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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
As it should have been. They recorded it and played it live many times. They were also already on tour when they did that show.
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...and the new band has been in rehearsal for a
month...
For the record, had they hit the stage with a performance that reflected having their collective sh*t together, I'd be more than willing to objectively say "hey they came out punching and despite Lindsey's absence, they have their own thing going on and giving everyone a run for their money.
I'm an amateur guitar player at best and last night I literally picked up my telecaster and within 5 minutes found all the notes needed for that part that Mike was playing on a keyboard during gypsy.
Yes it was on TV, yes it was their first public performance, yes Stevie may not have sounded the best...all that I don't care about. If you listen strictly to the music...it was sloppy and there's no way around that. Bands sound like crap on TV all the time, but they're still tight and on their A game. They now have TWO guitarists to cover the part of ONE guitarist and it's still sloppy?
No disrespect for Mike or Neil, this is a weird situation for them but it's still a giant head scratcher to have an army of folks on that stage and yet it's still sloppy. The absence of Lindsey completely aside, it was sloppy.