Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School Musical Revue and Travelling Minstrel Show

This self titiled dvd made its way to me via a dear friend. And after watching this train wreck of a performance, we are still dear friends. I have always been a Dr. Hook fan in large part because they gave voice to the lyrics of one of my all time favorite songwriters, Shel Silverstein. With the exception of a spirited version of "Carry Me Carrie", everything is a mumbled, jumbled, half assed attempt to coherently convey some sense of musicality. This "concert" if that is what this is, was apparently a 1974 effort from some European tv sudio. There doesn't appear to be a live audience in attendance, but if there was, they would have surely walked out. An editorial review posted at Amazon declares that "fans will not be disappointed." What****???? Maybe the editor was smoking some of the same herbal supplements that Dr. Hook was apparently smoking. I realize that the boys in the band were just a raucous bar band at heart, but this is ridiculous. I don't know if someone released this atrocity to embarass Dr. Hook or just to make a quick buck or both. With the hundreds of concerts the band performed together, someone couldn't come up with a better performance than this? C'mon. This one is for the hardest of hardcore Hook fans. And even at that, you'd better close your eyes and hold your nose. This one's a stinker.