Kravitz visits Triad

Lenny Kravitz played a four-song acoustic performance for a small crowd in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday as a benefit for tsunami victims.

Fifty people filled The Process recording studio - some of whom paid as much as $1,000 to see the rocker perform.

He played "Let Love Rule," "Believe," "Can't Get you Off My Mind," and "Lady."

I wasn't there, but there's a story about the performance and how you can purchase pictures from the concert at news-record.com.

I think it's impressive that Kravitz appeared for a benefit like that, but I think it's also a little sad that he could only perform four songs, and for only 50 people.

I'm sure more than 50 people would have paid at least $50 for a full concert - and he could have donated all of that money to the relief effort.

In my opinion, it's a great idea that fell a little short on execution. Sell the first few rows for lots of money and sell the rest for $100. Allow a couple hundred people to fill in a small auditorium or larger room. Or maybe give all of the ticket sales from a concert to the relief effort.

That is, if this was truly a benefit show, and not just a publicity stunt. Then again, it's good that some money was raised and will be put to good use.