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Let me speak freely for some others of us who saw clearly all three shows. As weirdly comical as the Spinning Songbook show was (Elvis's nostalgic rock-and-roll ''Let's Make a Deal''), and as splendidly as the Confederates night went (the country-folk-blues side of the artist), on the final night of ''Blood and Chocolate'' (a punk ''Blood on the Tracks'' but with a powerhouse band), Elvis flat-out rocked greater than ever before. | Let me speak freely for some others of us who saw clearly all three shows. As weirdly comical as the Spinning Songbook show was (Elvis's nostalgic rock-and-roll ''Let's Make a Deal''), and as splendidly as the Confederates night went (the country-folk-blues side of the artist), on the final night of ''Blood and Chocolate'' (a punk ''Blood on the Tracks'' but with a powerhouse band), Elvis flat-out rocked greater than ever before. | ||
With a dazzling light show illuminated overhead and the band stripping down the rhythm blisteringly tight, Elvis cut through with a bracing combination of the most accomplished guitar playing and singing of his life. For both the album and night of ''Blood and Chocolate'', Elvis dropped pop with an A-bomb of pure electric drama and revived the beast finally to serve strictly his own purposes. At least from where I stood that | With a dazzling light show illuminated overhead and the band stripping down the rhythm blisteringly tight, Elvis cut through with a bracing combination of the most accomplished guitar playing and singing of his life. For both the album and night of ''Blood and Chocolate'', Elvis dropped pop with an A-bomb of pure electric drama and revived the beast finally to serve strictly his own purposes. At least from where I stood that night, Elvis blasted a guitar-drenched triumph over his past mistakes while his heart-and-soul singing blazed trails of fires burning for his brilliant future. | ||
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Reader Mike Burwell responds to concert reviews in a recent issue. | Reader Mike Burwell responds to concert reviews in a recent issue. | ||
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