Very disappointing
by Mr E on 8/21/25The Rose Music Center at The Heights - Huber HeightsRating: 2 out of 5I was very excited to attend Ricky's concert, as I used to live in Ricky's home county, Lawrence County, KY. Two friends from Louisa also traveled to attend. All of us were of the same opinion: There was very little energy from Ricky, there were too many slow tempo tunes, and he seemed to neglect the audience in terms of what we were all there to hear. The only song I recognized was "Highway 40 Blues". His backup band were very fine players! It reminded me of the Ricky Nelson "Garden Party"situation, where he was tired of the old, popular tunes, but that was what everyone was there to hear. Conversely, the Oak Ridge Boys came on as energetic and willing to please the audience. Even though I was not interested at the beginning of the ORB set, I was soon won over. Props to the two original members; they sang and had stage presence of singers half their age!
