Alan Doyle @alanthomasdoyle Thanks To all hands in Cornwall. What a night. 13 July 2014
Bob Peters
@choosecornwall Alan Doyle is welcome in Cornwall anytime. @alanthomasdoyle
@cornwallLiftoff More pics here facebook.com/choosecornwall 13 July 2014
A couple of days ago Alan Doyle re-tweeted information
about some photographs from the Cornwall Lift-Off Concert on a Facebook page so
I followed the links. I love a slide
show (often presented by professional photographers and media) that provides a
new and inclusive perspective of all the musicians and singers and may or may
not include the fans on what happened at the concert. The photographs were
spectacular.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of writing a blog is
researching, reading articles and social media and looking at photographs from
concerts by both fans and professionals. During my time as a Great Big Sea fan
I have read a few reviews and seen a lot of photographs, including the good
photographs (which capture musicians, singers and fans doing what they do best,
celebrating music together), to the bad photographs (taken by some fans that
really shouldn’t be shared but who have a kind heart for doing so) and the
bloody brilliant taken by fans and professionals alike.
I love photographs that tell us the fans something about the
people we love, something about the concert we missed and something about the
people we don’t know anything about and we should get to know a little bit more.
Photographs like the ones shared recently by Cornwall Lift-Off 2014 on Facebook
which do just that. They inspire us the fans to look further into those they
photograph and their music. Many thanks to Bob Peters for sharing these
photographs via Facebook. They are totally brilliant and very much appreciated.
Another article titled “Alan
Doyle of Great Big Sea rocks Lift Off Saturday night” at The
Seeker.ca/newsite appeared on the internet soon after. Although brief this article
contains some wonderful photographs provided by Jason Setnyk photography of
Alan Doyle and other musicians and artists who performed including the Devin
Cuddy Band, Hadrian’s Wall and Mandee Wood. The article also said Alan Doyle
met many fans prior to the concert at an official meet and greet. About 5000
people attended the event on that day.
Finally were also some wonderful photographs shared on
social media and in particular by the singers and musicians themselves including
Alan Doyle and Paul Kinsman. I enjoyed the many selfies, the views from the stage and
on the road as well as pre-concert work such as sound checks. Many thanks to
all the musicians and singers who share photographs on Twitter and Facebook. I
really appreciated them and really enjoyed them.
