Concert Residencies and Shadow #MusicMovesMe #ShadowshotSunday

Once again two memes collide on this off day from the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.  First, some music, and then, a shadow photo for #ShadowshotSunday.

Let's introduce the Music Moves me bloggers:  We blog about music each Sunday or Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post may be removed, or may  be labeled "No Music".)   Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.

Every other week, we have a theme.  On alternate weeks, we can blog on any music theme we want.  Today is a free day, where we can blog about whatever music we want.

Concert (or musical) residencies have become popular.  These are mainly a series of concerts by one band or performer but all occurring at the same venue.

I may have attended a residency concert in 1979 at a hotel in Las Vegas as part of a impulse stay in Las Vegas (we were driving through).  It featured Chinese acrobats, in addition to Liberace' act. In fact, Liberace had the first Las Vegas residency back in 1944.

I can't find a You Tube video of the concert I went to but here's part of one from February of 1979.  My spouse loved Liberace.  Honestly, I didn't but it really was a once in a lifetime experience.  The pianos he used have to be seen to be believed - along with his costumes, jewelry, and flirtations with the older women in the audience.

Billy Joel will be finishing up a 10 year residency in Madison Square Garden in New York City - 150 performances, with the last one being July 25. (The first one was December 14, 1978. He was already in that residency when I saw Liberace!)  Here's Joel's new release, Turn the Lights Back on, from the 100th Madison Square Garden show.

Meanwhile, not to be outdone, Barry Manilow just set a record for most lifetime performances (42) at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on April 20.    I was not happy with the videos I found on You Tube of that 42nd performance, unfortunately.  I used a live performance from 1978 instead.

Another  record was set by Celine Dion in Las Vegas from 2003 to 2007 with a total of 714 shows.  From 2003, here's Celine Dion at that residency singing I'm Alive.

We'll wrap it up with Elton John in Las Vegas, 2004-2009, and 247 shows.  Here's Bennie and the Jets from that residency.

That's a wrap for the music.

Here, now, is my entry for #ShadowshotSunday, brought to us from Lisa at Lisa's Garden Adventures.

This is a red tulip starting to open in my yard April 23, with the sun shining through it.

Not to be outdone, here's another one from April 25, with more tulips opening.

Join me again next Sunday for Shadowshot Sunday, and next Monday (back to my normal schedule) for Music Moves Me.

Tomorrow is Y day in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.  Hope to see you then.