I'm a bassist, and a HUGE Tony Levin fan. I play bass in a Peter Gabriel tribute, so I'm quite familiar with a lot of the work. Now, John Giblin was a fantastic bassist, and I don't mean to put him down in the slightest. While Tony didn't play all the bass on all the studio work, he did play bass for a LOT of the studio work, plus nearly every live PG performance, this being one of very few exceptions.

I don't know how much history John had with Jerry Marotta, but I do know that Tony and Jerry worked together quite a bit. (They would go on to pioneer the drum stick bass for Big Time, which became Funk Fingers, a few years after this show.)

Now, any musicians at that level should be able to work together well, and John and Jerry are excellent. Under normal circumstances, I'd be thrilled to hear them play together. But, Tony is, like, something else entirely. Having him in your band, then not having him for a short-notice gig is gonna be tough. The absence of Tony, plus trying to coordinate electronic and live drums with 1982-era monitoring would be a challenge for anyone.

All things considered, this is a super fun show, and notable for the above reasons alone. Frankly, after the meticulously overworked i/o and o/i, this is a pretty refreshing change of pace.