Rocco DeLuca & The Burden

I just got back from Rocco DeLuca's show at the Paradise. I'd never heard of him before, I was just in a bad mood and needed some fun so I figured I'd head to the Dise. Despite going into the show without expectations, I somehow still left with mixed feelings. He was pretty fantastic in terms of skill. I always appreciate an act that can make a complete sound with just one or a few people--in this case just a guitarist/vocalist and a drummer. I honestly don't know enough about drums to comment on that part of it. I can tell you though that (the man who I assume to be) Rocco had great voice control and did a lot of cool, interesting sounding stuff with his guitar. At certain points I was standing on tiptoe trying to see if there was anyone else on stage helping contribute to the sound, but it was just him on guitar. I guess really everything about the music was great, musically, it just wasn't that fun. I didn't feel engaged, I didn't feel compelled to stay, and the performers didn't give any indication that they really cared how I felt about it or even that I was there. I guess my point is that for a 17 dollar ticket PLUS my time, I want something I can't get just by listening to a CD.