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Ever since Sha Na Na burst upon the national rock-and-roll scene with its tour de force performance at Woodstock, I've been an infatuated follower of the group's fifties style and sound. In the wasteland of electric rock Sha Na Na provided a welcome retreat from the overblown basses and haranguing lead guitars that were pummelling listeners of contemporary rock music with monotonous uniformity. They captured me in that first performance, launching what has become an enduring and passionate romance...
...Sha Na Na has come a long way since the group took its first faltering steps out of Columbia into the big leagues of commercial entertainment. And today, having struggled through years of raised eyebrows and quizzical looks, not to mention near anonymity, Sha Na Na has reached the summit of the popularity charts, commanding top billings and superstar payoffs. The days of three-in-a room road trips and one-night stands at the Boston Tea Party have been replaced by opulent concert tours and million-seller records...
...success and Sha Na Na's brand of music were not immediately compatible. The demands of the group's 170-concert-a-year schedule brought with them a kind of stagnation to the Sha Na Na product...
...last spring, when the band appeared at an MIT Budweiser Beer Blast, Sha Na Na's performance had declined into a slick, mechanical facsimile of its former self. The choreography, once supple and evocative, had become stilted and sticklike. The songs, once emotional and exciting, seemed rushed and dispassionate. The group's enthusiasm seemed dulled...
Since last spring's lusterless performance at MIT Sha Na Na has undergone some serious renovation. Realizing that performance and image were going down the drain with its new-found success, Sha Na Na has rejuvenated...