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Christopher Cross is an infamous name in music history. He is one of the best known examples of the Best New Artist Grammy’s infamous curse, the fact that an alarming amount of the recipients of that very award seemingly crashed and burned soon after receiving it. This may be true of Starland Vocal Band and A Taste Of Honey, but Christopher Cross is a very different beast altogether, and definitely one deserving of your time.
Before rising to fame, Cross first performed with a San Antonio based rock band called Flash. Those that only know Cross for his smooth pop hits might be surprised to know that he spend his time in Flash’s ranks thrashing away at a Flying V guitar covering Deep Purple tracks through Marshall amp stacks. It’s a long way between that and “Sailing” but there was a long time between those two events. Almost nine years in fact.
Cross signed his solo record contract in 1978, and if anyone successfully predicted the album’s success; they would have been called an optimistic fool. “Christopher Cross” was a worldwide smash, with four singles charting in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, Cross gaining a slot opening for The Eagles and 5 million copies sold in the US alone.
Then came then1980 Grammy awards, and if there was ever a way to make winning five of the most prestigious awards in the pop world a bad career move, Christopher Cross showed exactly how it could be done. Namely it involves beating Pink Floyd, whose timeless “The Wall” album Cross beat to Album of the Year.
A second album “Another Page” followed in 1983 that was a strong showing, but then MTV showed up. Cross just wasn’t the personality that was needed to make an impact in the first days of the music video and his commercial success took a harsh down turn because of it. The 90s saw him produce some of his most critically acclaimed work, however, and when you have an artist with as much commercial success behind him already, that’s what counts.
Since then he’s shown up in the most surprising places. He appeared on Tina Fey’s sitcom 30 Rock and his song “Ride Like The Wind” featured in Will Ferrel’s Anchorman sequel. Clearly, Cross is an artist with far more to give than history says so. Any fan of soft rock will be very pleasantly surprised, and he comes highly recommended.
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Five Grammy awards for a debut album? If that isn’t a foreshadowing of musical genius and success, then I don’t know what is. His singer/songwriter career has blossomed over the years, and as he is still touring and gigging the circuits nationally, and internationally, it’s a great opportunity to catch a performance from a great musician.
The great thing about Cross is that whether you know his songs or not, you will find yourself singing along by the end of the track. Seeing him in concert was eye opening. I’d heard rumours of Cross giving short background synopsis for his songs, and it was fantastic to hear this in person. There were man songs that I had misinterpreted, and it was great to hear their motivations and real stories.
It’s over 30 years since Cross’s days of glory, so it’s understandable to question whether his voice will be up to the challenge of 120 minute sets. The answer is most definitely yes. Although he can’t belt out the high notes to the levels he may previously have done, his voice is strong as ever. The entire audience were on their feet screaming and cheering by the end of the set, absolutely everyone loved it and couldn’t wait for the encore, which was Sailing – the best song of the set!
yazhow
The success of Christopher Cross's debut album has always cast a large shadow over the following career of the Texan musician. You cannot doubt the strength of this first release as it features a number of hit singles on both sides of the atlantic and won the emerging artist an impressive five grammy awards.
He has consistently been releasing albums since that infamous 1979 release although none have unfortunately garnered the same amount of success. Luckily though the fanbase has remained loyal all these years later so there is still definitely a reason for the performer now in his 60s to continue touring around the globe. They are as equally enthusiastic to all tracks performed, just not those chosen from the first two releases and this clearly means a lot to Chris. He thanks the fans for their support and seems to delighted to notice younger fans who would have discovered his music at a later date. He unites the room for mass singalong to a finale of 'Ride Like the Wind'.
sean-ward
I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Christopher Cross in concert last Wednesday night.
As you would expect, he and the band sang the usual favorites, including my all time favorite "Sailing". It was awesome to hear it sung live after so many years of hearing it recorded. It was every bit as good live as it is on vinyl.
All the band were highly polished musicians, I cannot pick a favorite from amongst them
Excellent night. Great music. Highly polished performers. Stunning.
sussieq53
Always liked his music, still listen to it now but we thought.The music was too loud for his voice the first 2 songs didn’t sound right, it got better after the third. It was good that he sang the more famous albums the first two as we would have struggled to hear the lyrics. Would I go again ? Probably not. The theatre was lovely easy to find. Parking was found on a side street and was free close to the venue
diannelip
The concert was great. Great musicians from France & Denmark...Good sound. Just Lennon's Imagine as extra...Missed a few favorite songs as always...Every turn of the world, Rendezvous, In the blink of an eye, Isn't it love, Someday, Never stop believing...Don't miss this artist if you like the sound of American Westcoast from the 80-ties as Michael McDonald, Bill Labounty a.s.o.
mail4peterc
It really takes you back when music was music people used to get along life was good and just damn good music. You can really appreciate artist and watch musicians play music and see that Talent displayed and just hearing the music just takes you away like the song sailing thanks
Klayton
The show was excellent. Christopher Cross sounded great as did his musicians/band. It was my first time at The Lincoln Center, which is a really nice, small venue. I only wish that Christopher Cross had brought some of his older CDs with him to sell instead of his newer CD.
gashepp
Excellent concert! Chris still has it, master story teller also. He started slow, but by the third song he had hit full stride and knocking them out of the park. One of the few artists I actually enjoyed listening to his new work. Sailing was a dream. Highly recommended!
bigjimmiey
Waited 30 years to see him live and wasn't disappointed. Sang all his hits and more, played longer than advertised and told a bit of his life story throughout the evening. The band were good and supported well and the venue was top notch, see you soon
leecartwright44
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