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On Feb 24, 9:47 am, Jeff  wrote:
> On Feb 23, 11:00 pm, fattuc...{at}yahoo.com wrote:
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> > On Feb 23, 5:13 pm, "O'Leary III"
 wrote:
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> > > fattuc...{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > IIRC George stayed away from his Beatles material and
from his solo
> > > > "hits" and concentrated on more obscure,
preachy religious stuff.  I
> > > > don't mind George singing about his religion here and
there . . . .
> > > > but it was a big part of his show.  It was too much.
>
> > > I'm glad the show I went to was different.
>
> > I'm thrilled to see any Beatle or ex Beatle perform, but unfortunately
> > this was not one of the better concerts.  Part of the problem was
> > George was clearly sick and attempting to fake it throughout the show
> > by not singing much and letting his back up band carry most of it. But
> > the audience wasn't buying it.
>
> > I remember poor George even cracked a joke. He was introducing
> > different members of the band . . . at some point he introduced the
> > horn section.  And George made some joke to the effect of, "You name
> > it. They'll blow anything." And the reaction of the crowd was some
> > tepid laughter and a few disapproving noises.
>
> I Recall some of these things..but was in a world of my own..after
> drinking beer before the show. I do remember the show wasn't sold out,
> so there were quite a number of empty seats. George on his own just
> isn't that popular with the public, and I was told by record store
> employees that his solo music did not sell very well.


I am taking a guess here . . . I would guess that George's tour did
not sell well because it got some bad reviews and because it was
reported that he was sick and had largely lost his voice.  Further,
George stuck to some less "popular" material.

I also attended the Concert for Bangla Desh which featured George and
other musicians. However George organized it and he was the star.
Those two shows sold out like crazy. (there were also rumors that
other Beatles would be there. Of course, Ringo was there)

I remember being in the large crowd entering Madison Square Garden;
there were quite a few police and it appears someone tried to crash
the gate. I don't know what happened exactly, but I do remember
pushing and shoving, and some unfortunate fan running like crazy from
the police.

George and his band received a thunderous reception. You can hear it
on the album which also sold well.

All that I'm saying is that under the right circumstances, I think
George was capable of having a very successful tour.

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