Enjoyable
by HugeCCRFan on 12/2/12Palace Theater - GreensburgRating: 3 out of 5An enjoyable evening of Doo Wop music performed by tribute groups. First up were Cornell Gunter's Coasters. They did a good job of replicating the original Coasters sound including hits "Poison Ivy", "Yakety Yak", Young Blood", "Love Potion Number Nine" and a takeoff on "Charlie Brown" plus others. Next up was the Marvelettes cover group performing, among others, "Hey Mr. Postman", "Playboy", "Too Many Fish in the Sea" and "Don't Mess with Bill". While not as strong as the Coasters tribute band their performance was enjoyable. The final group on stage was Marshak's Tribute to The Platters and their performance was the strongest of the evening. They performed, among other songs, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Great Pretender", "My Prayer", Twilight Time" and a very solid performance of "Unchained Melody". The lead singer was superb. While, due to the age of the groups, there were no original members participating the groups did a good job of keeping the music of that era alive especially The Platters tribute.