I just got back from the Comets tour start in Wolfsburg - and what should I say? They still rock as hell. During the first part of the show Bill Haley's New Comets performed songs like "Razzle Dazzle", "Rudy's Rock", "Farewell, So Long Goodbye" and "Skinny Minnie" together with Bill Turner and Gina Haley. During the second part of the show the Original Comets Joey Ambrose and Dick Richards took the stage and performed for more than one hour, accompanied by the New Comets with Bill Turner- and on some songs Gina joined them, too.
The setlist included: "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "I Want You To Be My Baby", "Buena Sera", "Birth Of The Boogie (full Version with drum solo by Dick!), Mambo Rock, Rock A Beatin' Boogie, The House Is Rockin', The Saints Rock'n'Roll, Rock The Joint, See You Later, Alligator" and - as encores "Rock around the clock" and "New Orleans". It sounded fresh, vital and it was one of the best R&R shows I've ever seen.
