Farmington Review

[jean l delacour]

>
> >
> > BLUE OYSTER CULT
> > Survivor
> > Georgia Satellites
> >
> > McGee Park Coliseum
> > Farmington, NM
> > 96-03-23
> >
> >
> > Stairway To The Stars
> > Dr. Music
> > ETI
> > Before The Kiss, A Redcap
> > Buck's Boogie
> > Cities On Flame
> > Last Days Of May
> > Burnin' For You
> > Godzilla
> > Don't Fear The Reaper
> >
> > The Red & THe Black
> >
> >
> >
> >   Although I love the intimacy of small clubs, It was great to see BOC in a
> > large venue again.  The McGee Park Coliseum holds about 5,000, but approx-
> > imately 2,500 were in attendance.  It is also interesting to point out that
> > there were ALOT of teenagers at this show.  But what else is there to do in
> > Farmington on a Saturday night, right?
> >
> >   We arrived at the venue quite early (5:30PM), which Jean always seems to
> > find somewhat annoying.  She understands that BOC is and has always been
> > my favorite band, so she puts up with alot of my "nerdiness" because she
> > loves me.  There were no floor seats in the venue.  Instead, the arena
> > floor was covered with dirt and a double chain-link fence stretched right
> > down the middle which separated the alcohol section form the non-alcohol
> > sections.  A pretty cool idea if you stop to think about it; the party-
> > goers can go nuts and the under 21 crowd can go nuts.  Alot of older
> > fans brought their sons and daughters to the show and sat at the non-al-
> > coholic section, which I thought was cool.  "Now kids, let your Ma & I
> > show you what a REAL rock band sounds like!!!".
> >
> >
> >   The set was rather short, but the energy level was high and they look-
>   as though they were having a great time.  John O'Rielly seems to be gett-
>   ing into the groove more these days, and Danny Miranda just keeps getting
>   better and better.  I hope that Danny stays with the band for a long time.
>
>
> >   After the show, we were able to get backstage and hung out with Buck,
>   Eric, and some fanclub members that came all the way from CA and AZ to
> > see the show.  Allen was wandering around the stage looking spaced out
>   as always after the show.  Perhaps he dropped or lost something?
> >
> >   I never tire of seeing BOC live.  We may get into heated arguments
>   over why no new CD has been out yet, or how "terrible" they have been
>   to former members.  However, BOC can still rock better than just about
> > any band out there.  And besides, it's only rock and roll, and I like
>   it.....
>
>   Manuel
>
>   Jean Delacour
> > University of New Mexico
> > Parish Library
> > Alb, NM 87131-1496
> > delacour at unm.edu