Originally Posted by bjmjpl

Except for Richie - and again Kathleen and even her husband - and yes i am calling them out on a post-game high that is unfortunately lasting since MSG are missing this. Richie could be on total auto-pilot and deliver a world-class performance up there with some of the greats and is very well respected for it. The problem is he is ON auto-pilot. And I love Richie but something is wrong. From the Inside The Actors Studio performance with JBJ playing the LOAP solo to Dave playing the Wanted solo (as beautiful as it was), something is wrong. I hope he is ok. Could be meds or something that he is dealing with that just needs more time but he seems barely capable of playing any slide guitar, he seems to consistently struggle with the ST solo, to messing up countless times last night, to not even being able to read the TELEPROMPTER during his one song, LYHOM, which honestly if he doesnt know by heart by now, he should at least be able to READ it. He is a much better frontman than that and goes right to the gut of it. It can easily be missed because he is so versatile and sounds so beautiful and soulful when singing, but he is a guitar player as well. And a Great one. And something is wrong. And i hope he gets better soon and solidly, as a person first.