Chris Murphy in Saint-Louis (Missouri) - 1975

from Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis, page 93:

We played a gig at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, and then we hit Kiel Auditorium in Miles's home town of St. Louis. Kiel is a huge, drafty old barn of a hall, long used for political rallies and the like. The acoustics were terrible, but that was the least of our problems. Miles just didn't look right--he had a grayish pallor, and his energy level was low. He went on stage and played listlessly for a while, letting the band carry the show.

cite as

Chris Murphy, Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis (New York City, 2002), p. 93. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430580875143 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Saint-Louis (Missouri)

Listeners

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

Listening to

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jazz trumpet
written by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis

Experience Information

Date/Time 1975
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Miles Davis plays a gig before being taken to hospital.


Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sat, 02 May 2015 16:34:35 +0100
Approved on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:35:45 +0100