Lucky Peterson is a blues musician I had never heard until a couple of weeks before the show. I began to research him as the show approached and found out that Lucky had been performing since he was five years old. Performances such as The Tonight Show with Ed Sullivan in 1964, the same year that The Supremes and The Beatles made their first appearances. The earliest performance I could find of Lucky was when he was seven years old playing a Hammond B3 electric organ. Tonight almost 40 years later he would play at the Epcor Centre in Calgary with his wife Tamara Peterson.
We filed into the theatre at around 7:30 for the 8:00 show since tickets we general admission. I managed a seat in the front row and once I was settled I started to wonder what an incredible inconvenience hauling around this enormous vintage Hammond B3 organ must be. Quietly thanked god that I am in University and that loading and unloading this organ was not my problem. Five minute warning was given in the lobby, the Engineered Air theatre quickly filled to capacity and then the lights dimmed.
A spotlight beamed down when a woman was standing at a microphone, she thanked the sponsor PCL for their generosity and thanked Music Centre Canada for a last minute donation of “the use of a Hammond B3” for Lucky’s show. Right then I realized we would be a part of a very special show that evening. Lucky Peterson was introduced came on stage with a beaming expression on his face. Clearly Lucky was excited to play the Hammond for us.
Upon entering the stage Lucky smiled and waved as he sped over to the organ sat down said “Hello” and began playing immediately. The first eight or so minutes were purely instrumental and quite honestly, amazing. The percussion line is played via the pedals on the organ, bass line via left hand and melody via right hand. It is incredible to watch, maybe more so for me since I have a heck of a time getting my hands to tap and two different speeds. Lucky played a couple more songs on the organ and then switched over to his guitar and played “Three Handed Woman”. Lucky called his wife Tamara on stage, she gave him heck for bringing her out on stage right after that song since the chorus is “She’s a left handed, right handed, underhanded woman”.
As the television sales increased, so did entertainment. Edward Sullivan, also known as Ed, was hired to be the host of his own Sunday night, variety show in 1948 originally named Toast of the Town, but was later changed to The Ed Sullivan Show. From the moment the show begun to its end in 1971, it’s popularity spiked and people were drawn in every night to see what Ed Sullivan would do or say next. One of the many factors that added to the shows success was its abundance of different, unlikely guests. Sullivan featured guests that ranged from up and coming artists to already famous, Hollywood celebrities. A few of his best guests included the Beatles, Walt Disney, and Julie Andrews (Sundays with Sullivan). Not only did ...
... began the piece, and the beat of the drum was frequent. After the introduction, the rest of the musicians joined. The pianist also had a solo part with the companion of the drum. The pace of the song was moderately fast, and the song ended with a climax.
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