Re: Touring

[Chris Williams <chrisw@wwa.com>]

> Ronald.Girardin@Dartmouth.EDU (Ronald Girardin) at INTERNET 
> --- Leigh.Perkins@sset.com wrote:
>>>  Is everyone aware of the primary reasons that Kate doesn't tour     
>>>     anymore? I too have always been saddened by the fact that I can't
>>>     see her perform, but after she lost a crew member to a stage     
>>>     rigging accident she called off any future touring.
>>      
>>      I may be wrong, but I think Bill died during rehersals thus BEFORE
>> the TOur Of Life actually started.

   True.

>I have always heard that the primary reason we don't see her here in the
>states is because she doesn't like to fly.  Kind of difficult to get here
>from England if you don't fly.

    She doesn't *like* it, but she *does* it. She has flown here several
times. We met her plane once, and she flew the Concorde apparently
to spend as little time aboard a plane as possible. She comes here
to do the little promotion she does. Logically, if she'll fly here to promote
and sign at Tower, she could do a tour, most of which are done via
trucks and buses.

>But, hey, I like other groups that don't tour, i.e. Steely Dan (at least
>not until recently).  BTW, I'm happy to say that I attended the Aja tour. 
>The album came out in 1977(?), the tour occured in 1993.  Now there's a
>long wait for a tour. :-)

    Yeah, their tour does give us hope. BTW, Kate lists that album as one
of her favorites...the song "Peg" especially.

Chris Williams of
   Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
      chrisw@wwa.com
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