Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!h-sc1!lsmith From: lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (Liz Smith) Newsgroups: net.music.gdead Subject: Re: KOKOMO !! Message-ID: <534@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 14:37:15 EDT Article-I.D.: h-sc1.534 Posted: Thu Aug 15 14:37:15 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 08:17:18 EDT Reply-To: lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (Liz Smith) Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 40 In article <242@lzwi.UUCP> dsl@lzwi.UUCP (D.S.LERNER) writes: > > I saw KOKOMO two nights ago at the Metro in North Brunswick, > N.J. They were very tight. Brent and Billy were great. > . . etc. I saw Kokomo two nights ago at The Paradise in Boston, and left quite early - I thought they were lousy! Max Creek (they play "in the style of the Grateful Dead") opened for them, and although they played only a short set, they were excellent as usual. Their last song 'Situation' was great ! (I've seen them countless times and recommend them highly) Everyone was dancing and having a good time. Then Kokomo came on, and the dance floor thinned out . . . I suppose they're competent enough musicians, but their songs were just standard hard rock fare - with little to no originality and alot of LOUD guitar. The only selection I heard that did not make me hold my ears was a standard bluesy number (a la 'Little Red Rooster' but not as interesting) that failed to hold my attention due to its standard-ness, and certainly didn't make up for all the other noise we were subjected to. My friends and I thought that most of the deadhead crowd they had attracted with Max Creek and Mydland/Kreutzman would be disappointed with the type of music - have any of the rest of you seen them? What did you think? I thought they lacked all the blues/soul/country/spacey/etc. influences that make the Dead what they are, and lacked much else that makes a band worth listening to. > Dave Margen is a great bassist. He jammed on Dark Star so heavily that I > almost didn't recognize it was Dark Star. Hardly a recommendation . . . > The Dead songs they played were mostly Brent tunes except > for Casey Jones. Only, they didn't play them like the Dead > plays them. Each song was played faster and more like the > way Brent likes to play them. Maybe that was the problem ! Liz Smith 'Nothing left to do but SMILE SMILE SMILE'