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ObserverArt3/10/2018 8:18:29 am PST

re: #178 makeitstop

We went out to Port Chester last night and saw Elvis Costello & The Imposters. It was everything I expected it to be and more. The core band is mostly the old Attractions (Pete Thomas on drums and the incredible Steve Nieve on keyboards, with Davey Faragher on bass in place of Steve Thomas).

If they come close to your neck of the woods and you like the early Attractions stuff, I urge you to go. The show was mostly from the first three albums, the Two Tone singles (he did ‘I Can’t Stand Up’ and ‘Girls Talk’ pretty much straight away), a couple of brand new tunes. Just about every hit.

Declan was a much more crowd-friendly front man than I remember, joking with the crowd and telling stories between songs. And Steve Nieve is without a doubt one of the best musicians I’ve ever seen live. He played all the organ and synth stuff, but his work on the grand piano was just jaw-dropping.

And Costello did actual guitar solos, which cracked me up! He would have been drummed out of the New Wave Club for soloing back in the day, but he was working his effects and jumping on the wah-wah pedal like Hendrix. And he had his two AC-30s cranked, which got big bonus points from an old volume hog like me. :)

The shows may have just been a short NYC-based run (one night in Brooklyn and 3 in Port Chester), but if he takes this on the road, just go. Your inner New Wave fan will thank me later.

Sounds about like the show I saw with him back a few years ago here in Columbus. He is not the angry sullen Elive of his youth. He is now a master and comfortable with it.

I always have liked Elvis’ guitar work. He has his own style, but it works with his tunes.

And Stevie is great. I wonder what Elvis’ tunes would have sounded like all these years had he not had Steve by his side the whole way. I almost see Nieve as his arranger, because his keyboard parts make so many of the tunes. They are a great partnership.