Musical Endeavors near and Far

Image from stewartcopeland.net Last night I took Milo to see Stewart Copeland entertain a sold-out Kessler with stories starting with his childhood in Beirut through his recruiting of Sting to be in The Police, to meeting Andy Summers and Summers inviting himself to join, creating the band we’ve all known and loved since 1978’s Outlandos d’Amour. I was introduced to The Police by my babysitter in the early 80s. He thought they were the best band in the world. I was skeptical. At first. You can’t be a drummer and not like Stewart Copeland’s playing. Even if you’re not a drummer, if you’re of a certain age, the beginning of this video is chef’s kiss I later became a huge Sting stan, largely because of his choice of drummers for his solo records, namely Manu Katché on The Soul Cages. Milo was bored, despite the f-bombs thrown about, and I was in pain, so we left at intermission. He also had to be up early for his band camp performance this morning at the Meyerson. You can see a tiny part…