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Smiling broadly at the Lone Star, he said, "This playing three clubs is somebody's idea of an April fool and I think I know who the fool is," pointing a finger at himself with lifted eyebrows and a grimace. Nevertheless his performances showed he obviously enjoyed what he was doing. | Smiling broadly at the Lone Star, he said, "This playing three clubs is somebody's idea of an April fool and I think I know who the fool is," pointing a finger at himself with lifted eyebrows and a grimace. Nevertheless his performances showed he obviously enjoyed what he was doing. | ||
Of the three places on the evening's trip the Lone Star was the most unusual setting for him since its specialty is contemporary country, although he did do one country song he recorded as a duet on a George Jones LP, "Stranger in the House." | Of the three places on the evening's trip the Lone Star was the most unusual setting for him since its specialty is contemporary country, although he did do one country song he recorded as a duet on a George Jones LP, "Stranger in the House." Unfortunately, through someone's decision to over-amplify the club, his lyrics, the heart of his effectiveness, too often were blurred by the volume. | ||
He was preceded at the Lone Star by some young new wavers called Shrapnel who do an act parodying military heroics and for whom the artillery barrage of sound was more appropriate, with their songs like "Where the Bombs Are." Opening sounds at the Bottom Line were softer with a teen-delight quartet from San Francisco, the Rubinoos, but by the time Elvis hit Gildersleeve's, on the Bowery, it was back to blast with a local group called VHF getting opening honors. | He was preceded at the Lone Star by some young new wavers called Shrapnel who do an act parodying military heroics and for whom the artillery barrage of sound was more appropriate, with their songs like "Where the Bombs Are." Opening sounds at the Bottom Line were softer with a teen-delight quartet from San Francisco, the Rubinoos, but by the time Elvis hit Gildersleeve's, on the Bowery, it was back to blast with a local group called VHF getting opening honors. | ||
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