T.Rex at the Georgian Theatre, Richmond

Been pretty busy this week so not kept updating. Will make more of an effort in the future - got to get into the habit.
Been to see T. Rex who are a tribute to the music of Marc Bolan at the Georgian Theatre in Richmond, North Yorkshire.
Rob Benson, the singer, danced and dressed more like Mick Jagger but did do a great job of sounding like Marc and the acoustic section at the start of the second half was excellent. Apparently he saw the band and said he was a huge Bolan fan, could sing like Marc and wanted to join (the rest is history etc etc).
They did not try to look like T.Rex, looking more like what they probably were, failed ex members of bands and session musicians. Nothing wrong with that and the drummer, Paul Fenton, had at least played on a T.Rex album (Zinc Alloy) and toured with them.
They started out as Mickey Finn's T.Rex (conga player in T.Rex after Steve Took), and l am not keen on the fact they use the T.Rex name so prominently now, even though it has "a celebration of Marc and Mickey underneath". Personally l think they should make it obvious they are a tribute band, like others do, as there are some sad bastards out there who will think it is just the original band without Marc.
They also featured Graham Oliver, one of the guitarists from Saxon (Wheels of Steel etc) who had a tendency to rock out a bit - it was stereotypical rock guitarist behaviour, down at the front (of a very small stage in an intimate old theatre). Although he can obviously play well, it spoiled it for me as it distracted from the T.Rex vibe, although some of the numbers sounded better a bit speeded up and rocky ( Bolan himself liked to "rock out"- maaaann!).
It was just too much for me, even though l love loud and rocky music as much as the next man. The woman l was with thought it was the best bit of the night as she is a bit of a rock chick and only knew a few Bolan songs.
Funny how some songs get better after a while. l thought Solid Gold Easy Action/20th Century Boy etc were not as good as Bolans earlier stuff at the time, but now love them just as much. The Groover has got better and l now like Teenage Dream, although when l was a kid, l skivved off school to go and buy it on the day of release, clutching it to my bosom in anticipation all the way home from Wallingford ( a walk of about three miles to RAF Benson, where l was living at the time). The disappointment l felt when l first heard it was all consuming and l vowed never to waste my money on a Bolan record ever again. Having the day off school didn't even compensate. Concentrated on Status Quo and Deep Purple after that (told you l like rock music!).
l won't dwell on Truck on Tyke as l still despise that bloody record.
Anyway - l digress. Check out the bands website http://www.t-rex.co.uk/ and try to catch them live - well worth the effort if you are a Bolan fan. Toodle pip!