Paradise by the Lights of Tipitina’s

Meatloaf at Tipitina's in New Orleans. Back when he was still into the theatrical mode. What a concert! Best I've ever seen (and, as a child of the 60's, I've seen many!). His sultry female accompaniment was theater at its best. His pianist played like he had sold his soul to the devil. His guitarist was amazing. I could go on and on with the superlatives, but then there was that mountain of a man who was wringing wet by the end of 2 hours.

I caught him in another concert a few years before he died and he had aged, sadly. It was some stupid Busch Gardens venue in Tampa and seemed very sterile. But it was good to get one last glimpse of the man who beat out the Who, 2 Beatles (George and Ringo), Tom Petty, T Rex, ELO, Janis Joplin, and on and on (TNTC), in my mind.