Talk about a blast from the past. Some can hit you harder than others.
I was scrolling through my news feed. There was Tina Turner whose image has been ubiquitous since her death last week at 83 years old.
The voice I heard in a piece circulating through the CBC television newsfeed was mine. I was a little stunned. That was a while ago.
I remember that night well. I remember cajoling the CBC TV assignment editor into letting me cover the Turner concert. As I recall, he didn’t get what all the fuss was about her.
As I also recall, he only deemed covering Turner newsworthy if I could score an actual face-to-face interview with her. “Okay, “I said. “I will.” But I did not. Getting close to King Charles might have been easier than getting near Tina Turner in the wake of her multiple Grammy award-winning album and single, What’s Love Got to Do With It.
So here is my original piece on Tina Turner’s Fredericton concert in 1985 – blurry camera work and all. A little bit of history about an amazing entertainer and woman. RIP Tina Turner. What a powerhouse she was!
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