Chris Daughtry rocks the house on Sunday night at the Other Side. Chris Daughtry wowed his fans Sunday night at Tulsa's the Other Side, reveling in the crowd singing his songs back to him while he maestroed his backing band with a pumping fist. The night kicked off with performances by Cinder Road and a preening New York City quartet dubbed Eve to Adam. Taking the white faux pillar-framed stage to chants of his name, Daughtry showed a glimpse of the singing ability he exhibited before "American Idol" voters booted him off the show. The crowd of kids, teenagers, their parents and older fans soaked it all in from the singer, who has tapped into the big modern-rock sound that has brought success to groups such as Nickelback and Hinder. "You guys are absolutely amazing, Tulsa," Daughtry told the crowd, with his acoustic guitar slung over his shoulder after the audience sang part of "Over You" back to him. Daughtry's band swaggered through songs like the strutting rock number "What I Want" and the hit "It's Not Over." Girls screamed. Heads bobbed. Cell phones and lighters were hoisted in that age-old rock 'n' roll salute when he trotted out the ballads, which was nearly every song. With the mike in hand, he stood on the lip of the stage, wearing a black T-shirt, reaching down to clasp the hands of his fans in the front row.
Review: Daughtry wows crowd with modern-rock ballads
RIP STELL for the Tulsa World
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/27/2007
His voice didn't seem as overpowering as expected, and that might have been due to a recent bout with bronchitis detailed on a fan section of his Web site.
That didn't stop him from trying out some new material he'd co-written with Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, yet another song about a broken relationship.
The show comes off a successful run for Daughtry. His debut album, released last year, sold more than 1.3 million copies and hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Spurring along that success was the ballad single "It's Not Over" about a tumultuous relationship.
The North Carolina native's background has also endeared him to fans. The father of two got his start playing small clubs before he auditioned for "American Idol."
And the sound Sunday night was so good that the performances seemed indistinguishable from the original recordings.
That aside, the show laid bare his unremarkable music that branches little outside of the idea of modern rock, yielding a snooze fest that marketing types expect fans of rock 'n' roll to like -- and a great many of them do.
Here's how the formula goes: There's a quiet and mid-tempo verse with a clean and gentle guitar ("It's Not Over," "Used To," "Home," "Over You," "Gone") over which Daughtry emotes.
Then comes the big chorus and the guitars get kicked into blustery overdrive. Then, we return to the quiet verse and then, again, comes the big chorus.
Then maybe there's a bridge and a quick guitar solo follows. After that, we return to the big chorus, which is repeated until the song ends as the drummer flails away at his cymbals and the guitar player wails away on his instrument.
Rinse, wash, repeat.
As a result, it grew difficult to distinguish one performance from the next. The only songs outside of that formula were the thrash metal-like "There and Back Again" and the couple of times his band left the stage and Daughtry stood alone under the lights with his guitar.
That said, Daughtry should be praised for his relationship with his fans. About 15 minutes after Sunday's show, he went down into the audience to meet them and sign autographs, wrote one woman who posted a comment in his Web site's forum.
Matt Elliott 581-8366
matt.elliott@tulsaworld.com
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