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Show Jul) Thursday. Vam IMeitfs Cherone makes good gMoftaiir 1WX.THK 16. as always connceQ's highlight, Hagar's ego never would have allowed. Listening to Eddie's crystal clear power rifts sear PARK CITY When Gary through the night air on this Cherone married into the Van tune was nearly worth the price Halen family, he knew there of admission itself. Drummer Alex Van Halen would be intense scrutiny. also had his minutes (nine of Following messy breakups them to be exact) in the spotwith its two former frontmen the flamboyant David Lee Roth light, with a highly entertainand popular Sammy Hagar ing solo segment. Wearing a Van Halen introduced its latest neck brace for a separate back addition to an enthusiastic problem, he appeared unhinaudience at The Canyons dered by a recent forearm which saw the band's injury Tuesday night. As the third wife, so to European tour cut short when a cinder-blocsized chunk of ceilspeak, in the V.H. wedding gallery, Cherone did the smart ing fell on him during a sound thing Tuesday by not trying to check. emulate either of his predecesBy DOUG FOX The Daily Herald SALT LAKE CITY Another huge tax surplus is in the state, of Utah's coffers, tax officials told the Legislature on Wednesday. State Tax Commission officials guessed two months ago that there would be a $50 million surplus at the end of the current A: k fiscal year. That surplus turned out to be closer to $70 million. There's good news and bad news," commission chief economist Doug Macdonald said. "The good news is you have a significant surplus. The bad new s is all kinds of people will be pulling at your coats, either for a tax cut or to get some of the surplus." Gov. Mike Leavitt and legislators already have passed nearly $250 million in tax cuts since 1992. At the same time, gasoline and cigarette taxes were raised to pay for road construction and to discourage smoking. Tax Commission chairman Val Oveson noted that the cigarette tax, while bringing in more money, didn't raise as (I Added edge The band's new material, recorded with Cherone, also shined. Songs like "Without You," "One I Want" and "Fire in the Hole" all exposed an added edge when played live. "Thanks for indulging us in the new songs," Cherone said a third of the way through the performance. "Now we're going to play some old songs. And if you really get crazy, we'll play some real old There were no party-linmonologues or Samurai sword exhibitions in the vein (or, perhaps, vain) of Roth. Likewise, there were no introspective introductions or the acoustic guitar solo spots made popular by Hagar. No, Cherone carved his own niche, did his own thing. e te What's that thing? Just what exactly that "thing" is, however, is open to songs." From the opening strains of debate. "Unchained" to the closing There were times Tuesday when you'd look at the waifish "Jump," the band delivered on Cherone and wonder, "What in that promise. the world is Gary doing with his hands?" Or, "What's going Happy Eddie In a phone interview last on with that leg?" Answers to these queries week, Eddie Van Halen stated will not be forthcoming in this he was happier now than at review. any time in his life. It certainly There were no questions, showed on stage as the guihowever, about Cherone's voice tarist, exhibiting no side effects of hip problems that plagued as he performed powerful renditions of Van Halen classics him on recent tours, smiled and from all eras which in the bounced around most of the will do more to endear night. He even broke out more run long him to the band's fans than than a half dozen of his patented scissors jumps dubbed anything else. Indeed, the most enjoyable "Flying Eddies" by the V.H. while casually aspect of Tuesday's perfor- faithful mance was hearing guitarist throwing in additional licks at Eddie Van Halen roar through unexpected occasions. solo break, as His songs from the Roth regime that Hagar flat out refused to always, was another highlight stint at beginning and ending with sing during his the mike. segments from "Eruption," the 1978 guitar creation which opened a whole new genre in Paying homage Cherone's vocal renditions of rock music. For his part, Cherone, a bun"Romeo "Mean Street," Delight," "Dance the Night dle of energy the entire night, Away" and "Feel Your Love was much closer to vocally matching material from the Tonight" paid to the band's Hagar era. The fact he chose to beginhomage Van allowed and Eddie put himself on the firing line nings with a willingness to resurrect Halen the opportunity to revisit some of the licks that helped Roth standards bodes well for the future of the band. staelevate him to guitar-go- d After all, let's not forget the tus. In fact, one of the night's legacy of Van Halen never has biggest highlights was when and never will revolve around Cherone stepped aside, permit- vocals or who's handling them. ting bassist Michael Anthony to Van Halen hinges on guitar. And, as evidenced Tuesday, take over lead vocals on the dusted-of- f relic "Somebody Get that aspect remains in good Me a Doctor" something hands. Page A5 The Associated Press - sors. Proo. llah Commission reports Utah has tax surplus frontman third-strin- g DAILY HI RALD. Still at it: Eddie Van Halen opens Tuesday's Van Halen cpneert at the Canyons MARC l.tMtK in Park City. The Dail Herald Van Halon: The Canyons, July 14, 1998 1. Unchained 2. 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