Live Review  Gary Russo
   
     Gary Russo made a good stand at Fogatas in Fort Worth off I35 and Western Center.Blvd.  For a one-man act Gary Russo makes a big sound. On this evening, playing with only a drum machine and a guitar and some pretty slick vocals Gary laid out a nice  mix of Pop, Rock , Country and Tejano. Performing songs from the 50's to to current radio cuts, the varity of music was refreshing.  Tunes such as "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", an American country and pop song recorded by Freddy Fender, is a country standard on any list. Gary also did a great rendition of " Evil Ways" by Santana, "Amarillo by Morning" by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, and recorded by Stafford in 1973.  Gary also did a soul felt version of Johnny Cash's" Folsom Prison Blues". Gary Russo's show has a real Branson feel to it.  It has a "dinner show" feeling minus the floorshow glitz making it more Texas down home.

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