RAIN
by terraphotography on 2/26/11Palace Theatre Albany - AlbanyRating: 4 out of 5The buys in the band were not the same guys that are pictured in all the advertisements (like the picture above) and on TV. I don't know who the guys were but they didn't even resemble the Beatles in looks (like the advertisements and pictures) and their voices were not even close. I saw RAIN twice in the last few years and the appearance and vocals were dead on. The music this time around was great but the vocals were average. A lot of missed notes and some liberty with the lyrics. So I was hugely disappointed with this "version" of the band. I don't know if these guys were stand-ins because RAIN is performing on Broadway but I was a bit unhappy. I liked the songs they chose so if they come to the area again I will still go but it would have been nice to have known that a different "version" of the band was going to be playing and not the group of guys that I've seen twice before. The other group of guys had all the mannerisms of the four lads down to the last detail and their voices were so close you could close your eyes and swear it was the Beatles themselves. This group of guys that played at the Palace had a lot to be desired as far as likeness and vocals. There were a couple of songs where they took some liberty with the lyrics and I was a bit unhappy about that as well. The guy who played keyboards in the background was fantastic.
