Show Chris Cornell outdoes himself Jay Koenig Contributing Writer Saturday night at the Depot in Salt Lake City Chris Cornell held the audience in his hand from beginning to end With intro music playing in the background band members walked on stage then Cornell himself to a loud reception from an ecstatic sold out crowd The show started wi with th Part of Me and then Time both from his new CD Scream From the beginning of the set the crowd showed their appreciation by singing every song lyric with Chris During You Know My Name from the James Bond movie Casino Royale the crowd sang louder than Chris did at times His voice was clear and strong and his band was soli solid Their tight camaraderie and fun antics on stage made them themas as enjoyable to watch as listen to Chris was one with the audience throughout the whole show proving his status as a premier entertainer H He bent down at the front of the stage in mid song to give an adoring fan a photo opportunity and signed another fans fan's CD cover prior to starting another His closeness to the audience was amazing all night shaking and smacking hands of fans during the entire set et Chris covered a great range of his extensive library as his band performed music from and his different solo CDs One of the crowd favorites however came from his Temple of the Dog project where everyone joined in singing backing vocals on Hunger Strike just as ast 1 t Eddie Vedder had recorded them initially with Chris The band exploded again with the classics and Rusty Cage where Chris actually jumped up on top of the drum set Cornell recognized drummer Jason Sutter's talent remembering how he tore it up in animalistic drum solo while the power went out during their 2007 show at the Depot This time around there was no outage but the same intensity was evident The rest of his band was also in full rock mode for forthe forthe forthe the entire set Bass Player Corey McCormick's ck's energy was contagious and evident while while- jumping about the stage Peter Thorn Thom and Yogi Lonich had amazing power and chemistry on guitars Switching up solos Yogi left sustaining resonance during with his amazing fretwork and Following the song Seasons Chris picked up an acoustic guitar and played a few songs including fan favorites Fell on Black Days and Like a Stone while having the audience sing the final chorus for him The band ended the evening with a powerful rendition of Cochise walk walking ng off the stage on a high note but they weren't quite finished yet The crowd went wild after they reemerged for an encore of Scream the title track of his latest release At the end Chris seemed as gracious of the audience as they were of him He and the band stepped to the front of the stage shaking fans hands while passing out show memorabilia There were smiles on every face facein facein facein in the venue as the crowd finally dispersed The lingering energy after the show summed up the excitement of the entire evening Once again Chris Cornell had completely outdone himself for his fans in Utah J Q t f If J I II I r t s. s f t t 1 Photo by Ben Hansen I |