28 June 2014 ~ Fox Theater

Listening to:  Who ~ Squeeze Box


Thursday night I went to the Fox Theater in Oakland.

It's a wonderful theater, with seating for 2,800 persons. It was originally opened in 1928 and was planned to be named "The Bagdad" because of its Middle Eastern influenced architecture,

What drew me to Oakland? Steve Winwood. He put on a fantastic show, playing Traffic classics. "Dear Mr. Fantasy" brought a tear to my eye, and then "Gimme Some Lovin" got me up and dancing.

The interior of the Fox Theater was delicately crafted and said to be described as “mystical”, with its intriguing resemblance of an Indian temple.