Favorite moment: When they played "Couldn't I Just Tell You". It happens to be my favorite Todd song at this particular phase of my life and the band rocked it! @
Setlist: Who cares, it's all good!! @
Opening act(s): Some country chick. Not much happenin' there... @
Posted 10/28/2009
by Charvel
Location: South Orange County, California, USA
This is the third time I've seen TR. The band was fun to watch and Kassim seemed to be having a great time. They've been touring for a year so Todd was doing quite a bit of screaming as his high end vocals were probably not up to par. But his distinctive voice still came through well for the most part. I wasn't familiar with the Arena album but it was cool to watch them perform it not knowing what was coming next. Todd also put out some classics to satisfy us longtime fans. He's a never miss event as far as I'm concerned!
Downside was the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. Intimate venue but no standing at the stage and mediocre acoutics took away from a great show.
Coach House - Capistrano @
- San Juan Capistrano @
,CA @
- Sun, Oct 25, 2009 @
Favorite moment: When they played "Couldn't I Just Tell You". It happens to be my favorite Todd song at this particular phase of my life and the band rocked it! @
Setlist: Who cares, it's all good!! @
Opening act(s): Some country chick. Not much happenin' there... @
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3/5
Too much noise, not enough vocal
Coach House - Capistrano @
- San Juan Capistrano @
,CA @
- Sun, Oct 25, 2009 @
Favorite moment: No joke.....Tipping the guy seating us $20 for a good seat. He said, "For another $20 I can get you a great seat". $70 seats, $40 meal, $40 seat tip @
Setlist: A few songs.......the Arena CD......some encore songs @
Opening act(s): Can't remember....she had a nice voice but the music was less than thrilling. Very coffee-house-like, which is music I really don't care for. @
Posted 10/26/2009
by Addnos
Location: The OC
My rating is no reflection on Todd's performance. He gives all he has and appears to have fun doing it. I love Todd's music and the thing I enjoy best about him is that he can write very melodic pieces in almost any genre. That said, his latest CD, Arena-released in 2008, has plenty of rock to go around and I play it almost every day. This particular performance spotlighted the Arena CD but also mixed in about 8-10 other songs that go back 3 decades. The problem with the Coach House (or maybe with Todd's setup) is that the venue had so much distortion for the first few songs I could literally not hear the vocals at times. Once he got to the Arena CD, which he played front to back, some of the sound issues were resolved but still I wanted to them to turn down the overbearing guitars and distortion I was hearing. I made the mistake of forgetting my earplugs for the evening. I'm paying for that today with ringing in my ears. It's not pleasant. Now, I have heard bands play at the Honda Center with similar distortion problems, but then saw the Police at the Honda Center and they had no distortion issues. But that's an area with 15,000 people. The Coach House is a borderline dive-bar with less than a 1,000 people. I guess it's a matter of the music and the way it's presented. But for Todd to be such a great producer and writer and then to listen to the "noise" produced during his concert, it was a bit disappointing. I like hearing his voice. It just wasn't to be on this night. It's not the first time I've been to the Coach House when they've had poor sound...but it will be my last. I'm not going back.
Coach House - Capistrano @
- San Juan Capistrano @
,CA @
- Sun, Oct 25, 2009 @
Favorite moment: No joke.....Tipping the guy seating us $20 for a good seat. He said, "For another $20 I can get you a great seat". $70 seats, $40 meal, $40 seat tip @
Setlist: A few songs.......the Arena CD......some encore songs @
Opening act(s): Can't remember....she had a nice voice but the music was less than thrilling. Very coffee-house-like, which is music I really don't care for. @
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5/5
Todd rocked
Coach House - Capistrano @
- San Juan Capistrano @
,CA @
- Sun, Oct 25, 2009 @
Posted 10/26/2009
by lauradtoddfan
Location: California
How does he do it? Todd was unbelievable. Another concert "straight from the solar plexus," as my boyfriend says. Compositions, lyrics, voice, band... all of it perfection. As usual.
