Chris Murphy in Boston - June, 1980

from Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis, pages 159-160:

As soon as we arrived in Boston, we stopped by the club we were playing, which was medium-sized and rather dingy. Then we checked into a nearby Holiday Inn and returned to start setting up the gear. Things were complicated by the fact that the performances were not only being recorded live on audio, but also filmed on video… Luckily, we had enough lead time at Kix to iron out any problems, and the shows went off without a hitch. The song selection was eclectic: something old, something new, something borrowed, and definitely something blue. Miles was leaning back toward his fifties …   more >>
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Chris Murphy, Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis (New York City, 2002), p. 159-160. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430659126391 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Boston

Listeners

Chris Murphy
music technician, personal assisstant, road manager, Guitarist […]
1940's-

Listening to

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'Fat Time'
written by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis Band, Mike Stern
'My Man's Gone Now' performed by Miles Davis

Experience Information

Date/Time June, 1980
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sun, 03 May 2015 14:18:46 +0100
Approved on Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:22:01 +0100