For those of a certain age, listening to Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis” over the radio in 1991 brings back a special era in America. With a rare use of piano in a pop song, lovely homages to Elvis and Al Green, and an autobiographical tale of discovery, Cohn captures a post-Reagan era that topped the charts in both the United States and England.
In many ways “Walking in Memphis” was also a tribute to the songwriters in the 1970s like had inspired his own work with the likes of Paul Simon’s “Only Living Boy in New York”, Van Morrison’s Into the Mystic and Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight.”
So there was no surprise when Cohn returned to the studio in 2010 to record Listening Booth: 1970, which brings the work of these artists, as well as John Lennon, Paul MacCartney, the Grateful Dead and other classics all recorded in the same year.
If Easton is lucky, we’ll get a taste of his own version of the Great Amercian Songbook.
Marc Cohn
Friday, February 13, 2015
Doors: 7:30 p.m.; Show: 8:00 p.m.
Ticket information here
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