Live Review: Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra's boots still fitting: Aidin Vaziri | She walks out onstage wearing black aviator glasses, vinyl snakeskin pants and a bulky leather jacket she eventually removes to reveal an enormous lightning bolt necklace. She makes weird hand gestures. She says, "I'm Nancy, let's get friendly." How could we not? The set leans heavily on the bikini years, as her band -- including drummer Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello's Imposters and pianist Don Randi, a former member of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew -- charges through stomping, go-go era hits like "How Does That Grab You, Darlin' " and "The Last of the Secret Agents." There are surprises, as well, in the form of glassy-eyed readings of Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chamber's "Barricades and Brick Walls" and Art Garfunkel's "99 Miles From L.A." Both work primarily because they inspire just enough people to look at each other and go, "What the f -- ?
posted by Aidin at Monday, November 08, 2004
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