| Posted: June 09, 2017
Garry Tallent live at Glee Club
A coup for Glee to get Bruce Springsteen's bass player on election night. Tallent is the only remaining original member of the E Street Band (unless you count the boss himself).
A youthful 67, Garry might seem old to be launching a solo career, but Bruce isn't touring. And no expense is spared. The Tennessee Terror has brought along renowned singer/songwriter Kevin Montgomery to open for him.
Montgomery, whose dad used to partner Buddy Holly, pays tribute to Holly with Heartbeat and a lovely Flower of my Heart. He does a nice Bruce cover, but it's his own songs that shine most. Close your eyes and you could be listening to early Eagles ballads.
Unlike Montgomery, Garry Tallent doesn't have a great voice, but he has a terrific, six-piece band. Particularly guitarist Eddie Angel, a veteran with craggy good looks that could see him cast in Twin Peaks.
We get an instrumental before Garry takes the stage with Bayou Love.
That title tells you a lot about what to expect: rockabilly with an occasional Cajun bent. Accordion and violin feature. The album's called Break Time and that's what Garry's on: a break. He's having fun with old friends, including Christy Rose on occasional vocals. Songs have titles like Ants in Your Pants and Ooh La La.
Garry tells stories about working with people like Duane Eddy and Robert Gordon. He plays two songs he wrote with Southside Johnny. He also pays tribute to Chuck Berry and Levon Helm.
The highlights of the evening, for me, were three instrumentals.
Mid-set we got a wonderful version of The Shadows' Apache and The Ventures' Walk Don't Run, both featuring Eddy Angel to great effect.
For the third and final encore of the hour fifty show, they pull out The Tornados' Telstar. Wonderful.
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