Marty Casey and the Lovehammers with
INXS
Chicago Theater Feb 4th 2006
Marty Casey and the Lovehammers

After success on the TV show Rockstar INXS,
Marty Casey (who was the runner-up to J.D. Fortune) and his band the Lovehammers
were signed to a major record deal and found themselves opening up on the
INXS tour. The thing about the Lovehammers is that they have been around
for about 15 years and were Chicago's little secret. They were a solid
live act through the local bar scene selling their own CD's without
the help of a major label and now they find themselves in a modern day
Cinderella story. With that in mind, we fast forward to Feb 4th in the
Lovehammers hometown, Chicago. They open up the show with a sense of urgency
to show that they are the real deal. They play such songs as "The Riddle",
"Rain On The Brain", and "The Tunnel" but, there was no mistaking that
the crowd wanted to hear the radio friendly, "Trees". As the opening notes
rang through the crowd, you could feel the electricity and quite possibly
forget that they were the opening act as Marty belted out the chorus. The
crowd did their part and sang along. To wind their set down, they played
an awe-inspiring version of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire".
 
  
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INXS

To say that the crowd was warmed up would
be like saying hell is a little hot. They were on fire and as a clock appeared
on a screen counting down the time till INXS would hit the stage. It seemed
to the audience that with every second counting down, it was taking a lifetime.
The exuberance was overwhelming and as the clock got down to 10 seconds
that indefinable intro to "Suicide Blonde" set the crowd into a frenzy
unlike any I have ever seen. To continue on with "New Sensation" seemed
appropriate with the new sensation in new lead singer J.D. Fortune.
J.D. brought with him the charisma of a seasoned veteran and had a commanding
presence as he stated to the audience "sometimes in life you want to touch
it, sometimes you want to feel it, but no matter what, you always want
to taste it!" as the ripped into "Taste It". There was no doubt that he
breathed a fresh new life into old favorites like "Mystify", "Devil Inside",
"Need You Tonight" and "What You Need". While these hits date back a few
years the new breed along with the old school fans exploded during "Pretty
Vegas".While INXS found a treasure with frontman Fortune, Marty Casey will
be able to enlighten the world to his own brand of music. And even though
he lost the competition, he just might be the biggest winner that ever
lost.
 
 
 
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