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Poison’s Bret Michaels is now
touring in an effort to promote his latest solo effort,
Freedom of Sound, which promises to be a hard rockin’ release
with a country flare (if the sampling he gave us was any
indication). For some his performance at the Hard Rock Café
on November 21 was long anticipated since Michaels had to
cancel a show here last April. Thus, it was no surprise that
he packed in a great crowd this Sunday night.
For those wondering if there will
be too much twang at this show for their tastes, don’t fret.
While he did sneak in a surprise rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s
“Gimme Three Steps” (which came hand-n-hand with a round of
free beer for everyone over 21 in the club (and yes wristbands
WERE CHECKED)) and two songs off the new album, this is
definitely still a rock-n-roll concert.
Newer material included his new
single “All I Ever Needed,” as well as “New Breed of American
Cowboy,” (from Michaels's soon to be released "Freedom Of Sound"
CD) the later of which wouldn’t be categorized as country by
most, as well as “Bitter Sweet” and “Raine” from Michaels’
last solo release. Otherwise this was an early Thanksgiving
feast for Poison fans…
“Talk Dirty to Me” kicked things
off and “Nothin But a Good Time” wound things down in the
usual Poison tradition. With his own backing band, Michaels
blazed through quite a bit of the Poison artillery including
the ballads “Every Rose Has its Thorn” and “Somethin to
Believe In.” And of course, the a great selection of the party
songs that Poison made famous like “Your Mama Don’t Dance” and
“Unskinny Bop.”
Kudos to Michaels for putting so much into a performance with an
obvious bit of the flu setting in that was adding a rasp to
his voice when he spoke but did not hinder his vocals.
The consummate performer, Michaels gave his all to crowd and left
everyone satisfied.
For more information about the
fall solo tour visit:
http://www.bretmichaels.com
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