BBs and Lou Christie

[matt-zeus]

I've recently just got a Lou Christie comp, after I read someone mentioning him on this board. As a listener who loves crazy falsetto, i'm finding it highly enjoyable. Does anybody know of any possible referencing between the BBs and Lou. 

[Ron]

I've seen Lou Christie in concert twice, he's great.  I saw him about '94 or so, and then again in 99 or so.  Still sounds incredible.  At one show, they had to practically pull him off stage.  First, I don't know if he's had plastic surgery or not, but he's one of these guys that tries to stay young, hot, and hip (which I don't really have a problem with)... kind of like Tom Jones, lol.  He has women in their 20's falling all over him at the shows.  Actually at the last show I think he was trying to sell a CD by his daughter, but I could be entirely wrong with that.

During the performance, not only did he competantly sing all of his hits, but he was funny, very charismatic, and competantly sung a bunch of other people's hits, too.  You could tell he was just winging it.  They basically made him get off stage because he had already played over an hour in a multi-act show.  He was the highlight of the night (with the exception of Little Anthony) and still a very strong, good singer.

I saw him on a PBS show about two years ago, too, on television, and he was STILL good. 

[I. Spaceman]

Does anyone else know Guitars And Bongos? That's my favorite song of his.

[mistermono]

I've got a copy of "Paint America Love" coming in the mail.  Can't wait to hear it.

[harveyw]

Oh, Paint America Love is a phenomenal record; a true widescreen vision of end-of-sixties America, as valid an artistic statement as Smile itself, in my opinion. You'll love it.