Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Little Village gets its licks in

Little Village?

It sounded more like guitar town to me.

Rock music's latest all-star band, Little Village, made itsChicago debut Tuesday night at the Arie Crown Theatre. Slideguitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe and drummer Jim Keltner firstgot together in 1986 to record John Hiatt's "Bring The Family" LP.

And the two-hour Little Village performance had all theaesthetics of a Hiatt show. Hiatt sang the majority of the leads,delivered the physical gyrations of a front man (including anexcellent Elvis imitation to close out "Memphis in the Meantime") andearned the loudest cheers from the sold-out crowd.

But beyond Hiatt's presence, there was …

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