{"id":1022,"date":"2016-03-18T15:19:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2016-03-18T15:19:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:19:32","slug":"the-zombies-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"The Zombies, Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE ZOMBIES & GRINGO STARR<\/strong>
\nThe Plaza Live, Orlando, Florida
\nFebruary 24th<\/sup>\u00a02016<\/p>\n

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Orlando, Florida \u2013 land of Disney fans out for some kid-friendly fun, and not the most likely place to watch original \u201960s popsters The Zombies perform their singular brand of wistful English psych. Yet here we are, in a strip mall on the edge of town, where St. Alban\u2019s original hitmakers are kicking off a tour across the Sunshine State en route to Miami, where they\u2019re due to join a cabal of fellow \u201960s survivors like Vanilla Fudge and The Strawbs on The Moody Blues\u2019 annual cruise round the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Support act Gringo Star out of Atlanta play a neat line in Elephant 6-ish indie pop, suggesting The Zombies don\u2019t intend to entirely appeal to an oldies crowd \u2013 yet fans who probably saw them the first time around make up the core of the audience. And unlike 2015\u2019s tour which saw the band recreate their seminal 1968 album Odessey And Oracle<\/em> with the help of Wondermints main man Darian Sahanaja and all surviving members of The Zombies\u2019 original lineup, this gig is performed by the current rock heavy iteration of the group in service of their new album Still Got That Hunger<\/em>. The overall effect is somewhat schizophrenic, a show in service to an audience expecting hits like \u2018Sticks and Stones\u2019, leavened with the occasional \u201cAnd here\u2019s another one from our new album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colin Blunstone remains a gracious, debonair presence, however, his voice as strong as in his \u201960s and \u201970s heyday, whilst Rod Argent is a killer keys man, one of the most underrated and sublime players of the psychedelic generation \u2013 and when they play a mid-set Oracle<\/em> medley closing with \u2018Time of the Season\u2019 it\u2019s clear why fans who fell in love with them in the \u201960s remain as devoted to the band as ever.<\/p>\n

Thomas Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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