Legends

The Jazz Bus: Meets “The Legends”
A few weeks ago, my bride and I attended an event called” LEGENDS”. This troupe of musical entertainers is a national touring company with shows each night in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Myrtle Beach, and aboard various cruise lines. While the “acts” change every few weeks at each venue, our show the night we attended featured none other than Mr. Sammy Davis Jr., country crooner Conway Twitty, The Blues Brothers (Jake and Elwood), Bette Midler, and of course the King himself, Elvis, who appeared twice, first as a 60's Elvis and then as the Las Vegas showman called Elvis. The same guy, wow, how do they do it? This was a midweek show so the tickets were reasonably priced as two for one. Pulling into the parking lot was a chore as it was had many large coach buses filled with physically handicapped 90 year olds from all the local parishes. Seating these groups was like watching bumper cars at the amusement park, some slamming on the brakes of their electric wheel chairs , with others excitingly rushing to their reserved seats. When most were finally comfortable in their chairs their health aides removed all the electric wheel chairs from the aisle. With these vehicles properly stored and placed on recharging stations in the back and side of the room, the house lights dimmed, the stage brighten and a pretty nice show occurred for those of us who fought off sleep.
So I was thinking… How about a LEGENDS SHOW for “My” generation Not the typical "Three Dead Jays" ( Jimi, Janis, Jim) but more in line with Sid Vicious or Johnny Rotten. Sly and The Family Stone, you say? My brother offered IGGY. What do you say? Any suggestions? Jazzbus@gmail.com