Basically a power trio plus singer, the band’s propulsive songs have held up pretty well. Weiland’s sluggishness aside, the SoCal quartet remains a strong live act. Gordon’s band Kingsize opened Wednesday’s show.) The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hope Show was co-created by Jason Thomas Gordon, grandson of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. “Paying is not such a bad thing for a cause like this,” he said. His longest address to the crowd was about how tickets for this benefit show were more expensive than usual. Instead there were thank-yous, song intros that mostly just included the titles and a throwaway line about how much fun the band was having. Those trademark snaky shimmies and slinks were oddly stiff, and even his usual pleasant chattiness was reined in. His vocals were solid enough, but he certainly wasn’t the swaggering, charismatic scene-stealer who wowed concertgoers in the ’90s. One hitch: Scott Weiland, firmly re-ensconced out front of STP after his Velvet Revolver sideshow, simply seemed off. Jude’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Hope Show got what it wanted - mostly. But the sardine-packed crowd at the inaugural St.
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