Kings was packed. Saw a ton of folks I know. Including some
current and former coworkers I didn’t entirely expect
to see.
The line up:
Little River Band: I admit it, I haven’t a faintest clue
who the Little River Band is. I think I may have recognized a few
of the songs. However, the performance was excellent and
quite enjoyable.
The Monkees: Had the look. The songs were a bit faster
and more aggressive than I remember ever hearing the
monkees ;-> And of course, it’s hard to hear
“Stepping Stone” without thinking of the Minor
Threat version.
Small Faces: Again, no idea who the Small Faces were. But
former coworker Dave Mason
was leading the band. Mike Walters from Jett Rink was also in the band. Nice
set, well played. Had no idea Dave could sing that well.
Blondie: Very cool. “Heart Of Glass”, “One Way Or Another”, but alas,
no “Rapture”. But very enjoyable.
Alice Cooper: hit the high points of 70’s Alice Cooper. “Eighteen”,
“Schools Out”, “Billion Dollar Babies”. Craig Tilley from The
Wather doing Alice (he also did Badfinger night one). Cheetie Kumar
from The Cherry Valence was in the band, forget who else.
Talking Heads: Strange doing Talking Heads. Dave Mueller doing an
excellent David Byrne (and at times, a pretty good Adrian Belew/Brian
Eno…). Mostly early stuff (“Psycho Killer”, etc.). Closed with
“Burning Down The House”
Johnny Thunder: Pretty much never heard Johnny Thunder, so I’ll
just assume they had it down. Certainly seemed to have the right
stage persona for what they were doing. High energy, but not
really my kind of thing.
