Yes/No
by K. Malito on 9/10/23Rating: 3 out of 5The Yes first... Tommy James and the Shondelles Greatest Hits was the first album I ever bought with my own (first communion) money. ..so definitely a sentimental favorite. And Yes, I appreciate the artist's right to interpret, live, any music written years later... and there were highlights. Nevertheless, the No... Tommy seems to want to front a guitar band now. While he does have both piano and keyboard players, you'd be hard pressed to hear them now, which is a shame as they were prominent in his original work. As such, Crystal Blue Persuation, my all time favorite, was the biggest disappointment of the show. Notwithstanding (again) the artist's right to interpret... to me it's just not a power chord song. The highlight of the concert was his acoustic version of I Think We're Alone Now, which was exceptional. Yet it only made me wish that he'd have done the entire concert that way... there's definitely something there. His voice is still very strong but I think he does his music a deservice by highlighting the guitars and not the orchestral greatness which made his origionals so great.