Layne is clearly suffering from drug addiction,showing from his weak voice and black eyelids, barely opening. In a dim room, filled with candles and lava lamps, sings Layne Staley, his voice wavering on high notes and the climax in a song, and Jerry Cantrell, with his guitar, taking over the vocals at times, helping Layne to remember some lyrics. Is Alice In Chains done? Or do they have another chapter to write in their incredible history? All I know is, the 400 people in attendence to this concert sure were lucky. I have gotten the chance to see Jerry Cantrell in concert, but not with Alice In Chains. There's alot of humor in the performance as well as interactive comments with the crowd, particulary after messing up on the first take of 'Sludge Factory', an audience member yells "hey, quit f-in this up!" Even Layne's attempt at humor early in the show saying "Now we're going to break to, uh, an LL Cool Jay video, so" was kind of funny. Just when you think Alice In Chains are gone and lost, April 1996 comes by. Take Layne Staley for example, the period of time when he was seriously losing the battle against drugs (particulary heroin) he comes out of the dark and puts on a spectacular once in a lifetime performance. By far the best, this performance shows no matter how far down from the top you think you are, some of the best can come out it. But the number one in my opinion would be the Alice In Chains Unplugged. An excellent show by the guitar marksman. The number two spot goes to Eric Clapton. Out of the dozens of MTV unplugged performances there were two that stuck out in my mind as the best.
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