As he said of the breakthrough shows at the Troubadour in LA in August 1970 : "We came on; I was in flying boots and hotpants and did Sixty Years On. They weren't expecting it. They thought it was going to be a low-key thing, because the music on the 'Elton John' album was very orchestral. But with a three-piece band, we went out and did the songs completely differently and just blew everyone away. We knew halfway through the show that we were on fire."
I created this clip having discovered it buried in a much longer documentary and thought it was worth creating as a stand-alone, since the performance is so rare. Over 130,000 views last time I checked.
For more on this period of Elton's career, visit: http://bangnzdrum.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/from-pinner-to-la-elton-johns-big.html
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