Friday, December 11, 2009

Two Outstanding Entertainers



I've been fortunate to photograph George Strait twice. This one was taken at a concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Here I was with a press pass and could only shoot the first two songs. Ushered in, told where to stand, when to leave and ushered out.

Funny things: Anyone who had tickets could walk up, stand where they wanted, take as many pictures as they wanted and I had two songs.

On top of that my wife, Judy and granddaughter Sydney, had tickets. Well, I figured if I'm going to be photographing him, I won't need a ticket. Wrong!

After the two songs I listened from the foyer and waited for the "two hour" concert to be over.

They loved the whole thing.

Still It was a great experience.


Second time was for when he was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.

He didn't sing, but I go stay for the whole thing, including supper.

He's Number One no matter how you count. I love his music. respect him, admire him and one of these days...who knows might get to say Hello, my name is John Madden.





John Denver was an Air Force Brat, like me. He went to Texas Tech, like a lot of my family and money. He's always been and always will be one of favorite entertainers.

I was an artist at Michael Martins Westfest at Copper Mountain, Colorado and had a press/backstage pass. All of a sudden there he was. I was so taken back I forgot to raise my camera and capture the moment for several minutes.

He stood there talking to some of his people and I could have reached out and touched him.

As he always said...FAR OUT!

His memory and music live forever.

This fan, me, enjoyed/enjoys every song, movie, TV show and what he stood for.


John Madden

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