YNGWIE
MALMSTEEN
The Key Club;
Hollywood, CA; 11/11/99
Reviewed by Lou Moreau
Yngwie Malmsteen may have put on a little weight over the past few years
but, thankfully, the guitar wizard hasn't lost any of his fretboard ability or his onstage
presence.
Yngwie Malmsteen took the stage at Hollywood's cool Key Club this evening and belted
out some of his classic hits and some new stuff as well. The classic Malmsteen material included
"Dreamin'" "Blackstar," "You Never Forget" and "Bedroom Eyes."
Although the well-known material was better received by the audience than the material from
Yngwie's latest project - which he plans to release through his own label - the new stuff sounded
pretty good, too and the audience obviously enjoyed it.
Yngwie's new singer is pretty good but at one point Yngwie took over the microphone
himself and, guess what? He's better. Yngwie should consider contributing more vocals to his
future work. Then again, that may be almost impossible due to the amount of
concentration it must take to play the guitar like Yngwie does.
The sold-out crowd at the Key Club that evening ate it up. Yngwie's fan base seems to never
have wavered and this evening's performance was proof positive that Yngwie ain't done yet.
Click here to see photos from this show.
Copyright © 1999 by R. Scott Bolton. All rights reserved.
Revised: 06 Oct 2019 11:48:56 -0400.
