Fact #178118
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Short story:
Richard And Linda Thompson, with their marriage falling apart, play a fraught gig at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, during which Linda kicks Richard in the shins during one of his guitar solos.
Full article:
Joe Boyd (producer) : Linda kicked Richard in the shins during a guitar solo in Providence and threw a bottle at him in the Buffalo airport, but sang with an intensity I’d never heard before. Gone was the hesitant tone; the heartbreaking ballads poured out of her and mesmerized audiences. The band, meanwhile, kept their heads down and amazed the Yanks with their precision and power. Richard was his usual genius self, only more so.
(Source : Joe Boyd's autobiography)
Peter Buck (guitarist, R.E.M.) : I saw them on that tour and there was obviously such tension between them onstage. I don't know if I could do that every night.
(Source : quoted in a 1986 feature by Peter Carbonara)
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(Source : Joe Boyd's autobiography)
Peter Buck (guitarist, R.E.M.) : I saw them on that tour and there was obviously such tension between them onstage. I don't know if I could do that every night.
(Source : quoted in a 1986 feature by Peter Carbonara)