Palm Springs Desert Sun, July 11, 2009

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Elvis Costello rocks The Show


Bruce Fessier

Elvis Costello brought his real deal band to The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa on Friday night.

This wasn't his country or classical music ensemble.

These were the Imposters — two-thirds of Costello's original backup band, the Attractions, started in 1977 — a rock-oriented band capable of playing a little of everything, including Costello's latest, country-sounding, narrative-driven CD, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane.

And, while the group's newest member, bass player Davey Faragher, did wear a white cowboy hat Friday's show was a straight-ahead rock 'n' roll night.

Costello, an English guitarist with the look of a middle-aged film noir character with his receding hairline, glasses and mustache, gave the near-capacity crowd in the theater-styled hall a sampling of his new material and rock standards of the past 32 years.

He's been called one of the most versatile singer-songwriters in modern rock.

Most of Friday night's songs were tunes that critics praised but didn't get radio play as exemplified by the well-received "Radio, Radio."

Dressed in a dark suit with turquoise tie, and a bright red shirt, Costello didn't open with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bob Hope songs, as he hinted for his first appearance in Rancho Mirage, but he did make his second song "Stella Hurt," about a girl whose "velvet gloves and country clubs were never going to hold her."

So enthralled by Costello, many in the crowd screamed when he merely lifted his guitar in a classic rocker pose.

The crowd recognized his fourth song, "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" from the opening strains.

The connection between band and audience was made from the start.


Tags: The Show At Agua Caliente CasinoRancho MirageCaliforniaThe ImpostersDavey FaragherSecret, Profane & SugarcaneRadio, RadioStella Hurt(I Don't Want To Go To) ChelseaThe AttractionsFrank SinatraDean Martin

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The Desert Sun, July 11, 2009


Bruce Fessier reviews Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Friday, July 10, 2009, The Show At Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California.

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