Final thoughts, comments and notes from the epic Desert Trip weekend music festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California. Desert Trip 2016
brought an estimated 70,000 music fans to the desert of Southern California. “Oldchella,” as it was dubbed, featured a true once-in-a-lifetime lineup of classic rock icons, including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and The Who.David Hockman of Forbes.com . “Saturday’s double bill of Neil Young and Sir Paul joined forces near the end of the night, as the pair teamed up for “A Day in the Life,” “Give Peace a Chance” and, with heads banging and guitars a-blazing, “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”
Highlights from Day 3: The Who
The Who crushed it with a tour d’ force performance of its baby-boomer anthems “My Generation” and “Behind Blue Eyes” followed up “Love, Reign O’er Me” from the legendary rock opera, “Quadrophenia.”
Roger Daltry of the Who live at Desert Trip tonight. (Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun The crowd of 75,000 people reacted most strongly to “Baba O’Riley” from “Who’s Next,” raising their arms and screaming together, “We’re all wasted!” Middle-aged men were dancing in the aisles and playing air guitar on that and onto The Who finale, their 1970s anthem, “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Townshend, who’s 71, gave a 1970s-style super slide, but didn’t jump. Daltrey’s voice was faltering, but he nailed the big scream, to bring the first act to a close. — From the Desert Sun’s Bruce Fessier
Top two moments of Desert Trip: Stones Covering the Beatles’ “Come Together” and McCartney Jamming with Neil Young
McCartney and Young during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field October 8, 2016 in Indio, California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGESBy MIKE AYERS, WALL STREET JOURNAL a festival for the baby boomer generation , took place over the weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California with performances by a who’s who of classic rock bands: Bob Dylan , the Rolling Stones , Neil Young , Paul McCartney and the Who. Related: The Biggest, Oldest, Most Over-the-Top Rock Festival Ever Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” 15-song set that mixed classics like “Rainy Day Women # 12 and 35,” “Simple Twist of Fate,” and “Desolation Row” with more recent songs from this century like “Lonesome Day Blues” from 2001’s “Love & Theft” and “Soon After Midnight” from 2011’s “Tempest.” The coup de gras though was the encore: Dylan dipped back to 1963 for the politically-charged “Masters of War.”The Rolling Stones, “Ride ‘Em on Down,” “Mixed Emotions” and “Come Together” forthcoming album of blues covers called “Blue & Lonesome,” the Rolling Stones treated Desert Trippers to one of the songs, “Ride ‘Em on Down.”Paul McCartney and Neil Young Jam on “A Day in the Life,” “Give Peace a Chance” and “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?” we asked if he’d be up for jamming with McCartney at Desert Trip. “I have no idea,” he said “That would be planning way ahead to do that, and that’s not my thing.” So it may not have been mapped out ahead of time, but the two veterans did combine forces for three numbers during McCartney’s set. The two traded verses in “A Day in the Life” and then seamlessly segued into John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance.”
Day 2 of historic Desert Trip music festival in Indio, Calif. features two more musical legends: Paul McCartney and Neil Young. McCartney, Young Pull Off a Surprise: They play Beatles Classics Together at Desert Trip
Rock legends perform “A Day in the Life” and, for first time live, “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” at California fest.
Paul McCartney brought out Neil Young at Desert Trip to perform a pair of Beatles tracks, “A Day in the Life” and “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” From RollingStone.com: McCartney, Young Deliver Powerful Sets at Desert Trip Night 2
Stones cover Beatles, Dylan offers set packed with Sixties classics as historic fest opens in Indio, California
Introducing Young as “a really good friend of ours that I’ve known through the years” – it was Young who inducted McCartney as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 – the two rock legends first doled out the Sgt. Pepper’s closer, which Young had performed in the past with the former Beatles bassist.John Lennon ‘s anthem “Give Peace a Chance.”
DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS Curtain rises on Desert Trip, the historic concert featuring The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and the Who. @jaymcalderon: “Wasn’t allowed to shoot Dylan, but shooting the big screens was ok . . . I guess. #DesertTrip” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, Empire Polo Club, Indio, Calif.: Bob Dylan took the stage at sunset to officially open the Desert Trip music festival. After a video montage of Dylan in his younger days, he sat at the piano to play “Rainy Day Women.”From AP: Dylan opened with an 80-minute set. The 75-year-old singer-songwriter spent most of his time behind the piano backed by a five-piece band. He wore a black tuxedo jacket and trousers with a white hat and white shoes. At various points during the performance, he pulled a harmonica from his pocket and played. Song list: “Highway 61 Revisited,” ‘’Tangled Up in Blue” and “Ballad of a Thin Man.” Link #DesertTrip ”Bob Dylan set list STONES HIT THE STAGE FOLLOWING DYLAN
from jaycalderon #deserttrip Brain lock or is it just age? “It’s great to be here at Coachella !” Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger exclaimed minutes into his band’s headlining set Friday night. Problem was, it was not Coachella but Desert Trip. Rolling Stones set list Again: rom Rolling Stone Magazine’s Steve Appleford : “Jagger’s youthful presence was not cosmetic. He moved like an athlete to the far reaches of the catwalks, his voice possibly more powerful than ever as he led a set focused on classics and a handful of rarities … The Stones set was short on special effects (other than some fireworks near the very end) and none were needed. Stripped down, the Stones are still a rock & roll band to be feared….#DesertTrip ”
Keith Richards: “It’s nice to be here. It’s nice to be anywhere”#DesertTrip @officialKeef @RollingStones @MyDesert Notes and Other Rumblings Coachella and Stagecoach festivals on the same grounds each spring, sold all 75,000 passes for both Desert Trip weekends within five hours of putting tickets on sale in May. The show is expected to gross about $160 million, making it the most lucrative music festival ever….#deserttrip #georgiamayjagger .
Mick Jagger’s daughter Georgia May @MickJagger : “Welcome to the Palm Springs retirement home for aged English musicians.” #DesertTrip @MyDesert https://www.instagram.com/p/BLSJAKsg7FY/#deserttrip #deserttripindio #deserttrip2016 #rollingstones #bobdylan @deserttripindio …Bruce Fessier , The Desert Sun.
