THE DIAMONDS

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevega@yahoo.com

NOT WHAT I EXPECTED....BUT THEN I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

THIS A REINCARNATION OF A 50'S SINGIN GROUP... FAMOUS FOR "LITTLE DARLIN"

THEY ARE IN FOR THREE NIGHTS AT THE SOUTH POINT SHOWROOM....SOUTH LAS VEGAS STRIP........THEY BROKE THE HOUSE RECORD FOR STARTING EVERY SHOW ON TIME...THEY WERE 2 MINUTES LATE.

AFTER RESEARCH I LEARNED THAT THE GROUP NEVER DID ANY OF THEIR OWN MUSIC OR ANY ORIGINAL HITS....FIRST..........THEY RECREATED WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID IN THIS PERFORMANCE....SEEMED IRONIC AT THE START THAT THEY OPENED WITH "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN"....WHEN NEXT WEEK ON THIS STAGE WILL BE A PAUL MCCCARTNEY IMPERSONATION GROUP....WE GOT FRANKI VALLI...ELVIS..THE BIG BOPPER....RICHIE VALENS...BOBBY DARIN....THE BEACH BOYS....ALL MUSIC THAT ACTUALLY CAME AFTER THE 1953 BIRTH OF THE DIAMONDS.   OF COURSE FOR OLD FOLKS LIKE ME....ITS NEVER GOOD TO ADAPT...ALTER...UPDATE...JUICE OVER OR CHANGE THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THIS CLASSIC STUFF....WE LIKE IT PURE !

ACTUALLY, THE PLUS WAS....... ALL OF IT WAS MUSIC FROM THE TOP OF THE CHARTS...ALSO THE SOUTH POINT SOUND AND TECH WORK AT THE USUAL..... TOP OF THEIR GAME LEVEL.....ALWAYS A NICE LOOK IN HERE.

FOUR GUYS CAME OUT TO OPEN THE SHOW WITH TWO SAXOPHONES AND TWO TRUMBONES....THAT PLUS A PIANO AND A TOO LOUD DRUMMER....IT WAS ALL TOO LOUD ....IT ALMOST ALWAYS IS.

BLACK SHIRTS...BLACK PANTS AND "BOSH" RED BLAZERS WITH DIAMONDS ON THEM ....REALLY COOL.    THESE FOUR COULD REALLY SING AND DID ALTHOUGH I WAS EXPECTING STOOP....DOO OP.....AND GOT ONLY ONE FINE RAW SOUND EXAMPLE.

THIS INCLUDED TOO MUCH INANCE PRATER .....INCONSEQUENTALY A WASTE OF TIME WHEN MORE DOOP OP COULD HAVE BEEM INCLUDED....I THOUGHT THEY WOULD TARE THE GOALPOSTS DOWN !!

ACTUALLY I HAVE SEEN REINCARNATIONS OF "THE DIAMONDS" THE SONG PLAY LIST INCLUDED NONE OF WHAT CAME HERE.....MUSIC GOOD...NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE GET WITH THIS REBIRTH.

NEXT AT THE SOUTH POINT ...MCCARTNEY ...FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
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