I have my list of my four or five Most Disappointing Concerts. And T. Rex is on that list Always liked their records. But live? Meh. It was 1975 in a little club in Cleveland (which I guess was already a sign of their downward fortunes). . . Mark Bolan was noted as a glam rocker kinda guy. But at that point, he just looked like a scruffy, disheveled little hippie with a little bit of a pot belly. Worst of all, his very cool singing voice on records was sort of bland, flat and tuneless live. And the nice groove he got into on records was most definitely a rut when you heard them live. At least that night. It was just sort of mindless, middle-of-the-road boogie music. He had a black chick on keyboards. And you got the feeling that the only reason she was in the band was to sort of show: Hey-arent-I-cool-I-got-a-black-chick-in-my-band. Or maybe she was a girlfriend. But she didnt seem to do much. Bolan sort of staggered around the stage pointlessly, like he was drunk or bored or just going through the motions. . . One of those kind of shows. For all I know, he killed it the next night (sometimes you just catch somebody on a bad night). But I doubt it . . . Shortly after the show Mark Bolan died in a car crash. I think he was drunk and hit a tree or something. Thats show business for you!
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:24:10 +0000
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