Almost 20 years later, I started to watch his lives on YouTube.
I like watching his simple concerts in old days: No colorful lasers, no big screens like current ones. One spot light shines on him in white T-shirt and blue jeans in the dark, in front of over 50,000 audience in open air concert.
I listened to him in 80’s, but never came to my mind to go to a live concert. He has been doing concert tours around Japan for decades, rarely appearing on TV.
Anyway, now he has become a legendary rocker in Japan. Still every concert is sold out quick. He is getting 60 in a few years, still looks remarkably in good shape.
Some links to his songs:
浜田省吾 Shogo Hamada
ON THE ROAD : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIWeFvAWGT4
終わりなき疾走 – Owarinaki Shisso (Endless Run) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciiRmlMSwNM
片想い – Kataomoi (One-sided Love): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXaQHkxDYYU
路地裏の少年[ON THE ROAD FILM]
– Rojiura no Shonen (Back Street Boy) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNdOFPhefQ
Official web site: http://shogo.r-s.co.jp/
Shogo Hamada – Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgo_Hamada