[New York] Glasslands Gallery Hosts Musical Tribute to John Lennon
Twenty-nine years after the death of John Lennon, fans continue to pay tribute to his memory, music, and worldview. Many will make a pilgrimage to the Strawberry Fields in Central Park. Others will sit at home listening to their well worn copy of Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, or ok, maybe even Yellow Submarine. For the members of Acrylics, Amazing Baby, Gillian Rivers and the SET Quartet, Here We Go Magic, Lauren Bahr, Nicole Atkins, Psychic, The Royal Chains, and Suckers performing tonight at Glasslands Gallery (8 pm, $6 cover), a memorial show is their way of remembering a person that changed music, even before he began to think about changing the world.
Biet of World War, one of tonight’s performers, explains her own personal connection to Lennon:
“Today is so important to me because he died on this day, my mother
happened to be outside if the Dakota when he was shot and saw it. My
mother died herself shorty after… Lennon’s life and music is a testement to all things heroic and the fact
that he was so talented was only the beginning of his journey not the
totality of it./”
As a self-declared Beach Boys and Rolling Stones fan (vote Keith Richards in 2012), I have to admit that the diversity of performers at this event is a clear illustration of Lennon’s influence on pop and not-so-pop music alike. Sour grapes aside, this is definitely great chance to hear fresh takes on some familiar tunes and celebrate a very special life.
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