{"id":18495,"date":"2017-04-30T21:56:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T01:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18495"},"modified":"2023-05-26T11:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:59:31","slug":"2023-r-i-p-tina-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18495","title":{"rendered":"2023 – R.I.P. – Tina Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tina Turner died yesterday. What a great woman to photograph! What a great singer and collaborator!<\/span><\/p>\n

I was fortunate to get to photograph her in a half-dozen situations between 1981 and 1985:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>November 5, 1981 – Tina was the opening act for the Rolling Stones at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Later that night, she joined the Stones onstage for \u201cHonky Tonk Women\u201d (leadoff pic and this one):<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. On June 1, 1984, she was the opening act for Lionel Richie at the same venue. It was the sexiest I ever saw her:<\/span><\/p>\n

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For some reason, I sold a lot of pix to magazines from this show. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Once again, she joined the headliner and his band onstage:<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. On September 14, 1984, she gave the photographers their money\u2019s worth\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026bad choice of words – we didn\u2019t pay anything\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026she made it worth our while<\/em> – unlike some of the stiffs that were paraded past us – to photograph her at the first MTV Video Music Awards show at Radio City Music Hall in NYC:<\/span><\/p>\n

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6.The last time I had the privilege of photographing her was on August 2, 1985 when she headlined at Madison Square Garden.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those wigs just kept on getting bigger and bigger, but somehow always fit her just right:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Close shots up the nose are usually big no-no\u2019s, but I\u2019ll excuse this one. It\u2019s got her face, mic, both arms and hands and other goodies, but nothing\u2019s blocking anything else:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll finish up this mini-tribute with an interesting shot of her picking a name out of thin air:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nothing new there\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I always felt like I won something every time I got to photograph her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Boy, will SHE be missed!<\/span><\/p>\n

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LATE ADDITION<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It figures……………something always pops into your head after you think you’re finished.<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s an amazing cover of “River Deep, Mountain High” that starts off a 55-year-old album by a group whose singer was primarily known for his strong voice during the British Invasion period. Contained within the song is a little “TinaTinaTinaTina……….” vocal tribute.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a great<\/em> album with a whole variety of cool music called “Love Is” and you might want to smoke some wine or sip some weed and listen to the entire<\/span> thing on your headphones. But since today isn’t 55 years ago, it\u2019s also great straight.
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You can hear the full album right here: <\/span><\/p>\n

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I’ve always recommended this album, but few people – if any – seem to be aware of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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