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Review by Monica Martinangelo Memphis Blues Again had you foot stomping hip swaying and finger snapping. We couldn't stop smiling as Bob and the boys kicked it up with Highway 61 and then a marvelous and yet surprising performance of Just Like A Woman. Another back drop (could have sworn I saw a Hawks head on the screen, maybe I am spaced out) and some more somber numbers: Nettie Moore, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, and Ballad of Hollis Brown. Some songs that seem to be regular standards, Spirit On the Water, Honest With Me, and Thunder On The Mountain were delivered well. Bob and boys are well rehearsed from playing these shows so many nights. Bob leading the band, minus the baton, he offers up a little soft shoe at the keyboard and harp sometimes with one hand waving free. From the Stetson on his head to the licked down shine of his pointed toed boots Bob the accomplished and cool did not disappoint. With an ear to ear grin, we were riding pretty high. Maybe, it was the Canadian beer or 'ooh that smell', or just the rhythm, blues and melodies, or the way he switched the key; I like to think it was a little of each. As Bob ventured out from the comfortableness of his keyboard to the old and familiar spot from days gone by; he stood center stage with a microphone, playing lead guitar and sometimes just the harp. Sweet ride indeed. The husband who usually doesn't pass judgment offered this the morning after, "he (Bob) is getting it together trying to make the show different, its' obvious, but he needs to do something else, like tell the boys in the band to take a break. Then he (Bob) should sit down and play the guitar by himself or even just sit at the keyboards and play by himself." I responded, "But at least he played the guitar last night, and played it well." The husband then said "well he better play well, he wrote all those songs!" (Bob Links) |
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30. MAY 1990
Kingston / Ontario - Memorial Center
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Norbert Baro last update 06. 12. 2008