Review: The Fab Faux at the Bowery Ballroom on Monday, October 8th 2001
(Photo & treatment Copyright © 2002 Martin Brooks)
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The Fab Faux gig was amazing. Although all of the Fab Faux shows have been great, I think this one was the best. All of the musicians were in peak form and the sound mix was also great, although (as usual) much too loud. The Bowery Ballroom was packed, but this was probably due in part to the fact that they had to cancel the Tuesday night shows because the BB needed the room for the CMJ music festival.
For the first time, they included songs from John Lennon's solo career, in celebration of his birthday. I especially liked Jealous Guy, which has an incredibly beautiful melody, Imagine, which was very appropriate for these times and What You Got, which I was less familiar with, although I must have it on an album somewhere. It sounded to me like it could have been recorded by James Brown and you usually don't associate any of the Beatles with writing songs that would be appropriate for James Brown. One of the other highlights of the night was Jimmy's guitar solo on Yer' Blues.
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For those who care about these things, Jimmy was dressed in psychedelic early Young Rascals garb. He wore an oversized beret, a purple-ish (hard to tell under the colored lights) oversized shirt, not tucked in, patterned with inkblots as well as a purple velvet vest.
Jerry Vivino was part of the horn section and was dressed totally in black, as was all the members of the "Hogshead Horns", which also included Lew Soloff and either Tom Malone or Lou Marini (I forget which) as well as one other player.
If you care about Jimmy as a musician or if you just care about great music, you have got to see this show. They'll be back Dec 18 and 19th when they'll perform the entire White Album.
Here's the set list as posted on the Fab Faux site:
THE FAB FAUX BOWERY BALLROOM 10/8/01
SET I
GLASS ONION
ELEANOR RIGBY
AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
THE WORD
IT WONT BE LONG
SHE SAID SHE SAID
BABY YOURE A RICH MAN
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
TAXMAN
NOT A SECOND TIME
I WANT YOU (SHES SO HEAVY)
LADY MADONNA
PENNY LANE
GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
I AM THE WALRUS
HELTER SKELTER
SET II
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
INSTANT KARMA (WE ALL SHINE ON)
JEALOUS GUY
GIMME SOME TRUTH
HOW
IMAGINE
WHAT YOU GOT
OH! DARLING
TELL ME WHY
DEAR PRUDENCE
DRIVE MY CAR
HELP!
CRY BABY CRY
YER BLUES
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
LET IT BE
GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END
HER MAJESTY
ENCORE:
REVOLUTION
BAD BOY
MORE REVIEWS....
- THE VIVINO BROTHERS SHOW, The Bottom Line, NYC
- Vivino Brothers Blues Band CD
- Ed Palmero's Big Band with guests Jimmy Vivino
- Rick Walsh reviews The Funky Faculty at Sculler's Jazz Club