His voice still sounds great. Thanks for sharing.
He's from here in Montgomery, AL, and still a big legend. Still visits his family here. There are still a number of musicians playing here that played with him in great local bands before he got the Styx call. One of my fave local bands does the full version of Crystal Ball.I saw this whole concert on AXS TV - always liked Tommy Shaw stuff. Big Styx fan in Jr. High and high School. But when Kilroy came out, it was the first Styx album I didn't buy. I had all of their previous albums, even the first 5 without Tommy Shaw on them. (He joined them on their Crystal Ball album.)
Also, this live version has the extra verse to Crystal Ball that he wrote and it wasn't recorded on the studio album.
I saw this whole concert on AXS TV - always liked Tommy Shaw stuff. Big Styx fan in Jr. High and high School. But when Kilroy came out, it was the first Styx album I didn't buy. I had all of their previous albums, even the first 5 without Tommy Shaw on them. (He joined them on their Crystal Ball album.)
Also, this live version has the extra verse to Crystal Ball that he wrote and it wasn't recorded on the studio album.
Still sings his a$$ off don't he!
Guitar seemed pretty dated to me though, and I'm an old geezer myself. Good player, but still.
Crack band!
Pretty cool how they grab all those harmonies more or less on the fly, though like Daryl said, they have so many singers, the notes just get covered by someone. Also, who knows how many takes we didn't hear.
I don't get the feeling they do many takes. I would think that Daryl and Guest have a conversation about what songs to do. Then they have a meeting with the full band where they go over if they want to make any changes how to end songs, etc. The band goes off and runs through the material.
Then the artist shows up. They're pretty much dialed in, but such good musicians that they can change things up on the fly.