Blasts from the past, but rock 'n' roll still lives; MUSIC Reelin' and a Rockin' Southport Theatre.Byline: Stan Woolley IT SOUNDS like a 1960s dream band line-up. Gerry Marsden, Mike d'Abo, Dave Berry The name Dave Berry could refer to:
No groups, just a handful of the great rock and roll lead singers from the legendary decade backed by the Big Beat Band. And, if all that wasn't enough, there was a brace of Nolan Sisters thrown in for good measure. The first half of the show was a "I wish I'd recorded that" sort of thing and there were good versions of Chantilly Lace Chantilly lace Lace made at Chantilly, north of Paris, from the 17th century. The silk laces that made the town famous date from the 18th century. Black, white, and blond lace (derived from natural silk) were made in the 19th century, and by 1840 machine-made imitations were from Brian Poole with Mike Pender turning in an equally fine performance of True Love Ways. I Hear You Knocking by Dave Berry was delivered in his typically eccentric manner, but it was Gerry Marsden who drew the biggest applause in the first half of the show for his gutsy guts·y adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang 1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky. 2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . rendition of Only Make Believe. After the interval, the two Nolan Sisters paid tribute to the late Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April, 1939–2 March, 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. She achieved her most notable success during the 1960s, with a successful comeback in the late 1980s. with six or so numbers made famous by the British pop diva. After this, the pace and the decibels were racked up still further as the show went into rock 'n' roll overdrive. All the singers were on their own turf now, performing numbers with which they had stormed the charts some 40 years ago. Mike Pender hadn't planned to sing Needles and Pins but the audience shouted for it - and got it. Dave Berry slowed things down briefly with spooky versions of Mama and Little Things but Gerry Marsden quickly cranked up the proceedings with energetic work-outs on I Like It and How Do You Do It? The inescapable Ferry 'Cross the Mersey and You'll Never Walk Alone eventually brought things to a close. They may be well stricken in years, but these pop veterans have proved once again that rock 'n' roll is here to stay. |
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