Monday, February 21, 2005
ALICE IN CHAINS BENEFIT CONCERT
(pictures courtesy of Seattle P-I)
Alice in Chains owns stage in tsunami-relief show full of surprises
---Maynard James Keenan singing "Man In The Box" and "Them Bones"
---Ann Wilson singing "Brother"
Those were just two of the highlights that took place during the benefit concert for the victims of the Southeast Asia tsunami tragedy at the Premier in Seattle on Feb. 18. The benefit concert, which raised over $100,000 for the relief efforts in Southeast Asia, featured the remaining members of Alice In Chains, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Sir Mix-A-Lot, the Supersuckers, and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
I would have loved to have seen Maynard singing AIC tunes. Certainly nobody can replace the late great Layne Staley, but Maynard definitely has the vocal range to sing any rock song, especially those from Alice In Chains' catalog.
Damageplan's Pat Lachman and Puddle of Mudd's Wes Scantlin were also at the concert this past Friday. I commented a few weeks back that Lachman would be a good fit in Jerry Cantrell's solo band. Lachman more than held his own with Damageplan.
Hopefully this show was recorded for future use on CD and/or DVD. I guarantee that if this show was released on CD and/or DVD, there would definitely be more money raised for the tsunami relief efforts. In the meantime, I hope to post more material here in the coming weeks. We'll see what happens, though.
