Completely non-comic-related: Another concert report!
My wife and I saw Brian Wilson in concert at the Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills over the weekend. He sang a lot of Beach Boys hits, and some songs from his new album coming out later this year. He sounded great, and so did his band!
(This seems to be a good summer for concerts so far!)
In a newspaper article before last night’s Glass Prism reunion concert, they said they hoped that they wouldn’t just be good enough, but that they’d be better than good enough.
The concert was amazing – they were fantastic! From the way they played, you’d never know they broke up 37 years ago. They played some appropriate covers (Procol Harum, Cream, etc.), started off their original material with a song from “On Joy And Sorrow,” played most of the “Poe through the Glass Prism” album, and played some new Poe-based songs. I hope they’re thinking of recording a new album, or at least an EP with the new songs from the concert! It all confirmed the evidence from the two albums, that these guys should have been huge.
(So, yes… They were much better than good enough!)
File this one under “Bands I never thought I’d get to see” – I’ve got my tickets for the Glass Prism concert at the Scranton Cultural Center tomorrow!
(It’s not the first time they’ve played there – they opened for Vanilla Fudge there about 40 years ago!)
They recorded two albums for RCA – Their first album, “Poe through the Glass Prism,” was released in 1969, and featured (as you might expect from the title) the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe set to rock music. “The Raven” was released as a single, and was a big hit locally. They wrote their own lyrics for the second album, “On Joy And Sorrow,” released in 1970, but the sound was still similar – guitar, bass, drums, and organ. From what I’ve read, they’ll be playing a 90-minute set, with songs from both albums, and some new material.
(And hopefully Ebb won’t steal the tickets on me!)
Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of the Dave Clark Five, has died of pneumonia at the age of 64, less than two weeks before the group’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Happy Beethoven’s Birthday!