I don’t go to these old bird shows for the performance quality. You go to see a piece of musical history that will soon be gone. Chuck Berry still does shows but no more duck walks from him.
Yep. I've seen Chuck in concert twice, the last time he got some verses jumbled and was clearly struggling. However, *nobody* jeered or heckled the man. It was the same with Dylan, who I saw in concert last year (mostly because Mark Knopfler was touring with him as a warm-up prior to his Privateering tour). Bob's voice is just about gone; if you didn't already know the songs there's no way you could make out the lyrics based on his current performances. Again, he got only applause.
I decided to see Merle Haggard while he was still touring. I made the mistake of buying a general admission ticket to a performance at Billy Bob's Texas. I was too far away to really see him and the drunks screamed every time he started to play a song. After three songs, I left. Don't know if he was any good or not that night.
I saw Junior Brown there and bought a good seat up front. It was great. That guy is an awesome guitar player.
Precisely so.
I’ve seen BB about half a dozen times in the last 12-15 years. You’re going to pay homage to BB and to see the warm up band, plain and simple.