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(TV) miserable old sod



"I approach Tom Verlaine with trepidation, as I would with any act labelled
a guitar legend. For instance, Bernard Butler is possibly the best
guitarist of his generation but as he has shown, its no good if you dont
play it on any decent tunes. The dragged out slide guitar intro to his first
song and grumpy complaints about dry ice dont fill me with confidence.

Verlaine and friend Johnny Rep are the only two on stage and both play
guitar with Verlaine singing. Unlike Jim Eldon earlier there are no quirks
to entertain, no hints that here is a thoroughly nice chap, yet we are
supposed to worship at his feet because he can play a bit. By 90 seconds
into the introduction of the 3rd song Im casting envious glances at the
young kids playing football. He didnt play Marquee Moon of course, the
miserable old sod."

extracted from:

http://www.efestivals.co
uk/festivals/others2006/latitude/reviews-overview-day3.shtml

Glenn C.
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