Rock Relief: Live in
Concert
(2005/Katrina Benefit)
Picture: C
Sound: B- Extras: D Concert: C
A sincere effort from Rock acts like Eddie Money,
Rick Derringer, Mark Farner, Dickey Betts, Dee Snyder, Loverboy and even the
very non-Rock Michael Bolton on February 5th 2003, Rock Relief:
Live in Concert was taped at Universal Studios’ Orlando, Florida location
to benefit victims of the disaster that did not need to happen: the man-made
damage in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina.
Each act is shown performing 2 – 4 of their hits
except Bolton, who performs three of someone else’s as usual, particularly
ruining this program. However, this is
not long enough, involving enough and it needs to be to serve the purpose of
raising funds for this insane disaster.
Snyder only does one song, when they all should have done sets much
longer than you get here. However, there
are sparse moments fans light like and if you are not interested, you can just
donate directly to a reputable charity serving the ravaged area, though one of
them is actually in question as of this posting so do your research.
The 1.33 X 1 image was shot on analog professional
NTSC video and is incredibly soft for a recent taping. Detail is poor, colors inconsistent and it
makes it look older than it really is.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo has somewhat healthy Pro Logic surrounds,
but cannot save the picture. The result
looks like it was mastered on a personal computer. There are no extras, though for a charity
piece, there should have been.
- Nicholas
Sheffo
