Arena Rock Lives On!

[Jesse]

I saw Keith Urban in concert last night. Good show, but not great. Probably would be great if you like Keith Urban, but I'm very lukewarm about his material. Too vanilla for my tastes, but his guitar playing is anything but. Outstanding guitar player, pretty good showman. Allowed his band to shine quite alot for a solo artist. He's a big Country star, but there wasn't a whole lot of anything to do with Country music at this show. Basically Arena Rock with some occassional banjo plucking. If you're into that thing, it was great, I just found it a bit bland. No less than three of his hits, until last night, I thought were the same song! Still, if you're bummed out that nobody really does the Arena Rock thing anymore, check out Urban, he's carrying the torch of Arena Rock bands of yore....unfortunately, he's more Cutting Crew than Foreigner or Styx. The guy can play guitar though.

[blackers45]

if i'm not mistakin he first was trying to be a rocker and believe he was on Carmine Appices Guitar Zeus disc in the early 90's.

[Equinox]

He's playing up my way tonight (Gilford, NH), I'll be there tomorrow night for the Styx, Yes show.

Almost went to the Frampton 35th Anniversary tour show last Saturday, but I have to make the tough decisions now a days with my concert money, and Styx and Yes just seemed a better buy!

[Jesse]

Here's a youtube clip from the other night. As I said, Helluva guitar player, kinda bland songwriter. This song was pretty typical of the night, his best soloing was on the more boring songs. The more upbeat songs, didn't quite have the guitar dazzle. I dunno, the more youtube clips I'm seeing of him, the more he's reminding me of Bryan Adams...for better or worse. His fans seem to be in the same demographic as Adams'.

[Ricky]

i saw Bryan Adams a few years ago..he was opening for another band...I hope to never see him again