{"id":3118,"date":"2016-08-04T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2016-09-04T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T11:56:58","slug":"lynyrd-skynyrd-and-peter-frampton-cynthia-woods-mitchell-pavilion-woodlands-tx-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/04\/lynyrd-skynyrd-and-peter-frampton-cynthia-woods-mitchell-pavilion-woodlands-tx-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Woodlands, TX – REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by David Clements<\/p>\n

\"Frampton-25\"<\/a>This Thursday night at The Woodlands Pavilion marked the \u2018restart\u2019 of the Peter Frampton\/Lynyrd Skynyrd World Tour. Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s Gary Rossington had experienced a heart attack back in October of this past year and as you would expect that put the brakes on the tour. \u00a0Fortunately for us he recovered sufficiently for the band to get back on the road and head to The Woodlands Texas!<\/p>\n

The performance was surprisingly good and made me feel sorry for the ticket holding fans in the cities where shows were cancelled. Hopefully for them, those dates will be made up in the future.\u00a0 There was no sign of tentativeness or lost enthusiasm in the show.\u00a0 If anything, the feeling was \u2018rested and ready\u2019!<\/p>\n

Having said that it remains unclear to me why these two acts, Frampton and LS, are co<\/em>-headlining together. They just seem like a misfit to me\u2026but what do I know? \u00a0They both deliver a great sound that\u2019s uniquely their own.\u00a0 Still I don\u2019t see any Southern Rock connection to Peter Frampton.<\/p>\n

Frampton opened the festivities while the sun was still beating down on the near 100 degree evening. He did not seem the least bit bothered by these conditions that, frankly, were kicking my butt!\u00a0 He started with Something\u2019s Happening and didn\u2019t stop until he had completely thrilled his fans by playing all of his hits and an awesome rendition of George Harrison\u2019s While My Guitar Gently Weeps as an encore.<\/p>\n

Peter bought in a stout group of musicians to back him up and although all looked many years his junior that sure seemed to \u2018fit\u2019 tightly together.<\/p>\n

The only negative critique I have is that several of the songs in Frampton\u2019s set list seemed to go on a little too long. It just seemed like they were \u2018killing time\u2019 versus having \u2018no time to kill\u2019. \u00a0Maybe his fans didn\u2019t mind and it might have just been me but I found myself thinking this at least two or three times.\u00a0 And by the way, I had NO such thoughts during the Lynyrd Skynyrd set that followed!<\/p>\n

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LS started their set with Workin\u2019 for MCA, then What\u2019s Your Name, followed by You Got That Right and crowd pleasing Saturday Night Special. For me personally, and it appeared the same for this very enthusiastic crowd, listening to the final three songs was the highlight of the evening.\u00a0 They gave us Gimme Three Steps, Call Me the Breeze, and Sweet Home Alabama.\u00a0 Then, of course, the iconic rock anthem Free Bird as their encore.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t think of another band out there who is as consistently terrific performing live. They drive their audience throughout the show, nonstop from beginning to end.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been at it for many years now, yet I saw no evidence on this night of any slowing down!<\/p>\n

Until next time, I hope you keep it between the navigational beacons.<\/p>\n

dwc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by David Clements This Thursday night at The Woodlands Pavilion marked the \u2018restart\u2019 of the Peter Frampton\/Lynyrd Skynyrd World Tour. Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s Gary Rossington had experienced a heart attack back in October of this past year and as you would expect that put the brakes on the tour. \u00a0Fortunately for us he recovered sufficiently… <\/p>\n

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