1000 Musicians Play AC/DC.
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I thought this was fun.
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The whole concert, watch on Youtube to see the playlist
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Some trivia:
The first time for this type of concert was in 1984, by Kimball International and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Wiki: "In 1984, Kimball shipped and loaned 84 baby grands to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for their use at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Opening Ceremony. In a section devoted to the Hollywood musical with George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" as the main theme, the 84 baby grands were rolled out under the arches of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. "
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@Larry said in 1000 Musicians Play AC/DC.:
Some trivia:
The first time for this type of concert was in 1984, by Kimball International and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Wiki: "In 1984, Kimball shipped and loaned 84 baby grands to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for their use at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Opening Ceremony. In a section devoted to the Hollywood musical with George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" as the main theme, the 84 baby grands were rolled out under the arches of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. "
And the union piano movers smiled. The techs, of course, got dealer pay and were less than ecstatic.
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I remember a NAMM convention at McCormick Place in Chicago one year... I got there the morning of day one and Kimball was still trying to get their exhibit set up. They had been battling the various unions, and the "wheels" were pissed. When i got there they had everything pretty much ready except one organ had been set on the floor a couple of feet too far away from an outlet and the cord wouldn't reach, and they said the convention center wouldn't approve their exhibit to open until the organ was repositioned and plugged in and a union steward had signed off on it. I said "I'll fix it, then" and went over and scooted the organ closer to the outlet and plugged it in. "NO, DONT DO THAT!" One of them said, and came over and unplugged it and scooted it back where it was. Then he explained to me the he'll they had gone through trying to deal with the unions.
When their loaded tractor trailers had arrived a couple of days prior, their driver was informed that it didn't matter that he could unload the trailer himself, he was not allowed to touch a thing. Union workers would unload the trailer. Two hours of waiting later, a union steward showed up and signed off on allowing a union fork lift operator to begin unloading the truck. The guy picked up the first pallet, backed the fork lift up a bit, then shut the fork lift off and sat there reading a newspaper. It was his break time you see.. half an hour later he started the fork lift and several hours later the truck was finally unloaded.
Now, back to the organ.. I witnessed this myself. After a long wait, a union steward came to the exhibit to observe that the organ had been placed too far from an outlet. He signed a form and attached it to the organ. Eventually two guys from the moving crew came by, moved the organ 2 feet, and signed the form. An hour later the union steward showed up, took the form and put in in his clip board, then put another form on the organ authorizing a member of the electrical workers union to come plug it in. Another 45 minutes to an hour later, a man showed up who plugged the organ in, and signed the form. A long time later the union steward showed up to observe that the organ had been moved by union movers, plugged in by union electricians. He then signed off on another form which he attached to the exhibit approving the display to open.
