SATURDAY NIGHT saw the arrival in London of the "Heat On The
Streets" package tour.
Moon and Boxer both had the chance to win over the 2,000 or so
members of the audience, but neither of them succeeded. Moon failed
because they were out of place in a theatre the size of the Rainbow, and
their style of funk / rock just didn’t lift off. Boxer, though, should’ve
known better than to serve up a set of sub-standard 12 bar blues tunes.
With a line up that boasts top class players like Mike Patto, Tim Bogart
and Chris Stainton you would expect them to have some original ideas.
Crawler on the other hand showed plenty of imagination. They really
started to send the shivers up the back with ‘You Are My Saviour’, a
slow number that built in feeling and emotion as quickly as Geoff
Whitehorn ripped out molten steel guitar licks. Whitehorn’s playing
still has rough edges though and he needs to overcome his shyness. He
doesn’t try to copy the style of the late Paul Kossoff, the original
leader of Crawler. He pushes his own style to the fore.
Crawler’s set included ‘You And Me’, ‘Just So Long’ and ‘Castana
Dreamer’. With ‘Castana Dreamer’, they could possibly have a hit
single on their hands. NIGEL MORTON
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