DDY Review - 7/15/12 Columbus :)
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:12 pmI noticed how the DDY show was compared to the Styx show from the year before.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories ... sical.html
Picnic with the Pops: Styx singer, symphony mix pop with classical
Dennis DeYoung dazzled and delighted an audience that went to high school between 1975 and 1983 in a dynamic concert called “The Music of Styx” with the Columbus Symphony last night at Columbus Commons.
In fact, this might have been one of the best Picnic with the Pops shows ever: a perfect blend of pop, rock and classical music. This show actually blew away the show last year at the LC Pavilion by the group that has the rights to the name Styx. Last night, the songs were outstanding, the playing inspired, and the showmanship cool but not over the top. Leading the way was DeYoung, 65, the former voice of Styx.
Conductor Arnie Roth led the symphony in an overture of Styx music, and then DeYoung joined his band for Grand Illusion, playing Hammond and Yamaha keyboards.
Along the way, portions of classical music’s finest works turned up in the show — a few measures of Ravel’s Bolero graced Lady, Mozart’s Eine Klein Nachtmusik preceded Lorelei and Debussy’s Claire de Lune started Don’t Let it End. The symphony sounded great when they could be heard over the six-man band. Sonically, this show was good and loud — the poor concertmaster appeared to be wearing ear muffs. Special mention goes to drummer Tom Sharpe, who stood at his kit a lot to play castanets and hit the cymbals.
DeYoung’s twin guitarists, August Zadra and Jimmy Leahey, look and sound like Tommy Shaw and James Young from the original Styx, but they didn’t mind soloing on Desert Moon, acting robotic on Mr. Roboto, hitting the high notes on Rockin’ the Paradise, Suite Madame Blue and Best of Times; or grabbing the spotlight on Renegade, Blue Collar Man and Too Much Time on My Hands.
There was a lady who stood behind DeYoung during much of the show and sang backing vocals. It turned out to be Suzanne DeYoung, his wife of 42 years. He said he wrote the song Babe for her in 1979 in lieu of jewelry. She said she got the jewelry later, and good for her. Later, the DeYoungs slow-danced at the end of the closing encore, Come Sail Away.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories ... sical.html
Picnic with the Pops: Styx singer, symphony mix pop with classical
Dennis DeYoung dazzled and delighted an audience that went to high school between 1975 and 1983 in a dynamic concert called “The Music of Styx” with the Columbus Symphony last night at Columbus Commons.
In fact, this might have been one of the best Picnic with the Pops shows ever: a perfect blend of pop, rock and classical music. This show actually blew away the show last year at the LC Pavilion by the group that has the rights to the name Styx. Last night, the songs were outstanding, the playing inspired, and the showmanship cool but not over the top. Leading the way was DeYoung, 65, the former voice of Styx.
Conductor Arnie Roth led the symphony in an overture of Styx music, and then DeYoung joined his band for Grand Illusion, playing Hammond and Yamaha keyboards.
Along the way, portions of classical music’s finest works turned up in the show — a few measures of Ravel’s Bolero graced Lady, Mozart’s Eine Klein Nachtmusik preceded Lorelei and Debussy’s Claire de Lune started Don’t Let it End. The symphony sounded great when they could be heard over the six-man band. Sonically, this show was good and loud — the poor concertmaster appeared to be wearing ear muffs. Special mention goes to drummer Tom Sharpe, who stood at his kit a lot to play castanets and hit the cymbals.
DeYoung’s twin guitarists, August Zadra and Jimmy Leahey, look and sound like Tommy Shaw and James Young from the original Styx, but they didn’t mind soloing on Desert Moon, acting robotic on Mr. Roboto, hitting the high notes on Rockin’ the Paradise, Suite Madame Blue and Best of Times; or grabbing the spotlight on Renegade, Blue Collar Man and Too Much Time on My Hands.
There was a lady who stood behind DeYoung during much of the show and sang backing vocals. It turned out to be Suzanne DeYoung, his wife of 42 years. He said he wrote the song Babe for her in 1979 in lieu of jewelry. She said she got the jewelry later, and good for her. Later, the DeYoungs slow-danced at the end of the closing encore, Come Sail Away.
