While the Extraordinaires were doing their set from 6:00-6:45 p.m., James Intveld opened up the entertainment for the evening in the Iroquois Ballroom. I first sang the praises of James Intveld when I met him and saw his performance at Indianapolis Rockabilly Rebel Weekend #7 in 1999 www.rockabillyhall.com/Indy1999.html. The guy just has unbelievable talent: songwriting, singing, guitar playing, stage presence, and the looks of a movie actor. Actually, he IS a movie actor. Although it's only his voice we hear in the John Waters' rockabilly-type movie "Cry Baby", as the singing voice of Johnny Depp's character, James Intveld recently had a part in Billy Crystal's cable movie about the 1961 home run race between Roger Marris and Mickey Mantle called "61". He portrayed the person who caught Roger Marris' 61st home run.

JAMES INTVELD WAS A COMMANDING STAGE PRESENCE.
AS I SAID IN MY INDY '99 REVIEW - "HE'S GOT IT ALL!"
But enough of that trivia. James put on an excellent show, and he sounded wonderful on all of the songs, but I particularly enjoyed his singing "Stop The World and Let Me Off", and "I Came All The Way From Memphis".
As an encore, James did his own unique arrangement of the Buddy Holly song, also memorialized by The Rolling Stones on the first cut of their first U.S. album, "Not Fade Away". Both the Holly and The Rolling Stones' versions were under two minutes, but James' unique arrangement probably exceeded six minutes. Great performer; great talent; the women love him, and the men think he's cool too! After his show, James graciously autographed his CD's and willingly ran around the security area to pose for pictures whenever asked - he seems to be just a great guy too!