's one of the year's best records.

Anyway at the end of the gig (no encore from Al, by the way, and no Take Me to the River either) Al threw out the last of his roses to the ladies in the audience, smiled his dazzling smile one more time and picked up a black shoulder bag and left the stage. My question: what's in Al green's shoulder bag? Is he one of those old guys who insists on being paid for cash before going on stage or was he going straight to the gym afterwards? Maybe he'd come to the venue straight from the airport and hadn't been to the hotel.. I'd love to know..

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