– Tina Turner – Live At Park West, Chicago – August 17, 1984 –
With the sad news today of the passing of the legendary Tine Turner, our year of loss in the music world is compounded. This post was originally published in 2015 and I’m offering it here as a tribute to one of the icons of the Rock world, an irreplaceable legend – the one and only Tina Turner
Tina Turner was, without a doubt, the most energetic, charismatic, non-stop performer in Rock. Having had one career, early on as half the duo of Ike & Tina Turner, with a string of hits in the early 1960s, and later her much publicized divorce from Ike Turner and reinvention as a solo artist in the late 70s and early 1980s – and her huge worldwide success as the result, Tina Turner has been one of the truly legendary names in Rock history.
This concert, from August of 1984, puts her right at her huge success period of the 80s, with Pop anthems like What’s Love Got To Do With It and Private Dancer, its a Tina Turner Tour de Force.
Now a Swiss citizen and living in Zurich, Tina Turner hasn’t performed for a while. But her reputation and her legendary recordings will stay forever.
As a reminder of what a dynamic and unforgettable performer Tina Turner was, here is that concert, live from Park West in Chicago, on August 17, 1984.
Crank it up and get moving!
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