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by mommyrocker

Kansas City marks my fourth concert this tour and yet again...never a disappointment! I continue to go into every concert thinking that the tour will have worn on Chris and all the travel and singing will catch up with him, but I am proud to say he continues to prove me wrong!

Where this man gets his energy is beyond me, although I have the strong belief that when you do what you love the energy is there. This man seems to be doing what he loves! His band seems to love doing what they are doing too!

Happy early holidays to me. I got my expected payoff in Cornell and his amazing vocals and beautiful lyrics and I got a priceless holiday bonus in the amazingly talented musicians that are backing Chris. Since seeing Chris 4 times now I have come to the realization that each time might not be my last time to see him. In that realization I have taken great pleasure in also watching Peter, Corey, Yogi and Sutter do their thing on stage as well as Chris.

Chris once again mixed his classics with the new. The band took the stage and started in with the melodic reworked Sunshower intro. Wow. I am here and I am on the rail and it feels like I am being locked in to the front seat of a 2.5 hour roller coaster ride. I love the excitement of that moment when you realize you are at the beginning of something you love so much and about to surrender all control over to the music. As I was glues to the stage and the music the man himself strolls out onto the stage and is met by the usual screams. Even though this must happen night after night for him, a smile manifests on his face and he continues to look genuinely pleased by the reaction and soaks it in.

Suddenly this melodic intro twists inside out and the band throws down with Let Me Drown. The fierce energy from this classic just hits you right in the face and gets in every cell! Chris is jumping on the speakers and all over the stage and the guys are playing like mad. It feels like whether you are up on that stage or in the crowd, the energy has just wrapped around everyone and we are in this together!

Some highlights for me.... I am not a fan of the Song Arms Around Your Love, but Yogi started into this song and brought some new energy to it and Chris matched that energy and the whole song was transformed for me. It was beautifully done and they won me over very much like they did before with Billy Jean. Nothing can compare to hearing some of these songs live! (and much to my delight the also ended up playing Billy Jean)

Seasons. God. That has to be one of my top five songs by Chris Cornell but the version that Chris does live...there are really no words! Chris started out with Yogi and Peter playing acoustic. Goose bumps. Midway thru the song it is like your own heart beat is infused into the song, played by the Sutter on the drums. It is so primal the way they start in that your hair just stands up on end. Mind blowingly amazing!

Chris revisited Some Temple of the Dog with Hunger Strike and Pushing Forward back. Recently added to the repetoire was Superunknown. So good to hear the old songs given new life! Chris only needed one glance at the lyrics midway thru the song and seems to have a little chuckle about this with the guys. Chris seems to have a lot of chuckles with the guys in his band which is a real joy to see on stage. The guitar picks are still flying ( I got two! Both Peter Thorn picks but I traded tina for a Yogi. I now need Sutter and Corey's) Even Sutter has his own guitar pick amo and fires rapidly from behind the drums.

The interaction between Yogi and Peter on stage with their guitars and talent is incredible! I feel so lucky to watch these amazing musicians. At one point during Pushing Forward back Chris leaves the stage and puts us in the capable hands of a Peter and Yogi jam. As it went on it seemed that Chris was leaving them to hang and see how much they could improvise and for how long just for grins, and when he came back to the stage there were definitely mischievous grins between all three of them.

Another highlight for me was Spoonman. When the band tore into this classic Peter was straight in front of me with this black guitar and he was just killing it! The tempo live is faster than on the cd and between Chris singing live and Peter just ripping it up, I couldn't even listen to the regular recorded version of this song without it sounding like a lullaby in comparison!

In true Chris fashion he did an acoustic set. Among the songs he made a comment about Wide Awake being written from the feelings he had about the Katrina disaster and made reference to it being used in the movie Miami Vice and at what point in the movie it could be found.

Also played acoustically was Fell On Black Days, and Highway. An acoustic Doesn't Remind Me ended with the band joining in and finishing the song with him. The concert concluded with a four song encore, but one of those songs was a mind blowing combo of, if I remember right, Slaves and Bulldozers which melded into, Whole Lotta Love which continued to transform itself into Overfloater then went to an amazingly reworked 4th of July.

Then the end sets in. No matter how many time you see this man...you are left wanting more.

by tonerkin

The show was great fun and Chris seemed like he was a pretty decent spirits. He did read our street team sign and than looked at my request. His voice was not as spot on as Cleveland but the sound was really good for being up front. Lots of pics flying and band members including Chris coming down to the lower part of the stage was great.

Kansas City Star

The hammer of the gods pummeled the Uptown Theater on Saturday.

The ballyhooed Led Zeppelin reunion won't touch down in Kansas City, but Chris Cornell offered a deeply rewarding alternative.

Vocalist for Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave, Cornell has a distinctive howl that's a staple on metal and modern-rock radio stations. His body of work is largely based on intriguing updates of Zeppelin's mighty sound.

"This is my 20th anniversary of making records," Cornell, 43, reminded approximately 1,200 fans. They heard him revive 31 songs in two-and-a-half hours of fist-pumping, head-banging melodic crunch.

The four young musicians backing Cornell provided sturdy, if somewhat anonymous, support. Only a few songs featured guitar solos lasting more than 30 seconds. It was a refreshing break from the traditional and often tedious pyrotechnics of most heavy rock shows.

The absence of a star guitarist shifted the emphasis to Cornell's songs. They easily withstood the scrutiny. Raging renditions of Soundgarden's "Superunknown," "4th of July" and "Rusty Cage" were vital.

The theater's balcony was closed, and the tight quarters downstairs transformed the audience into an unlikely choir during hits like "Black Hole Sun" and Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike."

"I like this place," Cornell said. "It reminds me of church."

An extended solo acoustic segment provided a pocket of calm in the storm.

"This is how a lot of these songs were written," Cornell said.

The night's sole disappointment was that Cornell's voice did not seem to be at full power. Even so, his hoarseness added urgency and anguish to his shrieking.

The night ended, appropriately enough, with a brutal version of Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love."

Much like Cornell, opening act Earl Greyhound reveres the unholy trinity of Cream, Hendrix and Zeppelin. But instead of modernizing the classic rock foundation with bitter grunge, the Brooklyn-based trio sweetened the mix with tasty pop dynamics in their likable 40-minute set.

- Bill Brownlee, Kansas City Star

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