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| New
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Daily
News Review |
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21st,
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2002 at The Village Underground,
New York
Photos and Report by John
DeSilva... with thanx!
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Roy
Wood's Army line up -The Horn Section
Back row: Karen, Paul, Gemma, Henzie,
Front Row: Penny, Alyson, Carol, Becca, |
Roy and Neil with the Horn Section whilst drummer Roy Adams can
be heard but not seen! |
Far
right: Shell joins Roy on vocals whilst her twin
sister Shaz plays keyboards somewhere out on the street!
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Those
Thunderbirds are largin' it again! |
R U Red E 2 Rock... R U Red E 2 strangle those bagpipes?
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Alyson
swings onward and upward! |
The
Lost Weekend!
Well,
my amazing journey is almost at a close - I'm writing this from
the plane back to San Jose, CA. It really doesn't seem real that
we actually saw Woody and the Army these last three days (and
for those fortunate folks that didn't have to leave today, tonight
as well!). As with the ELO PBS tapings last year, this has been
the adventure of a lifetime for me. Without venturing into a "War
and Peace" length post, here's my impressions of all I heard,
saw, and drank (ugh!):
Roy Wood's Army. Thursday's show was good, but a bit tentative.
Sound problems ruled the day in a lot of places, and it seemed
that Woody was a bit apprehensive on how the set would be accepted
in the "Big Apple". He needn't have worried - the band caught
fire in the last part of the set, and the audience were right
there with 'em.
Friday night was the jewel in the crown as far as I'm concerned.
Woody was on, the band was right with him for the ride, and the
audience (bigger than Thursday night) was in pure joy throughout.
I reached and maintained a state of bliss from "Are You Ready
To Rock" on to the end of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday".
It was magical, as I said before.
Saturday night ... Ah, Saturday ... The band was in top form -
at this point I have to mention the Thunderbirds, the almost all-female
horn section. They were all exceptional, but I've got to give
special mention to Alyson (the alto sax, flute, and soprano sax
player) |
- clearly she's the most talented player in the 'Birds; I also
found her air of quiet confidence mixed with playful fun, mesmerizing
(not to mention sexy - oops I did!); Carol and Becca the trombone
players (the newest members of the Army) were technically excellent,
but more importantly were revelling in the joy of being onstage
- they were cracking each other up during their backing vocal
turns on "Forever", and "See My Baby Jive" - sheer joy; and
finally Gemma, one of the trumpet players, was the most energetic
player, both while playing, and especially when not playing
- dancing and singing backing vocals into her trumpet mike.
Anyway, getting back to Saturday night's performance - the band
was great, but Roy was ill, and not as into the performance
or audience reaction (which was considerable) as on Friday night.
He cut out IWICBCE at the end, and essentially stopped singing
halfway through "Grass Grow" (the audience did its best to cover
with their own vocals). Still a very good show, but Roy's repeated
references to "having to vomit" made it clear that he was interested
in getting on, getting off, and getting to the loo to take care
of business. Hopefully he'll be back feeling better tonight
for the last show - you lucky devils who get to be there will
let us know I'm sure.
By
John DeSilva
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| So…
any offers, people? If you were there and would like to add a
review, a couple of comments, a photo or two, whatever you feel
appropriate, really, please do. Send your contribution to
royzone@roywood.co.uk Don't forget to include the name under
which you'd like to be credited and a large bar of chocolate by
way of a bribe! Cheers |
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