Interesting that Weston is mentioned with re: to his work with Long John Baldry. A very interesting piece of history there.
So they played well but sounded unrehearsed? What exactly does this mean? They improvised? They were sloppy (in which case they wouldn't have played well)?
It's true that even at this stage of their shows Welch was emerging as frontman. Apparently not everyone liked this...
A side note: a friend of mine who is about 12 years older than I was in a mid-70s band that used "Bare Trees" as one of its staples at parties and bar shows. They chose it because it was a good "boogie dance tune." Maybe that's what the reviewer of this article wanted more of?
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