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Default Sting , with a Lute

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:36:53 -0800, Jay Kadis
wrote:

In article ,
DC wrote:

Six String Stu wrote:
I seen Sting on the Xmas at Rockefeller Plaza show playing a song from the
1,600's.
Gee ya really gotta go way back to find royalty free songs to play
nowadays.



He was on "Studio 60" a few weeks ago doing that lute thing.

Nutty Sting.


He's not exactly breaking new ground.

From what I hear the early music lute crowd is split on this. I
expected unanimous condemnation.

I suspect you are encountering the "any publicity is good publicity"
phenomenon. Many times I have been to the Wigmore Hall to hear Emma
Kirkby accompanied by Anthony Rooley on lute, and it sounded nothing
like Sting and his crooning (thank goodness).

d

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