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- | # Stu Allen & Mars Hotel at Great American Music Hall, August 16, 2014 | + | # the Fall Risk and Stu Allen & Mars Hotel co-headline |
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- | <(wip)> | + | Strong showing from both bands tonight! The Fall Risk ripped briskly through their co-headlining set, leaning mostly on established favorites, but with a few tweaks to adjust for the absence of Matt Twain (on vacation in England, the lucky dog). _Highway to Hell_ was an interesting addition to the set. They rearranged it into a somewhat less head-banging version than the AC/DC original, a change that worked for me, since I could rock hard on the memory in my head while grooving on the differences ofthis rendition. The following tune, _Lemonade_, was stretched out, like usual, via a sequence of solo showcase segments, particularly emphasizing Mike Emerson' |
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+ | Break was altogether too short for socializing -- even with a less-than-full house, and I offer apologies to those folks I didn't get to visit properly with -- maybe next time! | ||
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+ | Stu opened his set with the exhortation to _Let the Good Times Roll_ -- always a good thought! -- and then dove off the deep end, seeking cosmic mystery in classics of the Grateful Dead repertoire. _Playin_ got *way* out there, eventually falling apart into a chaotic, clanging mess before coalescing into a fine romp through a mid-70' | ||
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+ | So was I happy to recognize the opening lick of _St. Stephen_? Oh yeah, but then, in some ways, I'm very easily pleased! _Stephen_ segued properly down the jingle bell rainbow into a thoroughly psychedelic _Eleven_, and the crowd danced along ecstatically. More peaking! Whatever reservations I had about paying to see Stu were blown apart by this point in tonight' | ||
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+ | Encoring with _Brokedown_ was a nice way to wind things down and send us spiralling gently back into the more mundane places of the universe. In our case, this meant skipping past friends assembled on the sidewalk for hugs and goodbyes towards a predetermined appointment at the deli counter of ? | ||
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