Two Rock Guitarists in Concert at Kiel

By Dick Richmond

Of the Post-Dispatch Staff

Joe Walsh and John Entwistle appeared in concert at Kiel Auditorium last night. The crowd of 6,500 was treated to a show that ranged from lackluster to OK.

Entwistle, who is the bass guitarist for the British group The Who, and is featured in the motion picture "Tommy," which opens Wednesday, played well. However, he was suffering from underexposure as a lead personality and seemed to blame the audience for not knowing that he is wonderful.

St. Louis was the last city in his current tour with his group, Ox. From what he said, the response elsewhere was the same as it was here: respectful but not overwhelming. He had something special prepared for here, a rocking version of "The St. Louis Blues March." When the crowd sat on its hands, he threw his guitar in the air and let it crash to the floor.

Too bad; he sang some pretty good songs with unusual lyrics, including one called "Dance the Dangle," a number that might be choreography for the hangman.

Walsh's first 30 minutes on stage wasn't dull exactly, but if anyone was sleeping Walsh wouldn't have awakened him.

The guitarist brightened, however, when he introduced some new material that featured a stripper's beat on the bass drum as the rest of the band dived into a good solid rocker.

Walsh's most impressive minutes occurred when he was using a special mike and made throaty noises in a duet with his guitar. The number developed into Southern Boogie that gave the two men on keyboard some time in the spotlight.

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