Did Not Meet Expectations
by mrsparkle on 6/12/22The Santander Performing Arts Center - ReadingRating: 4 out of 5The band was excellent, but they did very little interaction with the audience. They simply took the stage and played their songs with no introductions of featured band member(s) on any given songs. They did, at one point, name the supporting musicians in the backup band, but I didn't hear one acknowledgement of Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, Denny Laine, Joey Molland or Jason Scheff. In fact, Joey Molland was billed as "Badfinger" with no mention of his name at all.
Also, I was very disappointed with the sound mix. This was a concert of wonderful, vocal-intensive songs, but the mix was done as if it was a heavy-metal show. The low frequencies, especially the bass drum, were over-emphasized obscuring the subtleties of the vocal harmonies and, at times, crucial instrumental solos. The mix, unfortunately, ruined my overall enjoyment of the show with the exception of a few, sparsely arranged songs where the beauty of the songs were able to overcome the heavy-handed sound mix.