So who's going to help out Jerry and the boys' blatant cash grab? I went to the Ram's Head show last night and, as cash grabs go, it was pretty enjoyable.
The band is definitely a VH1 Classics contender now. They ceased to be relevent several years ago and even Cantrell's solo efforts can't approach what AiC was. But last night's show was a pleasant trip down memory lane.
The band played a set of about 6-8 songs, then took a short break as a "tribute video" to Layne was shown (tacky, tacky, tacky). They came back and did a four song "unplugged" set which was alot more enjoyable than it sounds (Don't Follow, No Excuses, Brother, and Got Me Wrong). They plugged in for about another 3-4 songs before the inevitable encore (Rooster and Would, of course).
Despite the drunken morons, horrible sound and atrocious sightlines, we had a good time. It was just a warmup for tonight's show.
Oh, and how did they sound without Layne? William Duvall (ex of Comes With The Fall, a long time touring partner of Cantrell) filled in admirably. Several times you could close your eyes and not realize it wasn't Layne. He's also a better guitar player than Layne. And he's not decomposing on the couch.
