From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   On 2007-03-24 11:29 p.m., Jim Ellwanger verbated:   
   > One of my favorite musical performances, period, is David Bowie doing a   
   > solo acoustic version of "Dead Man Walking" on "Late Night" about 10   
   > years ago -- it's on the "Live from 6A" CD.   
      
   Your memory is chronologically spot on -- according to Googled records,   
   Bowie performed it on Thursday, April 10, 1997, which is almost exactly ten   
   years back. I missed that show when it aired, but I have seen a clip of the   
   performance (thanks again to Google) and found it hauntingly terrific.   
   Technically it was not a solo -- another acoustic guitarist doubled Bowie's   
   strum line -- but that doesn't take anything away from the power of the song.   
      
   Off the top of my head, two other Late Night solo performances that I liked   
   over the years were Billy Bragg singing "A New England" last year, and   
   Loudon Wainwright III performing "Last Man on Earth" -- now there's a song   
   that could _only_ be sung solo -- in 2000.   
      
   One of the things I miss is the ability to record a great musical   
   performance when the episode of "Late Night" re-aired at 3 a.m. the week   
   after. I doubt NBC is going to accept that as a reason to bring back Conan   
   3 a.m. reruns, though.   
      
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