event Super Diamond
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Fri Nov 6
8 pm,
Super Diamond at 9:30 Club
Super Diamond, a San Francisco-based Neil Diamond tribute band, has a tough act to follow since Diamond himself is still going strong (or weak, or both, or neither, according to taste). The “super” appellation isn’t just a selling point: Super Diamond prides itself on souped-up versions of the master’s many songs, including a version of “Sweet Caroline” set to the music of “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Cross-generational musical hybridization might sound like a fishy way to court camp-loving ironists, but the added oomph is welcome once the group hits Diamond’s stretch of post-’60s schlock.
9:30 Club 815 V St. NW, Washington D.C., DC
Super Diamond, a San Francisco-based Neil Diamond tribute band, has a tough act to follow since Diamond himself is still going strong (or weak, or both, or neither, according to taste). The “super” appellation isn’t just a selling point: Super Diamond prides itself on souped-up versions of the master’s many songs, including a version of “Sweet Caroline” set to the music of “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Cross-generational musical hybridization might sound like a fishy way to court camp-loving ironists, but the added oomph is welcome once the group hits Diamond’s stretch of post-’60s schlock.
Updated 10/29/2009
