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by Margaret Ryan
It is twelve minutes past eleven Thursday night the 5/5/2011 and I am on a high, no, I have not been drinking alcohol, no, I am not one who takes drugs, what I am is somebody who was lucky enough to have won two tickets to the Australian Premier of The John Denver Story that is appearing at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco (Perth WA) starring Rick Price and the Colorado Quartet and was lucky enough to have my good friend Kerry come with me to the show. Well the only disappointment I have with the whole evening is that it had to end.
To say the show was fantastic really does not do it justice, Rick did not in any way try to emulate John Denver's voice, Rick's own voice did beautiful justice to the songs and the Colorado Quartet, well what a talented foursome they are and the respect and rapport that exists between themselves and Rick, well the only way I can describe it is to say that it reminds me of the way Slim Dusty and his band worked together (yes I know the shows are totally different but the vibes are so similar)
I reckon there were close to, or over, two hundred other music lovers there tonight and I do not think I would be told I am wrong to say that the way Rick intersperced the songs with the story of how he himself got started on the road to a musical
career and then also gave a synopsis in between songs of how John Denver got started (no I won't go into too much detail of what he said) and sometimes the specific reason a song was recorded made it all so much more entertaining.
I could go on and on about the show, about the standing ovation at the end, suffice to say that if you love heading John Denver songs and want to find out more about Rick Price and John Denver then whether it is in Perth or in any other place in Australia that this show is being put on - GO AND SEE IT, without any reservations I will say YOU WILL ENJOY IT TO THE MAX.
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