Alan Davey

[Dave Berry]

On 24 Jan 18:40, Carl E. Anderson wrote:
> >           and they will likely perform just the same old things
> >           or things that they are totally comfortable with...
>
>         Yeah, I would be more worried about this if it didn't already seem
> to be the case.  I fear we're into a downward trend that won't reverse :(

Er, didn't they produce a studio album only 14 months ago?  That's the
fourth this decade, excluding two solo albums and an album under a different
name.  And they're working on another.  OK, so it's not an album a year,
but it's not like they're Blue Oyster Cult or something :-).

Then there are three live albums (+ at least one more that started off
unofficial and then became official), most of which include a couple of
new tracks (if only instrumentals).

Best of all, when they do play old tracks, they don't just stick to a
set menu of standards.  OK, they play Assassins in most gigs, but who's
complaining about that?

I do agree that a little bit more rock would not go amiss, and the
backing tracks probably mean they don't jam as much as they used to.
But this hardly merits remarks as negative as those above, IMO.

Dave.
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