Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Singles chart), is a semi-autobiographical story about John's disastrous engagement to Linda Woodrow, and his related 1968 suicide attempt. The "Someone" refers to Long John Baldry, who convinced him to break off the engagement rather than ruin his music career for an unhappy marriage. It was viewed by "Rolling Stone" writer Jon Landau as the best track on the album: "As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight', the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on
Center Stage (Atlanta) autobiographical album with lyricist Bernie Taupin, picking up where 1976’s "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" left off. From 2004-2006, "Laffapalooza", starring Jamie Foxx, was filmed at Center Stage for broadcast on Comedy Central. Center Stage (Atlanta) Center Stage is a mid-sized concert complex comprising three separate venues located in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally known as Theatre Atlanta, the concert hall was built in memorial to a young theater enthusiast. Upon its opening in the fall of 1966, the building functioned as a performing arts theater, but has since become primarily music-focused. The building, dating from 1966, has played host