I was expecting nothing spactactular for this retrospective from these two 70's era icons, but since it was my 9-year old's first concert, I figured it was a good starting point (by sheer accident, his first CD was "10 from 6").
The Doobies played a mix of their hits, and shared vocal duties between the two current frontmen, and had a few younger folks in the lineup (including two drummers, which seemed wierd) to spice thing up a bit. It was a predictable and ho-hummish set. Despite my love of the Band, the lack of Michael McDonald really made this show a 5/10 rating for me. Too many people on stage just muddied up the sound.
Quite the contrast to the Bad Company set. From the moment Paul Rodgers walked on stage, he was on fire. They stuck pretty much to their hits from the same era as the Doobies, but the sound was fresh and clean, and was brought to life by Paul's vocal subtleties and interesting chord exploration. The three other gents were from the original lineup, with exception of the Bassist who died in 2006. He was replaced for the show (much to my excitement) by Roger Fisher - one of the founding members of Heart.
Guitarist Boz Burell looked OLD, but did a good job of pulling out his fantastic bluesey style AI've always loved. Drummer Simon Kirke did a fir job of emulating his sound, with the exception of oversimplified fills. Roger was great at filling in where necessary.
The show belonged to Rogers though who has seemingly gotten better with age. He's always been one of the best vocalists in Rock, but has truely not lost any of the luster from 3 decades ago, and actually brought new life to a good portion of the set.
I appreciated the song selection too, which included some favorites not heard on the radio.
Paul Killed it!