Esther Vastenhout - Proud Mary, Lets stay together Dancing in my dreams!
Since the moment of the release of the album "Private Dancer" I was drawn to her voice, personality and warmth.
It was the beginning of looking for puctures for my album, reading her career- and life stories.
Not only her voice and music I liked and still like, but somehow she became a fundamental part in my life.
I think she is a living statue for a lot of people all over the world.
Like David Bowie once said:
"She is probably the new Bob Hope, a symbol for America and the Americans."
I have been to many concerts. Once I saw a child, her mother and her grandmother, together enjoying the concert!
Also during the years meeting the same Tina fans that were able to go to her concerts, it gives a special feeling of belonging.
Talking about Tina: who did meet her, who had pictures, favorite songs, and so on.
Once, also a fan and I secretly went inside the building through another door we knew. We saw only the stuff labled with: clothes for Tina, clothes for the girls, the way the "Golden Eye" song would be build on stage. But is was a super feeling!
I had the luck, standing in de frontrow of course, that Tina chose me a few times to sing in her microphone, accepting my gift, touching her on the shoulder, waving my flag with my text on stage. Oh, how proud I was and euphoric!
But of al those memories, to be able to look in her eyes and Tina really looking back right in front of me with a big smile, sweating, smelling, energetic and rocking, for me that was a holy experience…
Tina Turner, Anna Mae, who is a historical and phenominal female, not only in her career, but also because of her roots, her life, her evolving. That is what I admired so much. Picking cotton, school in a totally different time, being black in that time, the r&b scene back then, meeting white people, performing in stadiums, getting married at the age of 70plus, performing with Ike, Cher, the Stones, Beyoncé and many more!
From the sixties till now! A historical timeline.
The worldtouring has probably really ended, but I hope she can again be talked into a theatertour by her friend Sofia Loren. We’ll be tender with you baby for coming back again.
"Proud Mary", "Lets stay together" "Dancing in my dreams"!
Andrew Lee - You Were There
Linda Scheppink - Concert De Doelen - Rotterdam, the Netherlands - 13 Nov. 1982
Miriam Rouw - Tina fan since I was 14 years old
Scotty Stillman - Why I love Tina Turner's "Foreign Affair"
Sjors Arts - Seeing Tina perfom in the Gelredome - Arnhem, the Netherlands - 2009
Esther Vastenhout - Proud Mary, Lets stay together Dancing in my dreams!
Esther Vastenhout - Anna Mae Bullock – The girl in the field with no name
Bartosz Jagodzinski - Berlin – January 2009
Angie Spencer - Private Dancer Tour – Perth – 24 Dec. 1985
Christiaan Hermans
River Deep, Mountain High - A 50 Year Milestone Anniversary - 2016
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Christiaan Hermans
40 years of Freedom and Independence - 2016
Part 1, Part 2
Christiaan Hermans - I heard it through the grapevine
Christiaan Hermans
The Rule Breaking Album’s 30th Year Anniversary - 2016
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.1, Part 3.2, Part 3.3, Part 3.4, Part 3.5, Part 4, Part 5
Johanna Ouwerling
Open Arms Trips
Oslo, Leipzig, Zürich, Copenhagen
Johanna Ouwerling - Proud Mary - 45th Anniversary - 2016
Johanna Ouwerling - Simply the Best - 25th Anniversary - 2016
Johanna Ouwerling - Review Concert Wembley Stadium - 16 July 2000
