Among the cavalcade of stars appearing at the 10th anniversary of the East Van Opry last night, Spank Williams came closest to reminding me what fun it was to be on stage, when the audience is wool and your instruments knitting needles. Williams has definitely mastered James Brown's protracted ending as between-song-banter, but not as the Godfather of Soul would do it, more like the Band's Rick Danko. I have no memory of Williams's songs or how they sounded, only his incredible ludic energy. If I was still in show business, I'd package Williams and Shirley Gnome together and send them on the road -- forever!
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