https://youtu.be/6GPa9kiPpiY?t=7m29s

Listen to the last chorus. He sung that better than he sings just about anything.

Now compare this to if he had sung Dry County early 2017.

Great Solo by Phil X.

This reminds me of the last chorus of Always in Greenville, which I still consider to be Jon's finest individual vocal moment since These Days in Hyde Park 2013:

https://youtu.be/apsA2hENmJo

Bed Of Roses - a great performance by Jon, btw:

https://youtu.be/hiUIC5oCkjY

Who could have thought he'd ever be able to do BOR justice again even last spring, let alone in late 2013-late 2016? The last '13 performance even had the audience singing the last chorus, as Jon's voice got completely shot near the end of the song:

https://youtu.be/zoerpeBOPP0

Dry County was really really bad. And if you think it wasn't, you should feel bad too.

Admittedly, I should know better at this point than believe the enthusiasm in JT comment section, but I still expected something more from the last chorus, where Jon supposedly sounded good. He didn't.

This can't be healthy for whatever is remaining of his voice. The more he pushes like this, the worse it will keep getting.

The main difference between Dry County and Always - DC is pretty high the whole time. During Always Jon can shout the high notes in the chorus and be bad but OK-ish and then 'rest' during the verses, whereas DC requires 120% non-stop.

Decent job by Phil though. Not as great as Richie's solo, but enjoyable.

word - dc was very good, not outstanding, but very good

I guess it comes down to what do we want as fans. Do we want an attempt at a rarity that is difficult to sing and also shows rust from not being performed often or do we want a whole bunch of less difficult vocal songs (meaning we pretty much kill all rarities from the 90s and before) that no one cares about and that we've probably heard a lot since the Lost Highway tour. I vote for the former personally but y'all know I've said that before.

I’ve heard Jon sound worse on DC.

Also, Phil has an annoying habit of rushing certain solo’s, and in particular, bends.




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I feel exactly the same as you. I’d rather him try and struggle, than to never hear those rarities again.