Stella Blue
Dec. 30, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Listening to this show now and shocked there are no votes for this Stella here. Coming out of a rollicking post-space-post-Olin Arageed Iko-Iko>Women Are Smarter that featured members of the Neville Brothers, Jerry leads the band on a version that captures much of the emotion of sparser, 70s-era Stellas, but with a shreddy middle guitar solo. I don't always like that in Stella. I usually prefer the cleaner, more-melodic solos but it fits here. His vocals are spot on and filled with passion. Worth a listen (along with the rest of a very very good show).
