Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Feb 18, 2009 16:08:45 GMT -5
I actually have a couple pieces of information about Richard.
First, a Japanese producer, Tachikawa is planning a new project called
" Richard Carpenter Is Back ".
This new project is said to include:
A Solo album
International tribute album " Carpenters Around The World Vol. 1 Asia "
Richard Carpenter & Super Friends at Expo
The rerelease of Carpenters Christmas album(s)
Now, it's hard to say if any of this will materialize... although it seems more sure there will be the tribute album and the rerelase of the Carpenters Christmas albums. A world tour for Richard Carpenter seems highly unlikely as he just does not draw an audience except in Japan. He's good for playing smaller venues... but even that is a 50/50 thing and it's pretty hard to make a world tour out of smaller venues. As for a solo album... if that does materialize it will most likely only be released in Japan.
I don't know what to think about this information.
Next, another snippet I read this week about Richard Carpenter performing, but I don't know if it's THIS Richard Carpenter. What I read is that Richard Carpenter will be performing at an Appreciation Dinner, but in Barre, VT. Now, that's not to say that Richard isn't going to be in VT to perform there, but it seems like for a local dinner, this would be a rather steep cost for entertainment. The dinner is the 2009 COMMUNITY SERVICE RECOGNITION NIGHT. The piece said "A group of outstanding community volunteers will be honored when the Barre Elks Club hosts the 27th annual CSRN. The evening begins at 6:00 p.m. with a social hour. The recipients of this year's awards will be welcomed into the hall at 6:45 p.m. by piper Ian Gauthier, accompanied by representatives of the four Barre service clubs: Altrusa, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary.
AT 7 p.m., a dinner of roast turkey and all the trimmings will be served by members of the Spaulding High School Key Club (Kiwanis) and Interact (Rotary). MUSIC WILL BE FURNISHED BY RICHARD CARPENTER and Irene Robertson!"
Oh, and one other tidbit of info, which left me feeling a wee bit sad for Mr. Carpenter if, indeed, this info is about one half of the famous duo - The admission charge was an odd $16.00 per person. Whadda ya think? Our RC?
Smaller venues? Perhaps.... Quite.
Very interesting news Tim....It would be a most grand honor to have Richard at such a dinner. If, I had the dough, I'd surely pay much more to see him than just $16. But, who knows. It's always good to hear what he's doing these days.