Elton John welcomed John Lennon to Madison Square Garden in Nov, 1974. I've got a question or two

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Stumbled across a few of the videos.

The resolution is understandably poor. Seems there is a woman on stage playing bass. Does anyone know who this is?

And, for that matter, does anyone have a list of the entire band for the evening?

Pretty special stuff to watch and hear !!

The opening number was Whatever Gets You Through The Night and it’s a thing to behold. Partially because of how Yoko Ono held her gaze for so long with nary an expression…

Anyone here know details. Hell, was anyone here THERE that night!?

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Dee Murray had lovely hair…for a man.

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My fave from that concert is John singing lead (for the first time?) on “I Saw Her Standing There”

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Thank you. Ignorance fought !!!

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Agreed.

He looked like he was having fun, despite having gotten sick offstage just before coming on because of nerves.

A little gift, those three songs are.

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A number of comments on the OP’s YouTube video are claiming that it is footage from the 1985 movie John and Yoko: A Love Story, not from the actual 1974 concert.

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The saxophonist sounds like he (or she) just stepped off the stage from playing Saturday Night Live.

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I think they used parts of the Concert in a couple films about John Lennon.

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I’m sure you know this, but yeah, Lenny Pickett’s resume includes both Elton John’s touring band and his lengthy (and current) tenure on SNL.

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I did not!

He seems to have a very distinctive style to me.

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Sorry. I was triggered by the ‘Johns’ in the thread title.

Elton John Lennon Sisters of Mercy.

There. I’ve gotten it out of my system.

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Featuring Peter Capaldi as George Harrison!

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Agreed it definitely isn’t real footage or even them. The crowd shots and the pan to Yoko is a dead giveaway. In the movie the concert is a pivotal point where he gets back together with Yoko after splitting up for a couple of years. The poster made the video fuzzy so it’s harder to see its actors.