Sfar,
What a concert that must have been!!!
Although removed by decades, I witnessed a similar case of the tune-up band eclipsing the marquis act in a Soul context. I went to see Alicia Keys just after her second record dropped and she had John Legend as her tune-up artist. While she performed respectably, John Legend thoroughly smoked her. Better songs, better played and better sung. Surely, he is not in the same class as the artists that have been discussed here, but I do like his musicianship and songcraft.
What a concert that must have been!!!
Although removed by decades, I witnessed a similar case of the tune-up band eclipsing the marquis act in a Soul context. I went to see Alicia Keys just after her second record dropped and she had John Legend as her tune-up artist. While she performed respectably, John Legend thoroughly smoked her. Better songs, better played and better sung. Surely, he is not in the same class as the artists that have been discussed here, but I do like his musicianship and songcraft.