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In front of a packed house at the Warfield on Thursday, Elvis Costello and the Imposters fired out a no-nonsense barrage of 30-plus songs, delivered one after another virtually without pause.


While Costello’s last two visits to the Bay Area saw him exploring New Orleans R&B with Allen Toussaint and playing country-tinged music with a pickup band at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festvial, this one was just Elvis and the Imposters (featuring two-thirds of the original Attractions) doing their thing, with no new album to promote except a couple of recent repackages of the old stuff.


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Until a flurry of hits at the end (”Radio Radio,” “Pump It Up,” “Peace, Love and Understanding”), the focus was on lesser-known material from the Costello catalog, along with nice renditions of two Lennon-penned Beatles tunes, “All I’ve Got to Do” and “Hey Bulldog.”


The more familiar tunes were often presented in dramatically new arrangements. “Alison,” performed solo on acoustic guitar, was a high point, with Costello crafting a new melody for the song’s second verse. Other reinventions didn’t work so well: “Chelsea” lost its snaky riff and pretty much everything else that was cool about it.


Elvis Costello @ the Warfield 5/3
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By Shay Quillen
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Friday, May 4th, 2007
'''San Jose Mercury News, May 4, 2007'''
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Shay Quille reviews Elvis Costello & The Imposters, [[Concert 2007-05-03 San Francisco|May 3, 2007]], Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA.


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In front of a packed house at the Warfield on Thursday, Elvis Costello and the Imposters fired out a no-nonsense barrage of 30-plus songs, delivered one after another virtually without pause.
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While Costello’s last two visits to the Bay Area saw him exploring New Orleans R&B with Allen Toussaint and playing country-tinged music with a pickup band at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festvial, this one was just Elvis and the Imposters (featuring two-thirds of the original Attractions) doing their thing, with no new album to promote except a couple of recent repackages of the old stuff.
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Until a flurry of hits at the end (”Radio Radio,” “Pump It Up,” “Peace, Love and Understanding”), the focus was on lesser-known material from the Costello catalog, along with nice renditions of two Lennon-penned Beatles tunes, “All I’ve Got to Do” and “Hey Bulldog.”


The more familiar tunes were often presented in dramatically new arrangements. “Alison,” performed solo on acoustic guitar, was a high point, with Costello crafting a new melody for the song’s second verse. Other reinventions didn’t work so well: “Chelsea” lost its snaky riff and pretty much everything else that was cool about it.
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Elvis Costello @ the Warfield 5/3

Shay Quille

In front of a packed house at the Warfield on Thursday, Elvis Costello and the Imposters fired out a no-nonsense barrage of 30-plus songs, delivered one after another virtually without pause.

While Costello’s last two visits to the Bay Area saw him exploring New Orleans R&B with Allen Toussaint and playing country-tinged music with a pickup band at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festvial, this one was just Elvis and the Imposters (featuring two-thirds of the original Attractions) doing their thing, with no new album to promote except a couple of recent repackages of the old stuff.

Until a flurry of hits at the end (”Radio Radio,” “Pump It Up,” “Peace, Love and Understanding”), the focus was on lesser-known material from the Costello catalog, along with nice renditions of two Lennon-penned Beatles tunes, “All I’ve Got to Do” and “Hey Bulldog.”

The more familiar tunes were often presented in dramatically new arrangements. “Alison,” performed solo on acoustic guitar, was a high point, with Costello crafting a new melody for the song’s second verse. Other reinventions didn’t work so well: “Chelsea” lost its snaky riff and pretty much everything else that was cool about it.

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San Jose Mercury News, May 4, 2007

Shay Quille reviews Elvis Costello & The Imposters, May 3, 2007, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA.

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