Crescendo

	The Fixx November 19, 2004 - The Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA story by Ritchie Champagne photos by Ritchie Champagne
The Fixx open with the mesmerizing Touch, one of only two tracks performed from their most recent studio effort, Want That Life. Many of the selections performed are from the band's early days: Are We Ourselves?, Stand Or Fall, One Thing Leads To Another, and Red Skies. They also revive the title track from Reach The Beach due to profuse fan requests. The Fixx also include latter day tracks such as Fatal Shore, How Much Is Enough, and Are You Satisfied?, an indication that they are not merely a hits incorporated nostalgia act.
	Sipping red wine in betweens songs, Curnin's minimal exchanges with the audience are of the dry English variety. Ironically, The Fixx have tasted comparatively little success in their native country, consequently bringing them to American shores year after year. After a blistering version of Deeper And Deeper, the performance closes all too soon with Red Skies, the song that first brought the band recognition (and which audience members had been shouting requests for since the show’s onset). The Fixx return for an encore with another of their original MTV hits: Saved By Zero. The song was lengthened with an extended jam, only serving to delay the inevitable disappointment of the show's end.

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