07-02-2014, 17:37
THE HOLLIES @ Crown Theatre,Burswood 7th Feb 2014
Dani and I just got back from seeing The Hollies here in Perth...
unfortunately main vocalist alan Clarke retired a few years ago(three original members and the guy who took over when Nash left were there), Clarke did not sing all their hits but did sing probably 60% of them...
the vocalist who took his role is from the Hollies classic era but never found his niche in music...luckly for him, he has now...
his vocal quality and tone is almost identical to Clarke, had i listened to him without watching i would have swore it was Clarke!
those guys were on stage for 2hrs, pretty much covered their singles catalogue, but also did a cover of Springsteen's classic "sandy"..that one was okay!,
the rest of the show was very good, good tight playing from the whole band, very good harmonies also...
all up a good show from a group that were up there with Beatles and Stones for sales figures back in the day...
i'd probably score these guys a respectable 7/10, but after seeing Springsteen two nights earlier no-one could follow that show!
Dani also liked the show...
as a footnote to the last post of mine here Dani rated Springsteen 10/10 for his show and ability to get the crowd involved in what he did, but only gave him 6/10 for the songs, partly due to the fact that she didnt know a lot of them(she has none of his albums and only knows his singles catalogue), so average out those scores and i guess her rating for him came out a respectable 8/10!
she hasnt scored The Hollies but she enjoyed it, so it got a pass mark from her tonight!
NEXT SHOW ON THE LIST...NEIL FINN IN MID MARCH!
Dani and I just got back from seeing The Hollies here in Perth...
unfortunately main vocalist alan Clarke retired a few years ago(three original members and the guy who took over when Nash left were there), Clarke did not sing all their hits but did sing probably 60% of them...
the vocalist who took his role is from the Hollies classic era but never found his niche in music...luckly for him, he has now...
his vocal quality and tone is almost identical to Clarke, had i listened to him without watching i would have swore it was Clarke!
those guys were on stage for 2hrs, pretty much covered their singles catalogue, but also did a cover of Springsteen's classic "sandy"..that one was okay!,
the rest of the show was very good, good tight playing from the whole band, very good harmonies also...
all up a good show from a group that were up there with Beatles and Stones for sales figures back in the day...
i'd probably score these guys a respectable 7/10, but after seeing Springsteen two nights earlier no-one could follow that show!
Dani also liked the show...
as a footnote to the last post of mine here Dani rated Springsteen 10/10 for his show and ability to get the crowd involved in what he did, but only gave him 6/10 for the songs, partly due to the fact that she didnt know a lot of them(she has none of his albums and only knows his singles catalogue), so average out those scores and i guess her rating for him came out a respectable 8/10!
she hasnt scored The Hollies but she enjoyed it, so it got a pass mark from her tonight!
NEXT SHOW ON THE LIST...NEIL FINN IN MID MARCH!
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.