Carole King Concert

Tonight, I went to the Fathom Events Presentation of Carole King-Tapestry  https://www.fathomevents.com/events/carole-king-tapestry.  This was recorded in Hyde Park, London, England in 2016.  It was a wonderful concert.  Many people from Carole's past made statements and presentations. This included Elton John http://www.eltonjohn.com/, and James Taylor http://www.jamestaylor.com/.  Her daughter performed with her, and the cast of Beautiful: The Carol King Musical in London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful:_The_Carole_King_Musical joined her for a number.  

This was a most phenomenal concert.  There were over 65,000 people in Hyde Park.  They stood during the concert, and they all seemed to behave.  If there were any disturbances, it was not obvious.

Carole so appreciated the audience that she regularly and repeatedly asked them to join in with singing her songs, or to lead singing her songs. What a compliment to the audience. What a recognition of the mutual love and respect that Carole and the audience had for each other. 

I have been a Carole King fan since 1971, thanks to my best friend from college at that time.  I was not sure when the Tapestry album came out, but obviously, it was not too long after it came out that I was exposed to it, loved it, embraced it and have always cherished it.  I am so grateful to my friend for introducing me to Carole King. 

The amazing thing that this concert taught me was how many songs were written by Carole King and collaborators before 1971. She was a hit song writer in 1959 at age 17. She was phenomenal in 2016 at age 74.  She is an amazing person!  

I am so thankful I saw the concert.