I very much enjoyed Russell Leadbetter's review (The Herald, November 24) of Jackson Browne's concert at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
I have listened to Browne's music since 1974 and have heard him in concert six times.The recent one has been the most memorable because of a special moment or two I spent with him. I waited around the stage door on the afternoon of his performance and when he arrived in his taxi, some 10 other fans and I approached him to welcome him to Scotland.
I'm delighted to say he took time with each one of us in turn and I managed to get a "selfie" with him. I was really pleased to say that my musical hero of all these years came across as a nice guy. I walked along Sauchiehall Street after that moment or two with him feeling so happy and I will treasure the selfie and the handshake I had with him for a long time. I certainly wasn't Running on Empty after that and neither was Browne after a three-hour performance.
John Dyer,
26 Earnock Ave,
Motherwell.
I enjoyed Russell Leadbetter's review and it made me wonder how many in the audience were aware of a Glasgow connection with one of the members of Jackson Browne's superb tour band. It struck me that Val McCallum (on guitar) sounded very much a Scottish name and, sure enough, on checking I was reminded that he was the son of David McCallum, the actor, perhaps best remembered by the more senior audience members as Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
John McNeill,
50 Abbey Drive,
Glasgow.
Many thanks to Alison Kerr for her five-star tribute to John Wilson and his magnificent orchestra (The Herald, November 24). Their tribute to Cole Porter on the 50th anniversary of his death was quite unforgettable.
Wouldn't the composer have been gratified to know that, after all those years, a capacity audience in faraway Glasgow was storming the Royal Concert Hall to hear his music?
When I went to work in New York in the 1960s I had the privilege of interviewing his fellow composers Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers. But the big regret was that I just missed Cole Porter.
However, he spent the last 25 years of his life in the Waldorf Astoria and bequeathed his piano to the hotel foyer. When I discovered that the resident pianist was a wee man from Glasgow, I managed to arrange a few minutes at the famous keyboard. And I have a picture to prove it.
Jack Webster,
58 Netherhill Avene,
Glasgow.
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