Re: 1950's rockers still in shape/Edjamacatin' the young bucks

["Dagmar O Doom" <dagalicious@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Hey,

  a comment on this discussion about 50's rockers still delivering the 
goods:
Ronnie Dawson is obvious. On the primitive side: Jack Earls is pretty 
awesome
too. I've discussed this topic with my pals in The Barnshakers (a GREAT 
finnish
rockabilly-honky tonk band, who've backed several 50's singers) who are 
really
hardcore
1940-50's purists and they said that SId King was closest to his original 
sound
( is that what was meant
by good?) of all the legends they've played with.
  Backing band is always  very crucial factor: a bad bar band
can ruin any act. Also if the performer doesn't have any repertoire of their 
own
besides one or two numbers
(a and b-side of that one legendary 45) that basically means really boring
oldies set list.
Cats like Dale Hawkins are cool in this respect because he's got an 
catalogue of
several classics of his own.
But in these cases it's up to the promoter or the backing band leader to 
make
sure THOSE are the ones that
end up on the set list ( and not the blue suede shoes)
I guess it's the same with 60's reunions and the ever present  curse of 
"Mustang
Sally ".


Pekka<<

Saw Sleepy La Beef around 93/94, pretty damn packed house, lotta old timers 
& scene kids.  Pretty damn amazing.  I'd never heard (nor heard of) him til 
that night.  He played again roughly a year later & there wasn't more that 
15 people there.  Really kinda sad, "the scene" was over, hence few came 
out.  He was pretty damn energetic considering the size of the crowd.  Plus, 
he did a cover of an Etta James song, which was really cool.

Saw Andre Williams 2 years ago.  (Search the archive "My dinner with Andre" 
or some such tripe, for the complete misadventure).  That man was the MOST 
AMAZING muthafuckah I have ever had the pleasure to see, hear & eat 
breakfast with.  He strolled into the club 10 minutes before showtime, 
waltzed up to the bar, asked for a bottle of Bacardi, got on stage & did his 
thing. By the end of the set, he was on fire, half his clothes were off, the 
bottle was empty & the crowd was INSANE.  And then, he decided to finish 
shooting my game for me, before he went to breakfast with us.  He just put 
out a new record, so if he tours, GO, baby, GO!!! You won't regret it.

More inane musing later,
Miss Dagmar O' Doom


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