Gary, I have to admit to owning the first 6 KISS on vinyl - DESTROYER was a cool LP (Bob Ezrin was a cool producer) - and saw them both nights they played at the Hammy Odeon in London in '76, but never did again - grew out of them...?
Bret, I took the challenge - that was truly awful - I hope they took him "out-back" and left him to make his own way home...? I'll never be the same again - but that can only be a good thing... right...?
thos for and against - Cher did not leave much to the imagination and from the front row... skin tight and plack, and fluffy and white - several changes in a short set...
Uwe - the gig got NME's "Turkey Of The Year" award, but the year also resulted in Dicke Betts and Great Southern (with Toler and Goldflies who went into the reformed ABB a year or so later), and the other Allmans splinter Sea Level (produced some really good music - Lamar Williams was a great bassist), with Grinderswitch (Red Dog) and Dixie Dregs (Steve Morse, now with the Purples, obviously) touring the UK...
Gregg played a Muzak set - a token Statesboro Blues, a 4 minute Whipin' Post, Midnight Rider, plus a fair percentage of that LP... duets included Stills' Love The One Your With... the mist has descended on the rest... It was a slick Las Vegas show, but totally soul-less... 2 plus points for me was the inclusion of Johnny Sandlin (on bass, played with Duane and Gregg in the Hourglass) and a guitarist called Ricky Hirsch from a band I quite liked and had quite a bit of vinyl called Wet Willie...
I'm relying on your discretion here Uwe, so don't pass this on but I quite enjoyed it, in a perverse kind of way...