Sir Exar Kun
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I saw the show in Peoria IL a week or so. While the band was firing on all cylinders instrumentally, they are not doing James Labrie any favors by making him try to do stuff from 25 years ago. He was seriously laboring on the I & W material, and this coming from a staunch Labrie supporter. I am hoping the show I saw was just an aberration as many earlier reviews were stating how well he was doing with these shows. I still give him props for trying, and at least then I know he's not using pre-recorded backing tracks like so many other supposed "live" bands.
You can definitely tell he has aged on "Take the Time" and "Under a Glass Moon", but he makes it work still..... No, he definitely cannot hit and hold the notes he used to, but what he does with it still works.