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An excellent choice for this show, T-Bone's performance foreshadowed Elvis' in style and content. If the popular consciousness still thought in terms of Dylanesque, T-Bone would he pegged; an artful song-crafter, his mournful ballads were rasped out with only his acoustic guitar for accompaniment. The audience accepted him respectfully and he left the stage. | An excellent choice for this show, T-Bone's performance foreshadowed Elvis' in style and content. If the popular consciousness still thought in terms of Dylanesque, T-Bone would he pegged; an artful song-crafter, his mournful ballads were rasped out with only his acoustic guitar for accompaniment. The audience accepted him respectfully and he left the stage. | ||
The main attraction jogged out wearing a dark suit and red, red shoes. He began, laying out one heartfelt blues after another, alternating instruments between acoustic and electric guitars and acoustic and electric pianos. The decidely personal tenor of the show carried through all of his songs, "Almost Blue | The main attraction jogged out wearing a dark suit and red, red shoes. He began, laying out one heartfelt blues after another, alternating instruments between acoustic and electric guitars and acoustic and electric pianos. The decidely personal tenor of the show carried through all of his songs, "Almost Blue" being the norm instead of the mournful exception. | ||
A measure of dumb, blind irony was achieved with someone in the audience commenting that "he sounds like Ray Charles." Indeed, this was the man at his most idiosyncratic, and that in the end is how the show must be judged, on a personal basis. Those who stayed away because they did not expect rock and roll from a solo performer were right. Some of those attending came away unsatisfied, feeling that without the upbeat rock and roll veneer his songs went from incisive to merely sarcastic. Others, and these people were in the majority, were greatly affected by the show: "masterful," they said. | A measure of dumb, blind irony was achieved with someone in the audience commenting that "he sounds like Ray Charles." Indeed, this was the man at his most idiosyncratic, and that in the end is how the show must be judged, on a personal basis. Those who stayed away because they did not expect rock and roll from a solo performer were right. Some of those attending came away unsatisfied, feeling that without the upbeat rock and roll veneer his songs went from incisive to merely sarcastic. Others, and these people were in the majority, were greatly affected by the show: "masterful," they said. |
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