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Saw Boston w/Cheap Trick last night at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix. It was an awesome show!
Went to a Boston show in June of '79 when it included the original members. The current version only includes the founder Tom Scholtz (only because he hasn't fired himself). Although an awesome talent, he without a doubt is a control freak and the show is mainly about him. It's such a shame he's the only original member. That said, he can play the guitar and keyboards amazingly well and obviously wrote all their hits.
Boston still has that "sound" that they've always have. The current band has 6 on stage that all do multiple duty. They continue to sound as good as ever, played all the hits. The only rub I saw was they only played one encore (Party). In '79 they played 4 songs after they came back. Perhaps at 67 y.o. Scholtz just doesn't have enough in the tank to play more than 1 song.
Cheap Trick played their 4 big songs and had plenty of energy and was enjoyable as always.
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what a lineup that was.
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