Post by Ken on Nov 14, 2009 14:08:43 GMT -5
Last Night, as an early birthday gift my brother bought each of us tickets to the show and it was fantastic!
The first half of the concert featured the "Liverpool Invasion" - Terry Sylvester from The Hollies performed first. he sang:
Carrie Anne
Bus Stop
The Air That I Breathe
Long Cool Woman (killer version)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Terry's voice was excellent, and he also played acoustic guitar. The crowd loved it!
Next up was Billy J Kramer, I had heard some audio of Billy singing from around 2002 at a Beatlefest and thought that he still sounded very good. I was wondering if seven years later, he still sounded the same, and I was quite impressed! His setlist was:
I Call Your Name (first song)
Little Children
Bad To Me
Trains and Boats and Planes
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
He sang one other song I didn't recognize, but he said that his version that he recorded in the 60's, of this "really old" song was very different from the original. His was more as he described it - "rocked up" it was really good.
Then last up was Joey Molland from Badfinger. You could tell Joey was having a great time, joking with the band and the crowd. He, of course performed the hits:
Baby Blue
Come and Get It
Day After Day and closed with
No Matter What - the crowd gave Joey , Billy and Terry each a standing ovation after each set
After a brief intermission, and an introduction of a short video clip of a TV show featuring Gary and his Dad, Gary started his set - he sang:
Count Me In
Green Grass
Save Your Heart For Me
Love Potion #9
Runaway (before playing this, Gary mentioned how much he loved Del Shannon's music and that they had toured together from 1984 to around 1990 / '91 pretty much up to the time Del passed away)
This Diamond Ring
She's Just My Style
Sure Gonna Miss Her
Slow Down (yup. the Larry Williams / Beatles Cover) (this I believe was the encore)
Can't Buy Me Love (the bass player sang lead
Wooly Bully (the lead guitar player sang lead)
Everybody Loves a Clown (Gary mentioned that he originally wrote this as a novelty song as a gift for his Dad, but as he got more and more into writing it he realized that it would be a great song to record with the band instead).
I was surprised just how excellent Gary was. I've always enjoyed his music, I have several 45's and a Greatest Hits on LP.However, I had not seen any footage of him playing other than video from the 60's. He put on an excellent show and his band were superb, great musicians! He played rhythm guitar as well.
Gary received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Now as we were leaving, both my brother and I recognized another record collecting buddy in the crowd (he's also responsible for organizing our local record show). I noticed he had some albums with him and asked if he was going to have them autographed and he mentioned that Joey and Terry had been signing merchandise during the intermission.I thought "%&*#$!" I missed my chance. He said that an anouncement was supposed to have been made but obviously someone goofed. He asked me what I brought and I showed him CD copies of "Straight Up" and "Badfinger" as well as my copy of The Hollies "20 Golden Greats"
Just as we were making our way out into the lobby, all three of us noticed Joey! He was shaking hands with everyone and thanking them for coming, so as I passed him I shook his hand and told him how much I enjoyed the show and showed him the CD's and asked if he would sign them. He said "absolutely! no problem" and for my brother and I to make our way to a table that was set up and he would join us in a minute. People were asking him to have pictures taken with them.
So my brother and I made our way down to the main lobby of the theatre, we both chatted with Joe and Terry, they were very friendly and easy going, and I had my CD's autographed by both. Terry was a selling a CD of a Hollies anthology that looked great for $20, I believe he sold all of them.
My brother mentioned to Joe that he saw the original line up in 1974 and I mentioned that I saw him in 1987 and chatted with him after that show as well and had a copy of "No Dice" signed.
It was a great evening and I enjoyed it very, very much can you tell?
Sorry to be so long winded! lol
The first half of the concert featured the "Liverpool Invasion" - Terry Sylvester from The Hollies performed first. he sang:
Carrie Anne
Bus Stop
The Air That I Breathe
Long Cool Woman (killer version)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Terry's voice was excellent, and he also played acoustic guitar. The crowd loved it!
Next up was Billy J Kramer, I had heard some audio of Billy singing from around 2002 at a Beatlefest and thought that he still sounded very good. I was wondering if seven years later, he still sounded the same, and I was quite impressed! His setlist was:
I Call Your Name (first song)
Little Children
Bad To Me
Trains and Boats and Planes
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
He sang one other song I didn't recognize, but he said that his version that he recorded in the 60's, of this "really old" song was very different from the original. His was more as he described it - "rocked up" it was really good.
Then last up was Joey Molland from Badfinger. You could tell Joey was having a great time, joking with the band and the crowd. He, of course performed the hits:
Baby Blue
Come and Get It
Day After Day and closed with
No Matter What - the crowd gave Joey , Billy and Terry each a standing ovation after each set
After a brief intermission, and an introduction of a short video clip of a TV show featuring Gary and his Dad, Gary started his set - he sang:
Count Me In
Green Grass
Save Your Heart For Me
Love Potion #9
Runaway (before playing this, Gary mentioned how much he loved Del Shannon's music and that they had toured together from 1984 to around 1990 / '91 pretty much up to the time Del passed away)
This Diamond Ring
She's Just My Style
Sure Gonna Miss Her
Slow Down (yup. the Larry Williams / Beatles Cover) (this I believe was the encore)
Can't Buy Me Love (the bass player sang lead
Wooly Bully (the lead guitar player sang lead)
Everybody Loves a Clown (Gary mentioned that he originally wrote this as a novelty song as a gift for his Dad, but as he got more and more into writing it he realized that it would be a great song to record with the band instead).
I was surprised just how excellent Gary was. I've always enjoyed his music, I have several 45's and a Greatest Hits on LP.However, I had not seen any footage of him playing other than video from the 60's. He put on an excellent show and his band were superb, great musicians! He played rhythm guitar as well.
Gary received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Now as we were leaving, both my brother and I recognized another record collecting buddy in the crowd (he's also responsible for organizing our local record show). I noticed he had some albums with him and asked if he was going to have them autographed and he mentioned that Joey and Terry had been signing merchandise during the intermission.I thought "%&*#$!" I missed my chance. He said that an anouncement was supposed to have been made but obviously someone goofed. He asked me what I brought and I showed him CD copies of "Straight Up" and "Badfinger" as well as my copy of The Hollies "20 Golden Greats"
Just as we were making our way out into the lobby, all three of us noticed Joey! He was shaking hands with everyone and thanking them for coming, so as I passed him I shook his hand and told him how much I enjoyed the show and showed him the CD's and asked if he would sign them. He said "absolutely! no problem" and for my brother and I to make our way to a table that was set up and he would join us in a minute. People were asking him to have pictures taken with them.
So my brother and I made our way down to the main lobby of the theatre, we both chatted with Joe and Terry, they were very friendly and easy going, and I had my CD's autographed by both. Terry was a selling a CD of a Hollies anthology that looked great for $20, I believe he sold all of them.
My brother mentioned to Joe that he saw the original line up in 1974 and I mentioned that I saw him in 1987 and chatted with him after that show as well and had a copy of "No Dice" signed.
It was a great evening and I enjoyed it very, very much can you tell?
Sorry to be so long winded! lol
