Echoes of Pompeii

Echoes of Pompeii, a Pink Floyd tribute band performed last saturday night to an older crowd at the Abbey Pub. It was a much more solemn environment than what I was expecting when I walked in the door. The crowd was made up mostly of older people probably averaging the age of 50's and older. Due to average age of the audience I couldn't help but notice how much more higher the high end frequencies were being turned up to compensate for the elderly loss of hearing. This to me resulted in pain and sharpness in my ear when I stood in the center between the 2 speakers. It was so overwhelming to me that I could only stand in this ideal location for a couple songs before my ears began to throb. I watched Breathe and Comfortably Numb from the centered position, which was a thrill to see. Those are two of my favorites by Pink Floyd.

The band itself wasn't bad. The instrumentation was spot on and the parts were all played well especially the back up vocalists Betsy Plant and Melissa Ferrara. These 2 dynamic vocalists blew me away with their solos. They were comparable to two boxers going back and forth with one another. One would sing, do her thing, have the crowd amazed and then the other would have her turn and top what the other had just done and they'd go back and forth like so.

Overall it was a decent show and I'm happy to know that I've seen a Pink Floyd tribute band now because I've had several chances before, but have just never sprung for it, but now I can finally say I've seen Dark Side of the Moon live.