I love The Darkness.  Their first album (Permission to Land) is incredible.  They played most of the songs off this album, so that was great.

I bought their second album (One Way Ticket To Hell….and Back)  the week it came out and it’s still in the shrink wrapping with a ton of my other “never listened to” CDs.  I used to buy tons of CDs every week and that one ended in the “To Do” pile and got filed away.  I think they only played two songs off it.  I will listen to that CD one of these days.

Their new album “Hot Cakes” recently came out and the songs are excellent.   They played quite a few catchy tunes off of it.    From beginning to end, this was a great show.   

 

 

 

• Justin Hawkins – vocals, guitar, keyboards (2000-2006, 2011-present)
• Dan Hawkins – guitar (2000-2006, 2011-present)
• Ed Graham

Like the last time I saw him (at the Hollywood Bowl with Fireworks), Jose Feliciano gave an incredible performance to  a packed house at The Canyon. 

Given the average age of the crowd, I actually felt pretty young at this show.  That was nice.
He has a great singing voice and is truly a fierce guitar player, on both the acoustic and electric.

His guitar playing, his voice, his demeanor – everything about him was awesome.

He covered the “Star Spangled Banner”, “Purple Haze”, “Light My Fire”, “Suspicious Minds”, “That’s Alright Mama”, “Billie Jean”, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and many other popular tunes.   He did quite a few Elvis tunes that he released on his new album.   They sounded really good. 

Those songs really got the crowd going.

He also did a spectacular version of “California Dreamin’”

His backing band was incredible and all the music sounded excellent.

During the…