His songs still remind me of high school. Glad I saw him live.
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I have been to a ton of REK shows. Not all have been great performances, but I have been to many more good ones than bad ones. The venue and the crowd seem to have alot to do with how well he performs.
One of the greatest shows I have ever seen was REK at the Corona Club in Acuña circa 2001.
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I love this music and I have seen him many times I will say this that the last couple times there seem to be a little bit of a lackluster feel to it. One has to wonder if an artist like that gets in a funk… I mean could you imagine having to get your 66 year old a** out in front of a crowd of drunk fraternity brothers and sing “the road goes on forever and the party never ends” one more time? You would start to feel like a cartoon of yourself.
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I quit going to his live shows when he started getting heavy into bluegrass, which I hate. The live shows were legendary back in the day, I saw him from Gruene Hall, to Bass Hall, and they were all great. The city Limits in Stephenville about ‘98 or so was as good as any show I’ve seen….we were handing him beers up on stage and he was bumming smokes from my buddy. It was wild, he sweated through a shirt in no time, and hardly slowed down for 2 hours.
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Originally posted by Dale Moser View PostI quit going to his live shows when he started getting heavy into bluegrass, which I hate. The live shows were legendary back in the day, I saw him from Gruene Hall, to Bass Hall, and they were all great. The city Limits in Stephenville about ‘98 or so was as good as any show I’ve seen….we were handing him beers up on stage and he was bumming smokes from my buddy. It was wild, he sweated through a shirt in no time, and hardly slowed down for 2 hours.
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Just poking…. We all have our tastes.
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Originally posted by camoclad View PostGreatest Americana singer/writer of all time. Better catch him while you can so you can tell your grandkids you saw the equivalent of Willie, Merle, George(s) and Hank.
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Last year, I was disappointed when he (purportedly by owner) had the Coupland Inn and Dancehall pack the dance floor with tables. Im not unaccustomed to honky tonking in tight quarters but that **** seemed UnTexan….down right Californicated Communism.
Maybe he is truly and simply tired of seeing Californians and Yankees packing the venues and wearing theyre Ca-boy hats backwards.
Aging singers all circle back around to the dance hall or listening rooms eventually when the coiffer gets skinny or they get existentialist. Charlie Robison may be the exception.
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