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Article: WYNN BORN TOO LATE TO BE A ROCK SUPERSTAR
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- October 10, 1997
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Steve Wynn, with the Continental Drifters, performs Saturday night at the Empty Bottle in Chicago.
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CHICAGO IN SHORT
Maybe if Steve Wynn had been born two decades earlier, he would be a rock superstar. As it is, the former leader of a terrific '80s band called the Dream Syndicate is figurehead of a minuscule cult.
Every few years he puts out a record - and it's a shame more people aren't paying attention. The songwriter-guitarist, who sings in a struggling Lou Reed low pitch, rocks impressively hard on the new "Sweetness and Light" (a sarcastic title if ever there was one). It opens with a fuzzy, staticky song, "Silver ...