THE JOHN ENTWISTLE BAND
Left For Live (J-Bird)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Right up there with the Bill Wyman band. Poor John, seems all the money the Who have generated throughout the ages have gone to replacing broken equipment or up various nostrils. How else do you explain his need to dust off them bones and hitch a ride with young prog rocksters for a dicey tour (half the shows weren't booked)? Attendance for said tour means you probably weren't privy to the bombastic seventies style exploits that is The John Entwistle Band experience, but hold on chump, you ain't getting off so lightly, cuz here's a live recording to haunt you. 68 minutes of vamped up schlock, highlighted by Godfrey (just a "Peter" and an "h" away) Townsend's squealy solo-happy guitar, tweaked by the solo-happy drumming of Steve Luongo and the slick solo-happy synth tinkling of Gordon Cotten. Which leads us to the question of just what the hell is John Entwistle doing here? He's about as present as the Doors bass player (one, two ....). Bet this one sails further than a hockey puck.

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