The Loudest Weep

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Prince kills it at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, where the song’s writer, George Harrison, was inducted, along with Prince, Traffic and others.

A huge amount of talent on one stage including, Prince, Tom Petty. Steve Winwood (ex-Traffic), Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison (looking spookily like his father), Marc Mann, Steve Ferrone and others.

Prince didn't rehearse the outro-solo, he just reassured everyone that he had it down and knew it. And then...WOW! One commenter suggests that Prince was proving a point as the month before this event took place Rolling Stone magazine named the 100 top guitarists and , unbelievably, they left Prince off that list.

Prince threw his guitar in the air at the end but where did it go? Steve Farrone said: "everybody wonders where that guitar went, and I gotta tell you, I was on the stage, and I wonder where it went, too.”

UPDATE: I finally saw where the guitar went. I was looking UP but it went into the audience, caught by the big guy who helped during the lean back. Magic!

Autobiology

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My school chum from back in the sixties has published his autobiography. "This is the story of a south London lad who became a vet and spent his life caring for animals "great and small", becoming a highly respected and successful practitioner, teacher and cardiac specialist.
It covers his early days in training, his nerve-wracking time in Idi Amin's Uganda, his development and adoption of the latest methods and technology and the growth of his practice in rural Kent.
But mostly, it is about the animals with all the joy and sadness that entails. Funny, poignant informative and humane it is a great insight to what it means to be a vet in 20th/21st century.”
A great read!

John’s Book Webpage