I saw him in the audience at the Bull Pen Lounge in the basement of The Stockyard Restaurant in Nashville TN in 1990. He came there often to listen to the live music.
The house band kept asking him to get up and take over the keyboard. He refused for at least an hour.
About 2:30 AM, he finally went up to the stage to the keyboard. He started shouting “Are you ready? “ the crowd went nuts. He shouted again, “Are you ready !” The crowd went wild. He finally shouted, “Are you ready to rock and roll?” Pure bananas from the adoring crowd. He started pounding those keys and transported everyone to a galaxy far far away. He pounded those keys and sung like a man possessed as the band followed him.
He was frail and looked quite aged but the audience launched him into the stratosphere like he was shot out of a cannon.
It was truly one of the great few minutes of my life. What a talent he was !
Very cool!!!
Got lucky and saw Jerry Lee Lewis,title Richard and Chuck Berry on the same bill at Wolftrap about 20 years ago. The whole park was rocking but Little Richard stole the show.
Now they are all singing “On the Nightshift”!
I saw him live in a bar in Milwaukee in the early 60’s.
The bar closed-—NO MORE BOOZE-—but he played & answered questions until 2 hours past closing time.