Rock Relief: Live in Concert

Considering that the musicians who appeared at this concert donated their services to a very worthy cause--a charity called Musicians for Disaster Relief, whose goal was to raise money to help victims of the spate of hurricanes that devastated Florida in 2005, it would be churlish to criticize their actual performances. But, here goes. What can you say about Loverboy except that they were a perfectly serviceable but faceless '80s band whose songs "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose" are only a handful of listeners' idea of classic rock? And what about Dickey Betts? "Ramblin' Man" was a neat song 35 years ago, but today the former Allman Brothers guitarist looks and sounds haggard. And how about that Michael Bolton? Let's just say that if you loved Eddie Money in his heyday, if you dug Mark Farner when he fronted Grand Funk Railroad (and can overlook the fact that he still sports one of the worst mullets ever created), and if Rick Derringer's "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo" is still front and center on your iPod, then you're gonna love this. If not, well…you can still buy this Dolby Digital 5.1 blast from rock's past and remind yourself that it's for a good cause. Optional. Aud: P. (S. Graham)