Photo by Michele Kotlarsky

Comments by fans posted to various messageboards and mailing lists include:
"The Frauenthal is a wonderful place to see a show, though the sound could have been clearer and punchier. Some idiot near the front thought it could have been louder too. He told Todd that. Several times."

"Todd's voice was in great shape. He was emotive, passionate, hit the notes - I don't know what more you could have asked for vocally. The choir could have been miked a little more, and it could have used more from Kaz and the band for backgrounds, but that comes with that lack of general punchiness."

"Kasim Sulton ruled the bottom end, and sang his heart out as always."

"Strickland played everything from soprano to alto to pennywhistle, unless it was uilleann pipes. And he played keyboards alongside Hawkes. So did Kaz. And so did Jesse. And Todd. A lot of money wrapped up in keyboards on this tour."

"Right now I'm hard pressed to think of any concert experience I've ever had that I found more exciting, meant more to me, or which stirred me more emotionally."

"All told, it was a very good show, though as it was done more as a revue than a concert there was less interaction between Todd and the audience than usual."

"At least in the context of live performance, a lot of this show is "new material." It didn't feel like musicians sleep-walking through a 35 year old record that they've played 10,000 times before. This felt like they were tackling fresh, challenging material, attempting feats of musical daring that they might not make it through, and going for it. Some of those edges might get polished over the remaining few shows, but I thought the occasional talking back and forth, directing, cues, etc gave the show a fun and intimate character."

"The last song of the night was "Sons of 1984" which, although I like some of the message and all, I just have never been crazy about. But at the show, the crowd was doing its sing-along schtick at the end of the song, and the curtain came down and the band faded-out, and the crowd kept on singing. And kept on going. And going. House lights come-up, and the crowd keeps on going. I suppose the band fade-out was done that way to set this all up, but it was cool. And I HATE contrived audience sing-along stuff."

"Kasim's smaller venues have spoiled me for how music should be enjoyed: here, the amplification distorted really hearing the music. As it was completely familiar to 99% of everyone else there, they could follow along."

"Todd was the consummate showman, engaging the audience and looking like he was having a great time. The exception(s) to that were when the guitar techs didn't have his instrument ready - he seemed peeved, and rightly so. During the first few numbers, Kasim could be seen hollering and gesturing instructions to the offstage techs - sound stuff, I'm sure."

Other websites:
TRConnection has reviews and photos of this gig here.

Jim Snyder has posted a photo of Kasim in his costume from the first set online here

The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
Tonight Kasim Sulton plays the second gig of the Todd Rundgren Todd/Healing Tour. The gig tonight is at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon, MI.

This venue describes itself as a venue which "combines living history with a dedication to live theater and music within a Spanish renaissance style theater. The address of the venue is 425 W Western Ave, Muskegon, MI 49440. This theatre opened on 16th September 1920 so will be celebrating its 80th anniversary next week.

The gig tonight starts at 7.30pm with doors opening at 6.30pm. Tickets for this gig (from this link) vary in price from $45 to $85 (plus charges). A few days ago two seats together were available in the 16th row.

Kasim Sulton has not played this venue in recent years (if ever) but he did play in Muskegon, MI on 8th July 2007 as part of The New Cars.

Todd Rundgren's 2010 Gigs