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From: mat@bunkerb.UUCP (Mat Frontera)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Moody Blues tour
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Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 10:38:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 24 10:38:45 1983
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I caught the Moody Blues on the first night of their tour, here in Conn.

I'm not about to put them down, but I felt their performance was rather
lethargic. They seemed most interested in just getting it over with.

Maybe they were having a bad night; I can't say. One thing's for sure:
they'd have done themselves better if they had chosen a different warm-up
band. Headliners have to be very weary that the opening act doesn't steal
the show. This is exactly what happened.

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, a trio from Austin Texas, were 
absolutely stupendous. They performed an explosive 40 minute set.
Vaughn is a guitarist, and his style draws equally from Jimi Hendrix,
Fenton Robinson (an oft-copied Chicago blues artist), and the immortal
Kenny Burrell. Although he's not overly inventive, he does play with
uncommon intensity and emotion. The band was tight and well-received.

The Moodies simply couldn't keep pace with the fresh sound of Vaughn's band.

It's just an opinion, so no flames please (unless, of course, they're sent
to /dev/brown_hole).

bunkerb!mat