Dailey and Vincent Disappointment,
by Tnranger on 11/24/14U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre - KnoxvilleRating: 2 out of 5It is frustrating when expectations are not met. My wife and I have liked Daily and Vincent since they first started on their own. We were huge fans of their early traditional sound, even enjoying their current Statler Brothers covers. This was the first time we had seen them live.
We were not prepared for the Branson/Vegas style show.
It's all about the sound. I have never understood why someone would spend thousands of dollars on great sounding acoustic instruments, and then ruin the sound by putting a pickup in them. Jamie and Darrin are great guitar players, but their guitars sounded terrible. I guess it's really cool to walk all over the stage while playing and be wireless. The other issue was volume. It was way too loud. The Bjiou is the best venue in town, an acoustic jewel. There is no need to crank up the sound to just under the feedback level. We sat in the balcony and were very uncomfortable with the volume level. I felt sorry for the people on the floor.
I have been to too many other well produced acoustic country type shows at the Bijou: Patty Lovelace, Iris Dement, Allison Kraus, and know what a good sound set up can do.
By contrast, Blue Moon Rising did an EXCELLENT job! If they were the only act I would have given them 4 stars.