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sheryl-crew-digest       Friday, August 17 2001       Volume 04 : Number 216



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  [sheryl-crew] Billings, MT concert                          [EAO77@aol.com]

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:28:20 EDT
From: EAO77@aol.com
Subject: [sheryl-crew] Billings, MT concert

Did any of you go to Sheryl's show in Montana?  I did and it was great.  Here 
is the review from the local newspaper.  If anyone wants more details let me 
know.  I don't want to bore the whole list.  

Erin : )

Review: Crow rocks the house at MontanaFair 
By JACQUELINE JOHNSON
Of The Gazette Staff 
Sheryl Crow paid homage to her musical influences during her show MontanaFair 
appearance Saturday at Metra, performing songs by the likes of Queen, Guns 
bnb Roses and Bob Dylan. 

In the first of three encore numbers, Crow introduced a Cheap Trick song by 
telling her fans, bI want you to want me.b There was no question about that. 
The audience of 3,500 people were on their feet from the first few licks of 
the opening number, bWalk Awayb to the raucous finale an hour and a half 
later. 

Crow managed to bang out a few riffs on her guitar Saturday and blew a mean 
harmonica. But it was her voice, with its leathery blend of wisdom and 
wonder, that kept the audience on its feet and begging for more. 

Flinging her mane of sandy brown hair and kicking up her heels at any chance 
she got, Crow reveled in the music. And her audience was as caught up in the 
music as Crow was. Her live sound is as raw and lean as rock bnb roll gets. 
With all the fun of a garage band and the passion of her classical roots, 
Crow and her six-piece band dressed the stage at Metra not with their outfits 
or their props but with the pure power of rock bnbroll. 

Crow sang most of her biggest hits including bMy Favorite Mistake,b bThere 
Goes the Neighborhood,b "Strong Enoughb and the Grammy winning bAll I Wanna 
Do.b But it was her cover tunes including bGuns bnb Rosesb bSweet Child of 
Mineb that had an edge to them that brought the house down. 

As a performer, Crow has a style that belies her petite frame and her rather 
plain threads. Both she and her band were dressed in jeans and boots and the 
propless stage was refreshing, allowing the band to show off its music and 
not some light show. Crow chatted easily with her audience, admitting to them 
that she blew a line in her song bIf It Makes You Happy.b Even though the 
song was one of the highlights of the show, Crow finished the piece by saying 
bOkay Ibve screwed up the words already this evening. We spent a great day 
today on the Crow Reservation. I got to the part in the song about Geronimo 
and my brain left me.b 

And this woman was named Best Female Vocalist and received the Record of the 
Year award in 1993. We wouldnbt have cared if shebd said General Custer on 
the lyric. 


Updated: Sun Aug 12 01:38:46 CDT 2001 Central Time
Copyright B) The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.

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