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'Yeah, Oh Yeah': Fans still love Jett's rock 'n' roll
from: LubbockOnline.com
JOAN JETT has always enjoyed a strong core following in Lubbock, dating back to the times she packed the rock 'n' roll club Rox. Saturday night's concert at the Fair Park Coliseum at the Panhandle-South Plains Fair was not even her first appearance on that unlikely stage.
Jett was a last-minute replacement for Stevie Ray Vaughan in September 1990, called in after Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash.
Saturday night's show, while not her most intense, may be one of her most memorable in Lubbock, if only because she now works her audiences with more than a snarl and a power chord.
Jett wasn't about to let a big concrete building affect her presentation. Instead, she had her crew move THOMMY PRICE's drum kit much closer to the front of the stage, and she played in close proximity to bass player Sam Yaffa and charismatic lead guitarist Doug ie Needles — effectively giving the impression of a crowded, small club stage when the lights went down.
Even then some might have been surprised by the tough, tight delivery of tunes. And to her credit, Jett helped local fans work past their rock shyness, giving them second and third chances to raise the volume on the simple "Yeah, Oh Yeah" crowd vocals while she sang "Do You Wanna Touch Me?"
It's possible that some didn't expect the lanky Needles to take the stage in a red miniskirt, cut-off T-shirt and stomping boots. The self-taught guitarist says he lives to play punk, and Jett's vocals glide effortlessly in tandem with his speed-metal melodies.
Those who bought tickets ex pecting Jett to coast on her past success wound up surprised by more than mere appearances or the friendlier stage presence of the diminutive headliner.
Jett was not about to disappoint the fans who came to hear her hits. But she's still recording, still touring, and, when fans yelled out requests for her version of The Shondels' "Crimson and Clover," she was instead likely to tear into the more metal charged college radio hit "Fetish" or "Androgenous."
Her hard rock version of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme song was a kick Saturday.
She also performed tunes from her film appearances ("Light of Day" and the new "The Sweet Life") and began an extended encore with "Science Fiction Double Feature" from the play "The Rocky Horror Show," in which she co-starred on Broadway as Columbia.
It's clear that hits "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" and "Hate Myself for Lovin' You" are still relevant, too.
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