Taking the stage after a month "off", Lynn entered the lights with charm, grace and skill. The voice coming out of the 70-something could have easily belonged to a 35 year old. The truthful tone with which she sings lets you know why she is a legend.
The same cannot be said of the family. I understand that she is getting up there and can only sing about 30 minutes worth of material. (Her daughters opened the show with four songs, son came on for two, granddaughter came on for two, and her backup trio sang 4 songs midway through.) She has earned that right to do that. But if she puts them on the stage, we have the right to critique them.
Her two daughters look good in skiiny jeans and dress, but have mediocre talent. Granddaughter coming out and performing gave Lynn time to catch her breath (onstage), but clearly showed how the younger generation ias all flash and no substance. Lindsay Lohan has met her match for mediocrity.
Her son was the biggest disappointment of all. It's obvious that he's gonna hang onto the coattails and ride that gravytrain as long as he can, because there ain't much else. They bantered back and forth with scripted one-liners and zingers about what a loser he was, and the biggest dead air came when he said that his father had been a "cheater" and that was the gift he had given the family......source for many songs. I was embarrassed for the Queen onstage. It may have been just bad writing, but it sucked the air out of the place. He also did a lot of that "fake smiling" we all see at parties from the guy no one wants to talk to.. The body language of the musicians told us loud and clear that they thought he was a jerk, too. And I'm not convinced he hadn't a few belts before the show.
All in all, it was a treat to see this living legend, and we endured her family because she asked us to. Her moments in song, however, were moments of bliss.