Melissa Etheridge
Coast Observer
Hard Rock, Biloxi
By: Canonblue Lalley
I cannot remember a time in which I didn’t know the music of Melissa Etheridge. Her gravely, soulful voice was the soundtrack to my childhood, and when I stepped into the Photo pit at the Hard Rock in Biloxi that weight was not missed.
Striking up the chords to some of her best known hits such as “Come to My Window” “Your little Secret” and more, I watched the crowd ebb and sway and loose themselves in the lyrics written a decade ago. There was so much love and acceptance in that room that it was hard to not be drawn in.
Pulling from her 20+ year discography, Melissa managed a solid balance of original early favorite mixed with more obscure or less well known to the public tracks. She was engaging and intense with an onstage presence I’ve barely seen rivaled and the crowd fed off that energy in a ravenous way.
if you ever get the chance to catch her live, please do. I could never have imaged that it would feel like a hurricane and also be calming, but such is the nature of Mrs. Etheridge’s rock and roll.
