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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Status Quo |
| Date | Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:46:55 -0600 |
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From what I read in some old 80's article the band hates all their early
Psychedelic era music, they only recorded it because it was the current
trend and to get a record contract.
Like a lot of UK groups they were popular all over the world EXCEPT the
good-old USA. My guess is they probably toured many times "south of the
boarder" and built up a big fan following in Latin American countries. BTW
besides a cassette of "Blue for You" I never really heard much of their
repertoire - is there a good compilation anywhere??
Billy
At 10:18 AM 2/27/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Last night I saw Status Quo at The House Of Blues. For a bunch of geezers
>those guys can still rock! They had a slew of white Marshall stacks, one of
>which blew a fuse during a song (I guess they must have had it turned up to
>11). They did 20 songs from throughout their career (although no "Pictures
>of Matchstick Men", which disappointed me and I'm sure a few others in the
>crowd), and it all sounded great. Their brand of boogie is the easy
>listening equivalent of hard rock, meaning it's very simple and easy to
>digest...and lots of fun!
>
>The Waking Hours opened, and were excellent; after a time they started to
>win over the Quo-rum.
>
>The one curiousity was that there was a huge contingent of Hispanics in the
>crowd, and they were clearly there to see Status Quo. I hadn't realized
>that the band had tapped into that market. Does anyone know how or when
>that happened?
>--
>Pop Rules!!!!!
>Take Care,
>David
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