{"id":1211,"date":"2023-10-09T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2024-04-12T00:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:50:54","slug":"on-the-eve-of-her-oct-12-show-at-golden-1-center-a-sacramento-music-writer-recalls-working-with-pink-in-her-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"On the eve of her Oct. 12 show at Golden 1 Center, a Sacramento music writer recalls working with Pink in her early days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"Pink. Photograph by Andrew McPhers<\/strong>on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 1999, I was Pink\u2019s BMG distribution representative and involved with promoting her debut record on Laface \/ Arista records, \u201cCan\u2019t Take Me Home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help launch it, Pink visited one of the biggest record one-stops, Valley Media in Woodland, where I walked her around the marketing and sales departments. She carried no instruments but, rather, sang acapella versions of songs from her yet-to-be-released collection for anyone who would listen. A handful of employees brushed her off, staying on their phones to take orders from accounts instead of giving her a minute of their time. It was a tough task for the then-20-year-old, but she barreled through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly six months later, after her album blew-up on the radio, Pink played a sold-out show at Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa. Upon arriving backstage to say hello to the newly-minted pop star, she immediately said, \u201cHi Eddie, thanks for coming out\u201d before I could even get a word in. I could not believe that, with her busy tour and record promotion schedule, she still remembered her Sacramento BMG rep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the kind of artist who Pink was and still is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From my vantage point, she\u2019s one of the hardest working ladies in the business and brings a magnificent stage-show and band when she tours. The now-44-years-young Alecia Beth Moore Hart, a.k.a. Pink, released \u201cTrustfall,\u201d her ninth studio album, in February. It has already yielded four singles and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pink visiting the Sacramento area in 1999.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a recent article in Women\u2019s Health<\/em>, Pink said of her new album, \u201cI had time, because of a worldwide pandemic, so I went really, really slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added of the three-year endeavor, \u201cI was able to take more chances. COVID slowed down life in a \u2018what matters\u2019 kind of way for me. Now all I want is to put things in the world that are meaningful and see my kids grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, Pink has sold a whopping 135 million records worldwide and is one of RCA Records\u2019 biggest acts. Additionally, she won numerous accolades, including a couple of Grammy awards and coming in 10th on VH1\u2019s Top 100 Greatest Women In Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pink brings her show to Sacramento\u2019s Golden 1 Center on Thursday, Oct. 12. Grouplove and KidCutUp open the show. Doors for this all-ages show are at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m Visit www.golden1center.com<\/a> or www.livenation.com<\/a> for tickets. Golden 1 Center is located at 500 David J Stern Walk in Downtown Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(SN&R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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