Butch Walker Fans: One Viewpoint

Remember the time I blasted the music critic from Belgium over his dismissive review of AC/DC's concert in his area--en franҫais, no less?  Apparently he was a broken man after that.  I did contact his online paper and offered to buy him a drink before the Paris concert, but got no reply.  Anyway, I suppressed the urge to fire off an angry reply to some guy who recently blogged about Live From Daryl's House and included some comments about Butch.  Whatever his name is, blocked that, he extolled the virtues of LFDH--good venue for upcoming talent, not so good sometimes when the match between Daryl and the guest is off because their styles of music are so different or there seems to be a personality mismatch.  He gives a few examples of the bad and praises both Ceelo Green and Butch Walker for making the most of a very good showcase for them as artists.  THEN, he says that Butch Walker is good, a talented musician and music producer, but as an individual performer he is idiosyncratic and some negative term--really tried to block that, too--making his concerts  an uncomfortable experience.   He goes on to say that Butch learned a lot from working with Daryl Hall, allowed himself to learn from Daryl Hall, whose superior style and ability went a long way toward making Butch more appealing and his performance on LFDH one of the more successful episodes of the show.

WHAT!!  Who is this guy, anyway?  I was so ready to come after him with guns blazing--I am from Texas--and then remembered that poor Belgian.  So, I held back, but it's been a festering wound for me.    Possibly, he has the advantage of having seen Butch live, but really!  Daryl Hall is great--sure he thinks so, too--but when I watched Episode 54, I saw mutual enjoyment among the musicians, including Daryl, no sense of the master Daryl bestowing wisdom on grasshopper Butch.  And, true, Butch expressed his happiness at reaching his bucket list goal of playing with Daryl, but Butch seems to be a nice guy and pretty sharp about show biz encounters, so what would he say? 

Today, I feel less antagonistic toward that blogger who shall remain unnamed, or maybe the  out of control acid reflux just has me in a weakened condition.  Throwing up tends to do that to me.  In any case, just like a lot of things, everyone has their own opinion.  And God Bless America, in the land of the free, home of the brave, that's a good thing.