Sheryl Crow
Ok I went to the opening night of the SC tour here in Nashville last night. First of all I will say they only used about a third of the space in the Somet center and even that wasn't full, my section a few rows off the floor in the center was pretty empty.
Don't get me wrong she "rocked" the house but Nashville's a tough crowd. She moved pretty good for a 46 year old mom. Didn't sound bad either. She played a few more new songs than I wanted to hear but she played enough hits to keep my attention. NO FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST?! The encore made it for me...Stevie Wonders "Higher Ground".
James Blunt I have decided has no place in a room that size, maybe at exit in or a medium club ala "The bitter end" but not the somet center, he didn't have enough hits or a big enough sound to keep me for the hour ten he played...maybe that was part of the problem he played an hour ten. Last year John Mayer split the tour with Sheryl.
James Blunt is not John Mayer! Here again I say leave the audience wanting more. The guy played 4 songs after the radio single which is all we wanted to hear. If your an opening act you get 4 maybe five songs if you have a name, But not an hour and ten min. If your going to be up there that long you better at least play the roll or a Co-Liner and Introduce the next act or some thing.
I will say what got me the most was the light show. It was great. You the stage set looked clean like an I Pod commercial if the I pod came out in 1955. But then the pristine white stage turned out to be a bunch of lights, this was a nice mid concert surprise.
Fill the room your in...if your stage presence or voice can't carry past the coffee table, GET BETTER or GO HOME. Know your audience, know your venue. If it's a smaller venue people expect you to be personal, If your in a football stadium people expect you to be epic. In the words of the Beatles "Don't Let Me Down".
j.
Don't get me wrong she "rocked" the house but Nashville's a tough crowd. She moved pretty good for a 46 year old mom. Didn't sound bad either. She played a few more new songs than I wanted to hear but she played enough hits to keep my attention. NO FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST?! The encore made it for me...Stevie Wonders "Higher Ground".
James Blunt I have decided has no place in a room that size, maybe at exit in or a medium club ala "The bitter end" but not the somet center, he didn't have enough hits or a big enough sound to keep me for the hour ten he played...maybe that was part of the problem he played an hour ten. Last year John Mayer split the tour with Sheryl.
James Blunt is not John Mayer! Here again I say leave the audience wanting more. The guy played 4 songs after the radio single which is all we wanted to hear. If your an opening act you get 4 maybe five songs if you have a name, But not an hour and ten min. If your going to be up there that long you better at least play the roll or a Co-Liner and Introduce the next act or some thing.
I will say what got me the most was the light show. It was great. You the stage set looked clean like an I Pod commercial if the I pod came out in 1955. But then the pristine white stage turned out to be a bunch of lights, this was a nice mid concert surprise.
Fill the room your in...if your stage presence or voice can't carry past the coffee table, GET BETTER or GO HOME. Know your audience, know your venue. If it's a smaller venue people expect you to be personal, If your in a football stadium people expect you to be epic. In the words of the Beatles "Don't Let Me Down".
j.
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