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JOAN JETT leaves them wanting more at Casino Rama
from: torontosun.com
by Jane Stevenson, QMI Agency
RAMA, ONT. - "A girl can do what she wants to do," sang hard rocking singer-guitarist JOAN JETT, kicking off her Casino Rama show on Friday night with Bad Reputation in front of a nearly sold out crowd.
Jett, now 54, is proof of that lyric after more than three and a half decades in the music business, first with The RUNAWAYS in the mid'-70s -- Twilight's Kristen Stewart played her in the recent band biopic -- and then with her next band the BLACKHEARTS in the '80s and beyond.
In fact, the 2013 nominee for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who sadly didn't make the cut, looked like a vision frozen in time.
Her toned and tattooed body -- may I suggest an exercise video? -- was squeezed into a black leather pantsuit while her signature spiky black shag has remained unchanged despite the passing years and her sexy rasp of voice was still as strong as ever.
"Hello Ontario, Canada," said Jett, backed by four musicians. "We are the BLACKHEARTS from New York City. Great to be here with you. I think you know what to do. We don't like it when you're too shy. We like you to sing out. We like you to show off. So go for it."
At least a couple of hundred fans gathered at the front of the stage from the first song and remained there for the duration of the fun, fast and furious hour and 10 minute set.
It was as if Jett, backed by lead guitarist DOUGIE NEEDLES, drummer THOMMY PRICE, bassist Acey Slade and keyboardist KENNY LAGUNA, had plugged herself into a light socket.
Her set list was a mix of RUNAWAYS tunes like Cherry Bomb and You Drive Me Wild -- "the first song I ever wrote," she said -- solo material, covers like Gary Glitter's Do You Wanna Touch, The Sweet's A.C.D.C., and Sly and The Family Stone's Everyday People, and likeable new songs like Make It Back and Fragile from a new album that she's currently recording.
Given her vitality, it's almost impossible to believe she hasn't released an original studio record in North America since 2005's SINNER, from which the song Naked was played.
But it was older solo chart-toppers that really got the crowd's attention, like Bad Reptuation and I Hate Myself For Loving You, with Jett encouraging the clapping of hands on the latter.
"Skin slapping skin!" she insisted.
Those two songs were only topped by her biggest hits of all -- I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Arrows cover) and Crimson & Clover (Tommy James & The Shondells cover) -- which generated the most response.
In particular, Needles' guitar solos stood out on such songs as Naked and Reality Mentality, and when he and Jett played opposite each other at the front of the stage during Everyday People.
"We'll see you later in the year OK?" said Jett after wrapping up far too quickly.
I sure hope so.
SET LIST:
Bad Reputation
Cherry Bomb
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
You Drive Me Wild
Make It Back
Love Is Pain
TMI
Hard to Grow Up
Naked
Fragile
Reality Mentality
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Crimson & Clover
I Hate Myself for Loving You
ENCORE:
A Hundred Feet Away
A.C.D.C.
Everyday People
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