savoy brown / Renaissance / Voices of East Harlem

Rock's In My Head Apr 23, 2018

FEB 21: SAVOY BROWN/THE KinKs/ RENAISSANCE @ FILLMORE EAST New York is always cold and this night it was extremely cold and then at the Fillmore The KinKs cancelled out at the last minute making my already sour mood worse. 
The VOICES OF EAST HARLEM started the night off by showing a video of the ensemble singing, running down the streets of Manhattan. Suddenly the video shows the group turning onto Second Avenue, oh look the Fillmore marquee on the screen, then, the actual group is running down the aisles toward the stage singing to the song being played on the video. Very cool. RENAISSANCE was the left over Yardbirds, quite different from what I expected. Last up, when Savoy Brown hit the stage they BOOGIED and then they BOOGIED some more. Chris Youlden was great on vocals, performing with a top hat while smoking a cigar, Noonan (a Fillmore stage hand but truly a playwright of some note) danced to the beat while Kim Simmonds rocked out on guitar. Nice show. But The KinKs cancelled and despite Savoy Brown saving somewhat of the show, my evening was a bust, no KinKs.