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Author Message kmh364 Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 797 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Friday, March 04, 2005 - 8:02 am:    The original Fab Five are back, are semi-unplugged, and still in fine form. I caught their act at the ubiquitous Starland ballroom in lovely Sewerville, er, um, Sayreville, New Joisey on Wed. night. Packed house (lots o' young barely-dressed honies walkin' around, woo hoo! LOL!) and a rousing non-stop one set was the order of the night. Frank Hannon was excellent as usual on his acoustic and electric Gibsons, and Brian Wheat held down the low end on his "Beatle Bass" re-issue. Tommy Skeoch was looking and sounding a little worse for the wear compared to the rest(he had another nice long rest in rehab between last year's and this years Starland gigs), but was still decent on guitar anyway. Jeff Keith still has good pipes (sings and looks the same), and Troy Luccketta is still an excellent (and very underrated) power drummer. Strong songwriting and compositional skills, as well as good musicianship (and a lack of spandex and hairspray) still sets these guys off from the pack of late 80's/early 90's Hair Bands originating during the same era. Especially considering the paltry $22 Gen. Adm. ticket price, highly recommended! Twenty years of rockin' and partin' hasn't hurt these guys too much at all. richbass939 Intermediate Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 173 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 1:00 pm:    I've been listening to a Tesla acoustic jam CD, lately. A neighbor who is starting to play bass had me do a tab for him for Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) and Signs. It's a good CD. Rich kmh364 Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 799 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 6:14 am:    Yup, Tesla spent their time learning how to play instead of how to do hair and make-up, LOL! kmh364 Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 811 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 5:59 pm:    Ck out Teslatheband.com or frankhannon.com for more info, vids, songs, etc. Frank Hannon's site gives you guitar licks and tips. He also has his own signature guitar amp! Modern Vintage makes it and seems to have decent, reasonably-priced hand-made Marshall-style tube amps. Frank played it the NJ gig, and it sounded decent...classic Tesla tone, LOL!