Bummer

Well the Rosanne Cash show was a HUGE disappointment! First, while the Princess is an old restored theatre, it's really not that grand. It just looked like an old theatre. The bigger problem, though, was the concert itself. Rosanne's mic was much too quiet and her husband's guitar was MUCH too loud. They finally figured out the "quiet mic" problem about half way through the show, but they never did turn down his guitar. Honestly, any time he touched his guitar strings, well you just couldn't hear anything else. On top of that, they felt a need to feature him in a guitar solo in every song. Rosanne Cash's songs are not "guitar rock" by any means, yet he was hopping around like Dickey Betts at an Allman Brothers concert. It just didn't fit.

On the positive side, the whole evening was almost rescued by Rosanne's nearly a capella rendition of "Ode to Billy Joe." It was a goosebumps moment! Oh, she also did a cover of one of my very favorite "old country" songs -- Don Gibson's "Sea of Heartbreak." Those almost salvaged the whole experience, but I just get too mad every time I think of that deafening guitar. Grrr!

Oh well, ... Busy, busy, busy today.