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This concert was super! The music definitely took us back to our college years. As my husband stated "It was great seeing people "our age" rock on!!. My only complaint was that Starship began playing BEFORE the designated time of 8:00. We will continue to attend concerts at MableHouse...What a great venue!
Survivor in on the top of their game this summer. This was my first time seeing the band since Robin McAuley took over as front man for the once-again-departed Jimi Jamison in 2006. Robin brings an energy and range to the position that was lacking with the early 00's incarnation of Jamison. While the tone of his voice is certainly no match for Jimi's (Frankie didn't call him Golden Throat for nothing), his range more then makes up for it, which allows the band to play a wider range of songs. When I saw them in 2002, Jimi was struggling mightily with the higher notes that used to be right in his wheelhouse, but Robin showed no such issues. Opening with "Can't Give It Up" really got things rocking, and I knew we were in for a much more rocking show than we had seen in 2002. Robin looks much more like a rocker (torn jeans with chains, tatoos on his arms, long black hair, etc) and has much more energy than Jimi, constantly working the stage side to side, doing fist bumps with the audience members, and jumping around. I think because of time constraints (the venue is in a residential area), they had to be cleared out by 11, so instead of breaking and coming back for an encore (usually Eye of the Tiger), they played straight through and ended at 10:30 after Tiger. The usual crowd seemed to know this because they started filing out immediately after Tiger was over...weird....very weird. Frankie and Mark were solid as usual. Frankie started the night with some technical difficulties, as the monitor in front of him was swapped early, and he made several trips to his guitar guy and the amp stacks behind him during the first 2-3 songs, but they eventually fixed whatever was wrong. He and had plenty of solo opportunities, and as we all know, that's the focal point of Survivor these days -- Frankie's guitar playing --. I'm not a guitar guy so I can't address the technical aspects of his playing or what types of guitars he uses, but I can tell you that as a fan, it sounded fantastic. While no longer the "kid" from the early days, he is still "Kid Dynamite", providing the glue that holds the group together. Starship was the opening act, although it's hard to consider an established artist like Mickey Thomas an opening act...someone had to go first. MIckey doesn't appear to have lost ANY of his range. He was simply awesome, which is incredible given his age. They played all of the hits you would expect from a Starship lineup (Jane, Sara, Find Your Way Back, etc), Mickey's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", and then closed with a rousing rendeition of "We Built This City" (after the stage hands put back the stuff they had started clearing prior to the encore...oh Mickey let them have it!) that had everyone in the place on their feet! All-in-all, it was a very enjoyable show.
Starship was a very nice surprise--I knew the "biggies" like Nothing's Gonna Stop Us and We Built This City but didn't know that Mickey Thomas sang on the Elvin Bishop song "Fooled Around and Fell in Love." That song was unexpected as were the two Jefferson Airplane songs (actually a short medley of the two). One disappointment is my tickets said 8:00 p.m. and they started before that. Mickey Thomas sounded great and enjoyed the audience even though it wasn't a big crowd. Survivor was a BIG disappointment. I didn't realize the original lead singer was no longer with them--Jimi Jamison was replaced with Robin McAuley. In my opinion, McAuley's voice was even too high for the Survivor songs. They also played a .38 Special song rather than their own. I left 30 minutes into the Survivor show hoping it would get better--I just didn't want to hear McAuley in my opinion "butcher" any more of my favorite songs. It was worth it to see Starship however and they should be the headliner, NOT Survivor.
great show....would love to see them come to N Ga....Cornelia or Gainesville
The entire band of Starship was amazing. The lead singer and the female singer were great. We really enjoyed this part of the show. BUT...Survivor was very disappointing. After enjoying Starship so much I anxiously awaited Survivor (after a long break). They played "head-banging" rock instead of the Survivor hits that I remembered (and was looking forward to). We actually left early which isn't usually our style.
The show was good overall but it started 20 minutes early so I missed the 1st 3 songs. That was Starship. Then, when Survivor came out, they only played an hour with no encore. That was dissappointing to me & a lot of others. They sounded good but played a few songs no one had ever even heard, plus missed playing many of the hits.
The show was great, but some people came late and Starship went on early and they were very disappointed that they missed it. The show wasn't supposed to start till 8:00. They went on at 7:45.
the concert was great, great time was had by all. Starship has not lost anything. and Survior rocked the house
Anyone who likes the starship music will enjoy this show. Mickey Thomas was definately the highlight, his vocals are incredible. I enjoyed Bobby Kimball, but to a lesser degree. I was looking forward to hear the Grace Slick stand-in, but was disappointed for the most part. I really enjoyed her energy on stage, but I think her singing was just average. There was one song she did that was surprisingly good, but I think there are a lot more talented female vocalists out there. As a side note, the Karaoke contest winner who sang some Journey and other songs was quite talented even though he looked pretty geekish.
