Albuquerque, 4-15-97 Review

[jean l delacour]

BOC-L Folks,


BLUE OYSTER CULT

Midnight Rodeo, Albuquerque, NM

April 15th, 1997


Setlist;

Stairway
Before the Kiss
ETI
Harvest Moon
Buck's Boogie
The Vigil
Live for Me
Last Days Of May
Cites On Flame
In Thee
Burnin'
'Zilla
The Reaper

Golden Age
Red & Black


  Basically, BOC STILL kick ass!!!  Even with the condition of Eric's
voice, the band as a whole played tight, energetic and very enthusiastic.
Buck was riding high on the heels of his solo shows in Atlanta, and his
solo for Last Days Of May was, to say the least, breath-taking!!  Eric's
voice still does not sound completely "recovered", but he played a solid
rhy. guitar & keyboards.  He acted more like an M.C., as he introduced
most of the songs and did most of the between song chatter.  Allen seemed
to be having a good time and actually smiled throughout the show.  He had an
impressive guitar solo before In Thee.  Danny keeps living out his rock n'
roll fantasy, and I actually like B. Rodenelli's aggressive style of playing
the drums.

  After the show, Buck came out and recognized Jean & I and even gave
her (Jean) a kiss and a warm hug.  Buck is truly a VERY NICE person in add-
ition to being one of the greatest guitarists in the world. Eric was very
warm and funny, then mentioned that he was only able to get on the monthly
chat line for about 5 min.

  All in all, BOC STILL ROCK BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE CAN!!!!!!  The funny
thing is that I don't listen to too muck R&R.  I prefer Spanish, TexMex,
Oldies, and blues, but BOC keep my rock flame burnin'!!!!

God bless....



Manuel &


Jean Delacour
University of New Mexico
Parish Library
Alb, NM 87131-1496
delacour at unm.edu