Strip away the big hair, the neon, the shoulder pads — and what's left is just the songs. Legends Unplugged takes the biggest hits of the 1980s and brings them down to size: one guy, one guitar, and a stage at Alexis Park where the stories behind the music get as much attention as the music itself. Singer-guitarist Darnell Harvey, who's spent years performing for cruise ship audiences around the world, reworks tracks from Prince, Journey, Tina Turner, U2, Phil Collins, The Police, Christopher Cross and a long list of others into acoustic versions that feel more like a living room jam session than a tribute act.
There's no costume changes, no impersonations, no attempt to look or sound exactly like the originals. Instead, Harvey talks through the history and odd little details behind songs like "Purple Rain," "Every Breath You Take" and "In the Air Tonight," mixing in humor and audience interaction between numbers. It's part concert, part storytelling session, built for people who remember exactly where they were the first time they heard these songs — and want to hear them again, stripped down and a little more personal than the radio versions ever were.