by ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
NICE SHOW !
THIS THE ONE MONTH TRIALISH "RAY CHARLES" PRODUCTION AT THE VENETIAN !
THREE MINUTES LATE !
RECOMMENDED SEE ! RUNS THRU OCTOBERISH 702 414 9000
HERE.... RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO TONIGHTS SHOW !
TOO LOUD....TOO LOUD ....TOO LOUD....OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS TOO LOUD FOR US OLD PEOPLE AND NO DIFFERENT HERE.
THIS PRODUCTION A TRIBUTE TO RAY CHARLES...HIS MUSIC ...HIS LIFE...HIS HISTORY...PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
GREAT STARTER.....CLINT HOLMES....EVERYBODYS HERO....MINE INCLUDED....HE HOSTED AND SANG NUMEROUS NUMBERS...HE IS ALWAYS A WINNER AND REASON ENOUGH FOR A MUST SEE.
SOME PROBLEMS.....JUST TOO LOUD.....12 HORNS...17 PIECES.... BIG BAND SOUND AND YET ANOTHER PRODUCTION THAT COULD NICELY BE DONE WITHOUT A DRUMMER !
RAY CHARLES AS THE WORLD KNOWS PLAYED THE PIANO AND THIS SHOW ALTERED THE LYRICS ADDED VERSES AND OVERPOWERED HIS MUSIC....."TAKE 6" A NICE VOCAL GROUP COULD REALLY SING AND DID AND OFTEN HOWLED.....A RAY SAX PLAYER AND A RAY OPENING ACT SINGER AND THE "RAYLETTES" PLAYED ALONG AND HELPED THIS TIGHT PRODUCTION.
TOO LOUD....ANYTIME BACKUP MUSIC KILLS LYRICS YOU HAVE AN ISSUE...I DO ANYWAY AND I COULD ALWAYS JUST TAKE CLINT HOLMES SOLO AND BE REALLY REALLY HAPPY.
NO ONE IN THE WORLD IS SURE WHATS GOING ON HERE IN THIS 5 WEEK SHOW OVERPRICED AT $82 TO $250 TICKETS....WHO IS PAYING THAT AND WHY DID THEY ANNOUNCE A SHORT RUN....I LOVE NUMBERS BIG BAND 17...9 SINGERS AND A 15ISH MEMBER CHORUS....WHAT IS THE OVERHEAD HERE ?
MAYBE 200 IN THIS 2000ISH SEAT THEATRE !
LOVELY "PHANTOM" THEATRE AT THE VENETIAN....I JUST WENT IN AND CRYED NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE PHANTOM HERE.....LOVELY SOUND PRODUCTION AND LIGHTING PRODUCTION IN THIS 79 MINUTE TOO LOUD SHOW.
STILL LIKED IT.....
RAY CHARLES DID SOME GREAT MUSIC AND WE DID GET A ALTERED TASTE OF HIS SOUND HERE....ALTHO ALMOST WITHOUT PIANO !
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