Chickenfoot in Kansas City - August 11, 2009

I started to get nervous the afternoon of the Chickenfoot show when I did a search for concert reviews (which I usually don’t do) and saw that with the exception of a couple of songs the band was sticking to their one and only album. With everyone’s background it didn’t make sense to do this, especially since I was hoping for at least one Satriani song as a guitar solo.

Well that turned out to be true but the show didn’t turn out to be as bad as I feared.  The band sounded great together and gave the songs more life than they have on the album itself.  One of the suprising things - for me at least - was how much the crowd was into it.  The Uptown Theatre was sold out and I figured a lot of the people were there to hear some Van Halen songs and “I Can’t Drive 55″ but they were really into every song in the set.  The band put on a great performance despite the questionable setlist.

The opener - Davey Knowles and Backdoor Slam - was fantastic.  Again, I didn’t think the crowd would be into a relatively unknown opener but it seemed like most people were into them.  Davey Knowles, the singer and lead guitarist, gave a dynamite performance and displayed some incredible guitar playing.

As for the venue, the Uptown Theatre isn’t a bad place to see shows, but the chairs they set out on the floor are absolutely horrible.  I felt like I was in a middle seating flying Delta economy.  At least the building was air-conditioned.