![]() ![]() The Gaines album briefly got to #2 on the Billboard chart but retailers had over-ordered and nobody was happy. ![]() ![]() To support the album Brooks performed in character on SNL and appeared as Gaines in an hour-long episode of the VH1 TV series Behind The Music. Throwing caution to the wind, the balding Brooks donned a spiky wig, sucked in his cheeks and released the Chris Gaines Greatest Hits album, a platter laden with pop-rock cliches. But all was not well in paradise.īrooks was bored and unhappy with the endless touring and strait-jacketed country format so he basically went mad and commenced a project wherein he would portray a fictional Australian rock star named Chris Gaines. In 1999 US country music megastar Garth Brook was the biggest name in American popular music, riding high with a string of multi-platinum albums behind him. Contact him at Follow on Twitter, on Instagram.Adoption of a persona can sometimes have unintended consequences of a severely negative nature. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at /podcasts. John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. And a piece of Las Vegas history to forever stand alone. It was a unique, one-of-a-kind night.” Morning, too. Phillips said, “I thought there would be absolutely nobody around for the last set, but people were still out there. “That was a lot harder than I thought it would be,” she said. There were three set breaks, but it was still a heck of a challenging assignment. We have a groover! #RJNow /19GEhg9X7LĪfterward, Lynch rubbed her feet and said her voice was giving out from the four-hour performance. For verification and examples, check the video and photos from my social-media feeds. The crowd bobbed and weaved, and took on a more, um, colorful quality late in the night. At its peak, the crowd milling in front of that stage was shoulder-to-shoulder, and the same was evident at Main Street and 1st Street (official numbers are not yet available). Phillips’ band has played FSE’s primary 3rd Street Stage for nine years. “After the past year, I’m barely to make it to 4 p.m., let alone 4 a.m. “I’m just glad to be off the couch and out of the house,” Zowie Bowie front man Chris Phillips said. It was a show to knock off the dust, for sure. So are the three bands that performed late Monday and early Tuesday. Crush, Rock Steady, the Tony Marques Band, Velvet Elvis and 80’s Station are in the reopening lineup. #RJNow #VegasVille /DazYvDsFQnĪlso, FSE’s return of live entertainment (discounting the sidewalk buskers, allowed to perform the throughout COVID reopening) continues Tuesday night. entrance, w/ requisite showgirls and pyro action. The first bands announced are 3 Doors Down and Seether, with the full lineup in the offing.įor the first time in a long time … ignites w/ live music. As always, there was no cover for these musically muscular cover bands.Īt the start of the night, the D Las Vegas and Circa co-owner Derek Stevens and FSE President and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Simon took the stage, announcing the return of the FSE “Downtown Rocks” series. Whether planned or not, “Kickstart My Heart” was a natural selection for all of these bands, who kick-started live entertainment on the FSE after 15-month pandemic pause. So it was magic on Fremont Street once more, beginning at 12:01 a.m. closing chat w/ #JaimeLynch, and the odd interloper … #RJNow /JY5Ctmr3Ml I said at about 3 a.m., and she said, “We all played that song at the same time.” Backstage, I told the band what had happened, leading with, “You aren’t going to believe this …” when I reached “Kickstart My Heart,” singer Jaime Lynch stopped me with, “Wait, we sang that, too. Ten minutes after that, I wandered back to 3rd Street Stage at the D Las Vegas, where Zowie Bowie was between sets. ![]() #TheScene … Quick pre-show chat w/ Restart of live entertainment at 12:01 a.m. The sound of the Motley Crue classic being played separately actually blended between the two stages. Moments later, at Main Street Station, hair-metal cover band Spandex Nation broke into the same song. when rock-cover band Alter Ego broke into “Kickstart My Heart” on Fremont Street Experience’s 1st Street Stage. (John Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal) was six minutes before 3 a.m. Veteran Vegas party band Zowie Bowie performs on the Fremont Street Experience's 3rd Street Stage early morning on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. ![]()
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