Elvis Costello/The Replacements
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Elvis had just released his Mighty Like a Rose album (which kicked off his '90s "wandering in the wilderness" period) about a month prior, and we were playing "The Other Side of Summer" quite a lot at WHTG. I had seen Elvis live before in two very memorable concerts (on the spinning songwheel tour in '86, and an outdoor show on Elvis' birthday in '89), so I was psyched to catch him again. The tour was dubbed the "Come Back in a Million Years Tour 1991," and it would feel like a million years before I was to see him live again.
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As icing on the cake, The Replacements were, somewhat oddly, the opening act for the show. I had just seen The 'Mats back in March, and they were terrific, so seeing them yet again would also welcome. I had no idea that drummer Chris Mars had already left the band (replaced on tour by Steve Foley, who later worked with Tommy Stinson's Bash & Pop as well as Brenda Kahn) and that within a week and a half this group which helped to define my late '80s existence would be no more.
In retrospect, Westerberg and Co. concluded their show quite appropriately (since they would break up after a concert on July 4th). They pulled out the title song from 1983's Hootenanny as their final number, and, conjuring the spirit of the original recording (despite only two band members remaining from the album version), they swapped instruments while playing to finish off the song in wonderfully clunky fashion.
And so--for me--ended an era.
My friend Kathy and had decided to head into Manhattan, catch this show and then cruise downtown to hopefully see some of King Missile at their Marquee show opening up for Bongwater.
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Elvis had just released his Mighty Like a Rose album (which kicked off his '90s "wandering in the wilderness" period) about a month prior, and we were playing "The Other Side of Summer" quite a lot at WHTG. I had seen Elvis live before in two very memorable concerts (on the spinning songwheel tour in '86, and an outdoor show on Elvis' birthday in '89), so I was psyched to catch him again. The tour was dubbed the "Come Back in a Million Years Tour 1991," and it would feel like a million years before I was to see him live again.
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As icing on the cake, The Replacements were, somewhat oddly, the opening act for the show. I had just seen The 'Mats back in March, and they were terrific, so seeing them yet again would also welcome. I had no idea that drummer Chris Mars had already left the band (replaced on tour by Steve Foley, who later worked with Tommy Stinson's Bash & Pop as well as Brenda Kahn) and that within a week and a half this group which helped to define my late '80s existence would be no more.In retrospect, Westerberg and Co. concluded their show quite appropriately (since they would break up after a concert on July 4th). They pulled out the title song from 1983's Hootenanny as their final number, and, conjuring the spirit of the original recording (despite only two band members remaining from the album version), they swapped instruments while playing to finish off the song in wonderfully clunky fashion.
And so--for me--ended an era.
My friend Kathy and had decided to head into Manhattan, catch this show and then cruise downtown to hopefully see some of King Missile at their Marquee show opening up for Bongwater.
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Labels: Elvis Costello, MSG, New York, NY, Replacements
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