A Leonard Cohen Intensive Month

Although much of Leonard Cohen’s poems and music oeuvre is engraved in my cellular memory, I decided that a major refreshment was in order. I have the Live in London Concert, 2008 DVD. That will be the subject of this post.

Most of Cohen’s concerts run 2-3 hours; this concert goes 2 ½ hours and enriches any viewer’s soul enough to regret that it doesn’t go on longer. The band for this tour plays as one; each musician is masterful individually; the sum total, led by our hero (the mighty and humble Leonard) is entrancing.

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The band comprises:

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Roscoe Beck (Musical Director, Bass, & Background Vocals)


Neil Larsen (Keyboard, notably the Hammond B3)


Bob Metzger (Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar & Vocal)


Javier Mas (Bandurria, Laud, Archilaud, & 12-String Guitar)


Rafael Bernardo Gayol (Drums & Percussion)


Dino Soldo (Keyboard, Saxophone, Wind Instruments & Vocal)


Sharon Robinson (Vocals)

   
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