The Tuesday Morning “Nobody-Asked-Me-To, But-Here-I-Go-Anyway” Concert Review – Mel Tillis, and Roy Clark…
(or, Why I Will Never Be A Professional Concert Reviewer…)
Alright, go ahead…get it out of your system. Yuk it up, fuzzball!
(or, Why I Will Never Be A Professional Concert Reviewer…)
Alright, go ahead…get it out of your system. Yuk it up, fuzzball!
That’s right, last night Mrs. That Dan Guy and I went to go see two living legends of country music – Roy Clark and Mel Tillis. Being fans of country music for considerably longer than the average Hot Country blip on the landscape, we just couldn’t miss catching these two old cats…And they put on a heck of a show for the old farts that shuffled in to see them.
Now, I will admit, aside from a few middle-aged children accompanying their senior parents, we were indeed the youngest members of the audience in attendance. As a matter of fact, it kind-of looked a bit like a toupee factory in the concert hall. Who cares? This was our first chance ever to see them, and that we did indeed.
First up, the legendary Roy Clark. Come on, the guy used to play with Hank Williams! That’s worth some cred right there. Plus the dude can still pick a mean guitar, which he did all night long. All with the sort-of down-home good natured humour you’d expect from the former co-host of Hee-Haw, which I used to watch regularly with my dad. The crowd ate it up, especially during hits like “Thank God & Greyhound, You’re Gone”.
You know, he looks a bit like William Shatner…
At one point, he even asked a band member to “fetch me my fiddle”, and he zipped through a lively version of “Orange Blossom Special”. Age and a recent hip replacement don’t seem to be slowing him down at all, despite his frequent self-deprecating references to age. I’m not sayin’ he’s old, but I’m pretty sure he played background music during The Last Supper. I don’t want to suggest that he’s been around a while, but the first cruise ship he played on was captained by Noah…
After Roy, Mel Tillis took the stage. 600 other artists have covered his songs (I did not know that, before I read the program), so he had a heck of a time trying to squeeze in even a fraction of his catalogue. But he did, in between the classic banter with the audience, which highlights his speech impediment – a stutter that has made him famous, and rather well off. He likes to tell jokes, and I have to say, we laughed our cabooses off in spite of the dust on the punch-lines.
One great night, two great showmen that still have it - we loved it!!
Chow for now!!
Now, I will admit, aside from a few middle-aged children accompanying their senior parents, we were indeed the youngest members of the audience in attendance. As a matter of fact, it kind-of looked a bit like a toupee factory in the concert hall. Who cares? This was our first chance ever to see them, and that we did indeed.
First up, the legendary Roy Clark. Come on, the guy used to play with Hank Williams! That’s worth some cred right there. Plus the dude can still pick a mean guitar, which he did all night long. All with the sort-of down-home good natured humour you’d expect from the former co-host of Hee-Haw, which I used to watch regularly with my dad. The crowd ate it up, especially during hits like “Thank God & Greyhound, You’re Gone”.
You know, he looks a bit like William Shatner…
At one point, he even asked a band member to “fetch me my fiddle”, and he zipped through a lively version of “Orange Blossom Special”. Age and a recent hip replacement don’t seem to be slowing him down at all, despite his frequent self-deprecating references to age. I’m not sayin’ he’s old, but I’m pretty sure he played background music during The Last Supper. I don’t want to suggest that he’s been around a while, but the first cruise ship he played on was captained by Noah…
After Roy, Mel Tillis took the stage. 600 other artists have covered his songs (I did not know that, before I read the program), so he had a heck of a time trying to squeeze in even a fraction of his catalogue. But he did, in between the classic banter with the audience, which highlights his speech impediment – a stutter that has made him famous, and rather well off. He likes to tell jokes, and I have to say, we laughed our cabooses off in spite of the dust on the punch-lines.
One great night, two great showmen that still have it - we loved it!!
Chow for now!!
PS - and I'm not making this up - the Word Verification code today is "proonj".
Prune Juice?????? Too funny!!
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