"Who By Fire" Leonard Cohen Concert at Seattle Key Arena November 9, 2012

January 22, 2013

Javier Mas & Roscoe Beck (screenshots)

It's a funny thing about camera memory cards and file transfers. Often, a missed gem lies waiting to surprise and delight.

Such is what happened last night. I discovered my video capture of Who By Fire at the Leonard Cohen  Seattle concert on Nov 9.12.

In spite of the pesky cameraman (who blocked my view for most of the concert), I am rather proud of this video.

Javier Mas's new solo intro for the Old Ideas World Tour was...well, running out of superlatives...exquisite. And, Roscoe Beck's outro was powerful.

Leonard Cohen's intense, eyes closed prayer interpretation was spellbinding. The UtanenahTokef prayer on which his song is based resonated deeply and gave me the chills. (see my earlier post Leonard Cohen's Who By Fire and the Unetanah Tokef Prayer in High Holiday Services, 5772)

Seattle WHO BY FIRE Nov 9.12 - by Arlene Dick

Super View From Backstage of Leonard Cohen Chicago Concert by Joey Carenza, Notes from The Road

November 23, 2012

Source: 25.media.tumblr.com via Arlene on Pinterest

from: Highlights: First Set AKOO Theater — Rosemont, IL

J.S. Carenza III ~ webmaster, Notes from the Road

I love this shot with Leonard Cohen's clock and setlist.

And so beautifully framed with Roscoe Beck's upright bass in the foreground.

Leonard Cohen FRIENDS Out and About With the Band in Ghent

Rafael Bernardo Gayol and...lots of FRIENDS

(Front)  Elke Franz, Marco Dolfino, Frauke Goeschel, Will Lageveen, RAFAEL, Hans Kloss, Eija Arjatsalo, Meritxell Cardelus, Caren Gutschmidt

(Back) Wijbe Lageveen, Andrea Dolfino, Franz Henning, Beatriz Salles, Ann-Kristen Aschenbrenner, Jarkko Arjatsalo, Sinikka Hiljnen

August 19, 2012

"I found it heartwarming that he referred to us as friends and thanked us all night long"

Rafael Bernardo Gayol and FRIENDS

(clockwise) Eva Martonyi, Ingrid van Daele, Szilvia Szanto, "the Rafael group"

Roscoe Beck and FRIENDS

(clockwise) Gwen Langford, Eva Martonyi, Betty Vercauteren, Ingrid van Daele, Vlasta Podebradska, Luc Huybrechts & Betty Vercauteren

Sharon Robinson, Hattie & Charley Webb and FRIENDS

(L-R by row) Gwen Langford, Mandy MacLeod, Willy Lageveen,
Eva Martonyi, Hans Kloss, Ingrid Van Daele
Jill Hammond, Gwen Langford, Mandy MacLeod

Alex Bublitchi, Neil Larsen, Javier Mas, Mitch Watkins, Robert Kory and FRIENDS

(Top L-R) Eva & Alex Bublitchi - Alex & Henry - Gwen langford & Javier Mas
(c) Gwen and Neil Larsen
(Bottom L-R), Mitch Watkins & Gwen, Alex & Vlasta Podebradska, Robert Kory (LC manager) & Mandy

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For all your wonderful photos, a big thank you goes to: Gwen Langford, Eva Martonyi, Szilvia Szanto, Mandy MacLeod, Betty Vercauteren, Ingrid van Daele, Hans Kloss, Caren Gutschmidt, Wijbe Lageveen, Eija & Jarkko Arjatsalo

Special thanks to Wijbe and Willy Lageveen for the Rafael group photo and names.
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• My apologies for any typos  

Magical Moment - In Roscoe Beck's Own Words

June 20, 2012

This photo was posted by Roscoe Beck on Facebook today.

Roscoe's caption:

Veterans of Leonard Cohen 1979/1980 Tours. From left to right: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, Roscoe Beck, and Mitch Watkins

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I am guessing this photo was taken at the Leonard Cohen 2012 Old Ideas World Tour rehearsal space in Los Angeles.

Mitch Watkins Joins Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas World Tour Band

May 10, 2012

Jarkko Arjatsalo, webmaster of the Leonard Cohen Forum, posted the photo above with this announcement:

Mitch Watkins has joined the band. He has toured with Leonard in 1979, 1980, and 1985.

More about Mitch at http://www.mitchwatkins.com

Mitch will be on the guitar. Bob Metzger cannot go on tour because of health issues.

This photo with caption was also posted on May 10
Source: Greetings From Camp Cohen,
(webmaster J.S. Carenza III aka Joey Carenza)

Hattie Webb can’t get enough of veteran tour mates Mitch Watkins and 
 Roscoe Beck as they relive past LC campaigns through newly surfaced
 and hilariously incriminating  photos of the ‘79/’80 LC tours 
which produced the “Field Commander Cohen” live record.

  

For some excellent background reading about the start of Mitch's collaboration with Leonard Cohen, try this article on MarieM's Speaking Cohen: Playing With Cohen (Austin American Statesman by Brad Buchholz, Mar 31/09)

Meeting Leonard Cohen World Tour Band Members in 2009-2010

San Diego Concert Poster  
April 7, 2009

Copley Symphony Hall

I feel very fortunate to have enjoyed 16 incredible concerts of the World Tour in 2009 and 2010 and to have had the honour of meeting Leonard Cohen in person for the first time.

I also feel very lucky that I had opportunities to meet every wonderful member of the band, including the three back up singers.

The warm memories of meeting each of these very talented and remarkable individuals will last forever.

I started with the concert in San Diego on April 7, 2009 where I bought a site specific poster (seen above).  I started collecting autographs there at the early entry for Forum members.  After San Diego, I brought the poster to the rest of the concerts I attended in 2009.  In total, there are seven autographs on that poster.  The only two missing are Neil Larsen and Sharon Robinson.  I just never ran into them in 2009.  Ah, but I did in 2010.

Javier Mas, Dino Soldo

San Diego, April 7, 2009 
How I eventually received this photo (more)

Dino Soldo

Gothenburg, Aug 12, 2010
Dino and the red socks story (more)
 

Roscoe Beck
Nashville, Nov 5, 2009
Forum fans early entry (more)

Bob Metzger
Kansas City, Nov 9, 2009  
Forum fans early entry (more)
 

Rafael Bernardo Gayol

Gothenburg, Aug 12, 2009 
Rafael graciously helped with my red socks (more)
 

Hattie Webb, Charley Webb

Los Angeles, Jan 18, 2010
Hotel Cafe gig (more)

Hattie Webb

San Jose, Nov 13, 2009 
Before the final 2009 concert (more)

Neil Larsen

Las Vegas, Dec 11, 2010
Very gracious and well deserved accolades (more)

Sharon Robinson

Las Vegas, Dec 11, 2010

It was wonderful to see her back (more)

...and I can't resist adding a
candid shot by Albert Noonan.

Las Vegas, Dec 11, 2010

Leonard Cohen Las Vegas - Roscoe "The Kid Is Back" Beck and Other Gems

May 16, 2010  leonardcohenforum

In reviewing my camera memory cards, I discovered a treasure trove of five videos of the Las Vegas concert (Nov 12, 2009). One video in particular is a special delight. I don’t know if anyone else has a video in their private stash, but this seems to be the never before seen video capture of an exciting moment, that was not repeated the following night in San Jose.

After completing Anthem at 5:35, Leonard Cohen segues into a set of particularly gracious introductions of his musicians that climax with a special salute at 9:14 to the newly coiffed musical director, Roscoe, THE KID IS BACK, Beck.

I was so fascinated with Roscoe Beck's new handsome haircut that I kept him in the frame of all my Las Vegas videos as much as possible.

BIRD ON THE WIRE
Perhaps another never seen gem, the patter at the beginning. There is a wonderful exchange between LC and the audience.

LC:     We meet in some unlikely places
Aud:    We love you Leonard

LC:     I’m very fond of you also

THE FUTURE
And maybe a third jewel. I cannot find another video of  The Future from Las Vegas on You Tube.

At 4.15, nice white man dancing by LC and an animated Roscoe followed by the Webb Sisters’ finely tuned choreography removing their jackets, hanging them neatly on the mike stand and their perfectly executed cartwheels.

Set list thanks to Mararten Massa