Ian Aug-22-2009, 09:50 GMT USA - United Staates America
Hi Ans,I was just going to post that link myself,and one for ´Bridge´ at the same concert. It´s an odd looking performance,certainly from 1991,but no band,and neither are the arrangements anything like the well known 1991 arrangements for those songs. Also,he´s playing an unusual Guitar at this show. It appears to be a brownish Ovation guitar and not the one of the ubiquitous black Yamaha´s he used on that tour. Do you know if this was part of the BART tour,or was it maybe a special event?
I wondered about this performance as well. Paul played in the Sparta Soccer Stadium in Prague during his BATRT World Tour on June 25, 1991. This is the only time (AFAIK) that he played in Prague. This performance is on the Square of Prague, but definitely in the same time period.
A summary of the discussion:
Date : June 9th, 1990
Place : Old Town Square, Prague
Songs Played : SOS, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer Story behind the scene : Paul visited there with Chris Dodd and Lorne Michaels as an observer of first free election in 1990, delegated by United Nations. He was asked by Havel to play his songs on that day.
Thanks Kazoo and Simon D. I remember the speech from from Paul for Chris Dodd, very funny to see it again. And thanks Kazoo for your detailed information. It must have been great for Paul to perform there, the Old Square looks like a beautiful place.
Nice that we can see it now at YouTube.
