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Styx / REO Speedwagon
Roll With The Changes (Jam Version)
Album: Arch Allies - Live At Riverport
Genres: Rock
Midwestern arena-rock nostalgia, served live with an extra helping of cheese! Too bad Dennis DeYoung chose to sit this one out! |
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"Hey Kevin," shouts Styx's Tommy Shaw in scripted-stage-banter mode, "Whaddaya say we do one of yours?" That's the cue for Kevin Cronin and his fellow Speedwagons to amble onto the stage, and for the sold-out St. Louis crowd to go absolutely apeshit. Originally released on 1978's appallingly-titled You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tune A Fish, "Roll With The Changes" is really the perfect vehicle for a multi-band jam, thanks to its exuberant feel and flexible structure. The back-slapping shouts of encouragement ("Take it, JY!") are predictably cheesy, but everyone seems to be having a good time playing together, and the brief musical duels (Styx lead guitarist James Young vs. REO axeman Dave Amato; REO organist Neil Doughty vs. Styx keyboardist Lawrence Gowan, etc.) do generate some occasional sparks. The big bummer, though, is the fact that the absence of Styx vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung deprives us of a true "Battle of the Rock Liberaces" with his REO counterpart Cronin. I guess you've gotta roll with the changes, of course, but DeYoung's flamboyant presence would have really put this baby over the top.
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Dan Epstein |
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Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.
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A complete rip off of songs already recorded live in 1978, and multiple other times on over a dozen albums.
Music Critic
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for Styx / REO Speedwagon
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All Music Guide: Styx
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Official Styx Site
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Official REO Speedwagon Site
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All Music Guide: REO Speedwagon
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REO Speedwagon - The Original UK Site
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