Search - Mark Lindsay, Grassroots, Spencer Davis :: Rock & Roll Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends

Disappointing in many ways

Tom from NY | 02/23/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The concept of this album is to have some of your favorite stars and bands performing live using new technology.The first 6 songs feature Mark Lindsay doing 5 Raiders classics plus his solo hit,Arizona.The mixing that was done is extremely poor on bass. Mark's vocals are often spoken [I realize people lose their singing voice as they get older,which may be the case here].Gone are the shouts and growls we heard during the 60's. Indian Reservation is a fairly good rendition and Arizona is the best of the 6. The next 6 songs by the Grass Roots are much better,but original singer Rob Grill is missing.Replacing him is Ron Dante [of the Archies and Cuff Links]who does a good job, but it's not quite the same.Jean Knight and Merilee Rush are okay with their 2 songs. Spencer Davis does 2 classics of his,but gone are Steve Winwood on vocals,being replaced by Spencer himself.These 2 songs are okay.Finally,if these are supposed to be live versions,why do 6 songs fade out at the end?If you are a Mark Lindsay fan,you might want to purchase this cd.Otherwise,this cd for the most part is very disappointing."