“After all, who could be hipper than Dion.”…
…are probably the most sincere words Lou Reed's ever spoken.
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What a career! A pubescent junkie doo-wopper, teen idol, swanky VILLAGE Bronx Blueser who wrote the arrangements for BOB's electric side of 'Bringing It All Back Home', singer-songwriter, sincere Christian, a roaring street-wise 1989 comeback…..all leading to this; him fronting a stripped/no-frills foursome (two DEL-LORDS and a SMITHEREEN) that mean business. Too good to last and poofing out soon enough, thankfully this live in a dive set from April '96 at the Mercury Lounge in front of an audience of about 15 shows once and for all what everyone into him always knew but lacked evidence to prove it with - the man's a rocker…and no slouch on rhythm guitar either! You want genuine as-good-as-can-be NYC Streetrock? Wanna hear what BROOCE has spent a career trying to pull off always missing by miles? Or why LOU REED couldn't have said anything but the above quote when inducting him into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? This is his VELVET UNDERGROUND. Their roots pre-date the ANDY WARHOL/FACTORY scene and owe oodles the guy. He's loaded, got nothin' to prove…and can sing too.