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PETE BERWICK PHOTO: MARY LEE FOOTE on its own as it does as an accompaniment to a what many consider a legendary film. – Bruce Pilato 9 "Bodom Blue Moon (The Second Coming)" as well as in CD closer "One Bottle and A Knee Deep." From the suicidal thoughts of "Damaged Beyond Repair" to the homicidal rage of "Your Days Are Numbered," to the alcoholic depression of "All Twisted," to the black metal-ish title track, you'll be glad to hear that COB is back on form. – Kelley Simms 8 Appearing Mar. 25 at House Of Blues VARIOUS ARTISTS American Hustle Soundtrack 2014 "BEAT ME 'TIL I BLEED" TOUR SAT MARCH 1 • 7:00 PM WANTED SALOON 2840 HWY 70 E, DICKSON, TN 615-375-8292 WITH KARA CLARK, ROWDY JOHNSON BAND, DR. DANGER, JOSHUA MORNINGSTAR SUN MARCH 2 • 1:00 PM LIMELIGHT 201 WOODLAND ST. NASHVILLE, TN OUTLAW HALL OF FAME ASSCOCIATION TRIBUTE-BENEFIT FOR WAYNE MILLS MON MARCH 3 • 5:00 PM BUFFALO'S NASHVILLE 154 2ND AVE. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE TUES MARCH 4 • 7:00 PM SPILLWAY BAR & GRILL 2195 OLD LOUISVILLE ROAD BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY 270-842-9104 WITH ROWDY JOHNSON BAND & KARA CLARK SAT MARCH 15 • 9PM PETE BERWICK & THE RENEGADES JD MUGGS 437 S. ADDISON RD. ADDISON 630-833-2570 WITH KEVIN LEE & THE KINGS / PSYCHO SISTER SAT MARCH 8 • 9:00 PM ALL SPORTS 3018 HICKORY DR. MCCULLOM LAKE, ILLINOIS 815-344-3455 WITH BLINDSPOT SUN MARCH 16 • 2:30 PM AFTER THE FOX 1406 N. RIVERSIDE MCHENRY, ILLINOIS 815-344-3760 WITH BLINDSPOT SUN MARCH 9 • 10AM - NOON THE LODGE 899 MAIN ST. ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS 847-395-3373 SAT MARCH 29 • 9:30 PM MONTROSE SALOON 2933 W. MONTROSE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 773-463-7663 Albums and updated live dates: www.peteberwick.net (Sony/Legacy) Part of the reason this was among the best films of 2013 was due to its astounding soundtrack. The choice of music is electrifying and totally captures the mood, feel and historic significance of New York in the 1970s. Some of the songs, such as Tom Jones' "Delilah" and Duke Ellington's "Jeep Blues" are crucial to the story line, but the rest just provides the perfect bed for this amazing tale to lie in. Electric Light Orchestra's "10538 Overture" makes us realize just how great that band was in its heyday, and the band's other contribution, "Long Black Road," could easily be a hit today if Sony was smart enough to release it to radio. Huge hits by Wings, The Bee Gees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and Elton John help round out the album, and work perfectly with newer tracks contributed by Chris Stills (Stephen's son) and soundtrack whiz, Danny Elfman. American Hustle is one of the few soundtrack in recent years that works just as well Continued from page 24 songs. I wanted there to be a lot of textural guitar, because in the past I've done a lot of legato-layered reverb guitar – even on "Daze," there's a lot more reverbwashy, long, ethereal guitar songs, but for this I wanted something that was still….still sparkly like that, but something a lot faster to imply movement. And that had to do with me changing how I played rhythm guitar. Instead of doing this sort of shuffle that I've done since I taught myself how to play guitar – badly – I intentionally strummed in a faster manner, which slowed the overall tempo down. And that's something I didn't know how to do at all, but I would give Sune ideas, like ‘I want there to be textural guitar, but arpeggiated really fast, like Johnny Marr. And he would take directions from me and bring that back to the song." Penny puts a great deal of thought into her music. And she bristles at being passed off as another ‘60s-girl-group revival outfit – she has much higher aspi- 48 illinoisenterta