Ann Arbor News, April 24, 1984

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An acoustic Elvis Costello is intellectually red hot


Harmon Mitchell

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The mug me • dose tbgt was mad. st•Pilly Prot bat Plrliereellar col Int, seatedows with donne Menthe fan "lath by Leh"), somettmse with socio-petting nidemene. And tf the MN be pro-pane far Me teat album, 'Nancy With Ma Leaerles Face)," is a Ion It nom be to as toter tad as ever to the politics of reletiondigs, whether they be UM-personal or beternadonal.

The two new soap he tntroduced may well have bees the high paints of the eyei-ng. "Worthen Ttdeg• Mates • mode bermes grown perverse, citing the '14emble grave robbers sob Las Vegas body manner^ who flguradvety ;An-der theorem of tds hem eke

Ber saved Ins Mown new 'Conroe.* der Ss very close ot the whew, as he ole-grin It 'Pesos be Our Time that peace hey hem to be purchased at the MOM pmesle pried observing cutlery • Ile American Mang acme "You've airsady apt • sperman to the Whits Hone - what you want another as for?•

Moving among • grand-piano, an scum to guitar, an electric piano and an elec-tric guitar (a row of Minns guitars stood unned at the back of the stage 1, Costello proved to be full at morns, starting ertth his appearance onstage • mere 15 minutes after the end at T-Beet Barnett's fine opening set As mot of the audience scrambled back to their ants, Cogan (droned to a black leather jacket, black meta, and red and Mack 'bowl sang "Accidents Will Happen"

Eves though met of the useenbied could probably claim to be finny faithful fan, they gamed surprised by the peen of Cotale'a vocals,

SW, Costello tampered the somewhat awestruck air of Ins audience with ho-mer. Bumping his electric guitar with his acoustic, be touched the intogs ho atop their ringlx4 admonishing. "There's no Jamming In this band." At the beittnnIng of the meted swam (there were three to all - each a abort set to itaeliL T-Bonn Burnett Johan Costello, who introduced them as the "Coward Brothers."

The tour Is as much a departure for Burnett as It is for Costello, and both ay that, after lin tour, they have • be at wort wading for then*, as Burnett pre-parea to produce • couple of groups (le-Minted • Los Lone album I and Congo will return to the 11.8, with the Attrac-tions to support the new album

Backstage after the show, Costello said that the brief tour was et:menial he'd wanted to do for a loos time, adding, -1 haven't played alone to eight years," ad that decking bow to structure the show had him at something of a Ion Cassithw-beg his receded repertoire gads at well over IN wogs for his nine album" and =- marten singles, the crift10217 is wrier-ganclable.

Be was aim quite modest am the stelect of riming m play piano onstage,. Maim hog it was largely to alleviate any palmitin boredom rearing trim • pittor-drani-nated show "r m not a very good pion player," he said, adding -Bet Mee. rin no Segovia_ either "

ft is flinty safe to assume that few, if any. hataverable comparisons to Van Ch-burn or Segovia were voiced at htill Aug-torium. In rock musk, Mere are ts-dards of artistic, creative and ismicad achievement as demanding as asp clan cal Menne. Sunday night, Elvis Car lade met - and raked - Men Mr Ouch


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The Ann Arbor News, April 24, 1984


Harmon Mitchell reviews Elvis Costello, solo, Sunday, April 22, 1984, Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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