I just found it so odd that the sound guy didn't immediately (or at least within a few songs) adjust the mix. I'm not a sound guy, but I'm guessing that the performers can't really tell if the mix is off, right? It was a very hard core fan crowd, and so people weren't giving any negative vibe to the bad mix - but it was clearly off (I've got a lot of Beacon shows under my belt, so I do have some background for comparison). But something caused him to adjust it about 2/3's of the way through the show. It's a shame, because he's a great performer and guitarist, and his pedal/lap steel guitarist on this tour (Greg Leisz) is really fantastic - but you really couldn't hear them through the high decibel output of Val McCallum's electric guitar.
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Steve
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