Elvis Costello, who caught Dylan's show Saturday, made it through his own Hollywood High School concert Sunday without the equipment failure and subsequent tantrum that short-circuited his Santa Monica date last week. The result was a richly satisfying, well paced performance that had the capacity audience on its feet for most of the hour set. In the evening's big surprise, Costello turned from his usual rock style for an excellent country song that could well be a No. 1 record for Nashville's George Jones, who is Costello's favorite male singer. Titled "Stranger in Your Eyes," it could also be a big pop hit for Linda Ronstadt, who was in the Hollywood High audience Sunday.
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