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<center><h3> Elvis Costello breaking mold, but | <center><h3> Elvis Costello breaking mold, but who knows how pieces{{nb}}will{{nb}}fall? </h3></center> | ||
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Instead of repeating the same set night after night in generic basketball arenas across the country, Costello is visiting just six American cities for multi-night engagements featuring different shows each evening. | Instead of repeating the same set night after night in generic basketball arenas across the country, Costello is visiting just six American cities for multi-night engagements featuring different shows each evening. | ||
Sunday he kicked off the tour's Chicago installment with the first of three soldout shows at the tiny Riviera Nightclub. Backed with a group of Americans he calls the Confederates, Costello played a potent two-and-a-half-hour show that drew heavily from his recent ''King of America'' and ''Blood | Sunday he kicked off the tour's Chicago installment with the first of three soldout shows at the tiny Riviera Nightclub. Backed with a group of Americans he calls the Confederates, Costello played a potent two-and-a-half-hour show that drew heavily from his recent ''King of America'' and ''Blood & Chocolate'' albums. | ||
Monday's show is scheduled to revolve around the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook," a giant wheel containing 40 songs which will be spun to determine the evening's entertainment. Finally on Tuesday, Costello and his long-time band, the Attractions, will survey a selection of his best-known hits and material from his latest album, ''Blood | Monday's show is scheduled to revolve around the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook," a giant wheel containing 40 songs which will be spun to determine the evening's entertainment. Finally on Tuesday, Costello and his long-time band, the Attractions, will survey a selection of his best-known hits and material from his latest album, ''Blood & Chocolate''. It has been hinted that unannounced special guests and other surprises could be in store. | ||
This sort of tour entails obvious artistic risk and financial sacrifice (smaller shows mean a smaller gate, travelling with two bands means a higher overhead). But if Sunday's show was any indication, Costello has devised the perfect way to illustrate the issues with which he continues to wrestle. | This sort of tour entails obvious artistic risk and financial sacrifice (smaller shows mean a smaller gate, travelling with two bands means a higher overhead). But if Sunday's show was any indication, Costello has devised the perfect way to illustrate the issues with which he continues to wrestle. | ||
Back in February when ''King of America'' was released, Costello announced he was re-assuming his given name of Declan | Back in February when ''King of America'' was released, Costello announced he was re-assuming his given name of Declan MacManus. "I was a fine idea at the time," he sang on that album's opening track. "Now I'm a brilliant mistake." | ||
Now, scarcely nine months later, Costello has been reborn on a new album, entitled ''Blood | Now, scarcely nine months later, Costello has been reborn on a new album, entitled ''Blood & Chocolate'' and credited to "Elvis Costello and the Attractions." | ||
Like a lot of his fans, I wasn't sure what to make of this identity crisis. If anything, it seemed indicative of the indecision that has plagued Costello since after his first successes as the New Wave's most literate angry young man in the late Seventies. | Like a lot of his fans, I wasn't sure what to make of this identity crisis. If anything, it seemed indicative of the indecision that has plagued Costello since after his first successes as the New Wave's most literate angry young man in the late Seventies. | ||
Thus, when confronted with two wildly dissimilar Costello albums in the same year, I was quick to embrace ''Blood | Thus, when confronted with two wildly dissimilar Costello albums in the same year, I was quick to embrace ''Blood & Chocolate'''s old-time Elvis bite. | ||
But in preparing for Sunday's show, I spent a lot of time with ''King of America''. To my surprise, I've grown quite fond of it's moody soul-searching. Hearing those songs live Sunday has only accelerated the romance. | But in preparing for Sunday's show, I spent a lot of time with ''King of America''. To my surprise, I've grown quite fond of it's moody soul-searching. Hearing those songs live Sunday has only accelerated the romance. | ||
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Lead by legendary guitarist James Burton and bassist Jerry Scheff (who used to play with that other Elvis), the Confederates proved in many ways to be a better complement to Costello than the Attractions. Though excellent musicians, the Confederates have enough years under their belts to let Costello be the star. That's something the Attractions sometimes forgot. | Lead by legendary guitarist James Burton and bassist Jerry Scheff (who used to play with that other Elvis), the Confederates proved in many ways to be a better complement to Costello than the Attractions. Though excellent musicians, the Confederates have enough years under their belts to let Costello be the star. That's something the Attractions sometimes forgot. | ||
Just as strong, though, were the several passages when Costello and guitar performed alone. He opened the show with four such numbers, two of which came from ''Blood | Just as strong, though, were the several passages when Costello and guitar performed alone. He opened the show with four such numbers, two of which came from ''Blood & Chocolate'' and may well have been the evening's highlights. | ||
The first, "Tokyo Storm Warning," he punctuated with witty stories of fish and chips and Japanese robots that emphasized the song's ironic sides and established Costello as a far warmer stage presence than he is usually regarded. | The first, "Tokyo Storm Warning," he punctuated with witty stories of fish and chips and Japanese robots that emphasized the song's ironic sides and established Costello as a far warmer stage presence than he is usually regarded. | ||
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'''Chicago Tribune, October 13, 1986 | '''Chicago Tribune, October 13, 1986 | ||
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[[Daniel Brogan]] reviews Elvis Costello | [[Daniel Brogan]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[The Confederates]], Sunday, [[Concert 1986-10-12 Chicago|October 12, 1986]], Riviera Theatre, Chicago. | ||
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