I attended the Richmond show last week. I enjoyed the varied set list, thought the movie was great, John was in great form, but I thought the mix was horrible. I ended up leaving, just after "Paper & Fire", because the drums were mixed so loud, it was all I could hear. It was giving me a severe headache, even with earplugs in. The guitars and other instruments were completely buried. I was seated in the 1st row of the Mezzanine, about 20 rows from the stage. Maybe it was the drummer's style, I noticed he played with sticks the entire night, I expected him to use brushes for the rockabilly tunes while he was on the smaller kit. It was so bad that I ended up missing John performing his excellent tune "No Better Than This".
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