What Are You Listening To?

[Botch]

Re: Gerry Rafferty - I'd always wondered whatever happened to him, so I went to wikipedia. Apparently, nobody knows! He just kind've disappeared, and supposedly showed up a couple years ago but then vanished again. Maybe he was working on a duet album with Syd Barrett.... :scared-yipes:

 

[Dennie]

Re: Gerry Rafferty - I'd always wondered whatever happened to him, so I went to wikipedia. Apparently, nobody knows! He just kind've disappeared, and supposedly showed up a couple years ago but then vanished again. Maybe he was working on a duet album with Syd Barrett.... :scared-yipes:

Yeah, kinda weird uh! :shifty:

I'm just glad he was around in 1978! :handgestures-thumbup:


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Happy Friday Everyone! Boy am I glad it is here! bscene-drinkingcheers:

Good News also, it looks like I don't need to buy anymore music....EVER! Check it out.... :handgestures-thumbup:

The Best Blue Note Album in the World.....Ever! 2 CD Set

Various Great Artists

1999 Blue Note Records

Wonderful, February 7, 2007
By Lemas Mitchell "Libertarian/ Empiricist" (Chengdu, Sichuan (China))

There are not many CDs like this in the world. A lot of the albums from which these songs are taken would be worth the purchase price of the whole album just because of the one song.

"Watermelon Man" for example is Herbie Hancock's most memorable song and one could never go wrong buying a whole Herbie Hancock album. Ditto for Horace Silver ("Song For My Father").

So, these are all songs from groundbreaking albums that have stood the test of time. What more could you want in a compilation CD?

(One more thing that is good-- though trivial-- is that the CD has a track listing printed on the CD itself if you are not a person that likes to keep CD covers. I'm not.)

This CD is even worth the purchase price NEW.

Disc: 1

1. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
2. Blue Train - John Coltrane
3. Moanin' - Art Blakely And The Jazz Messengers
4. Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
5. Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
6. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
7. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
8. Waltermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
9. Amen - Donald Byrd
10. Born To Be Blue - Grant Green

Disc: 2

1. Cantaloop - Us3
2. The Turnaround - John Patton
3. Greasy Granny - Charlie Hunter Trio
4. Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
5. Soy Califa - Dexter Gordon
6. Girl From Ipanema - Eliane Elias
7. Thinkin' About Your Body - Bobby McFerrin
8. Tupelo Honey - Cassandra Wilson
9. At Last - Lou Rawls/Dianne Reeves
10. Because I Love You - Richard Elliot

 

[Dennie]

Anywhere I Lay My Head -- CD

Scarlett Johansson

2008 Atco/Rhino Records

Amazon.com

On an album of Tom Waits covers one should rightly expect some derelict bravado and gruff to make it a credible cover album. But when the vocals are delivered by the divine Scarlett Johansson, you’re already treading in different waters. Add music which offers deeply layered and evocative soundscapes from a deft lineup of musicians that includes members of Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, TV on the Radio, and a guest appearance by David Bowie, and you’ve got something altogether different than one would expect on a Tom Waits cover album.

Fans of the old storyteller won’t recognize some of these versions. Instead, at least on a few notable tracks, fans of bands like Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil,and Dead Can Dance will recognize derivative and signature sounds from these mainstays of the venerable bands from the 4AD music label. On this her first musical venture away from the big screen, Scarlett approaches the art of music by re-envisioning Tom’s old songs with both purpose and pensive respect for the artist she covers.

--Lucas Hilbert

1. "Fawn" (originally on Tom Waits' album Alice) – 2:32
2. "Town with No Cheer" (originally on Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones) – 5:03
3. "Falling Down" (originally on Tom Waits' album Big Time) – 4:55
4. "Anywhere I Lay My Head" (originally on Tom Waits' album Rain Dogs) – 3:38
5. "Fannin Street" (originally on Tom Waits' album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards) – 5:06
6. "Song for Jo" (original song; written by Johansson and David Andrew Sitek) – 4:09
7. "Green Grass" (originally on Tom Waits' album Real Gone) – 3:33
8. "I Wish I Was in New Orleans" (originally on Tom Waits' album Small Change) – 3:59
9. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (originally on Tom Waits' album Bone Machine) – 4:11
10. "No One Knows I'm Gone" (originally on Tom Waits' album Alice) – 2:57
11. "Who Are You" (originally on Tom Waits' album Bone Machine) – 4:49

 

[Dennie]

James Taylor (Live) -- 2 CD Box Set :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

James Taylor

1993 Columbia Records

The Best of Old and New, June 11, 2000
By Steph (Glassboro, New Jersey USA)

This album helped me to learn about newer songs that I had never heard before and fall in love again with the old. I love the way JT performs his songs in concert because of the way he adlibs. No matter what he does to his song, it never detracts, only enhances. "Country Road" is one of my favorites on this album because of the way it is performed. You can't help but to get caught up with the song, no matter what you are in the middle of. You feel that you are at the concert itself! "Sun on the Moon" was a great find to me. YOU MUST add this to your collection of JT albums! He demonstrates why he was selected for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Disc one

1. "Sweet Baby James" – 4:13
2. "Traffic Jam" – 2:10
3. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:31
4. "Your Smiling Face" – 3:03
5. "Secret O' Life" – 3:45
6. "Shed a Little Light" – 4:32
7. "Everybody Has the Blues" – 2:33
8. "Steamroller Blues" – 5:30
9. "Mexico" – 3:32
10. "Millworker" – 4:25
11. "Country Road" – 5:44
12. "Fire and Rain" – 4:44
13. "Shower the People" – 4:43
14. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 7:29
15. "New Hymn" (Reynolds Price, J. Taylor) – 3:00

Disc two

1. "Walking Man" – 4:35
2. "Riding on a Railroad" – 2:41
3. "Something in the Way She Moves" – 3:59
4. "Sun on the Moon" – 3:54
5. "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:10
6. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – 3:37
7. "She Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee) – 3:28
8. "Copperline" (R. Price, J. Taylor) – 4:43
9. "Slap Leather" – 2:11
10. "Only One" – 4:41
11. "You Make It Easy" – 5:05
12. "Carolina in My Mind" – 5:04
13. "I Will Follow" – 4:14
14. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 5:09
15. "That Lonesome Road" (Don Grolnick, J. Taylor) – 2:46

 

[Dennie]

Matters of the Heart -- CD

Tracy Chapman

1992 Elektra Records

Possibly my favourite album of all time, January 24, 2000
By Adam (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matters of the Heart (Audio CD)

After an international best selling first album, Tracy has allowed her musical integrity, and not commercial success, to dictate her subsequent career. Her four albums to date have been progressively more sophisticated and beautifully produced. Matters of the Heart (the third) is my favourite. Possibly my favourite album of all time. A deep, sophisticated, introspective, subtly melodic, intricately textured, album, with typically socially conscious lyrics, sung with Tracy's characteristically longing, passionate phrasing. Like many of the classic albums that truly endure, it may take many listens before you really appreciate it, but each new playing will reveal more of the beauty of this brilliant album.

All songs written by Tracy Chapman

1. "Bang Bang Bang" – 4:21
2. "So" – 3:26
3. "I Used to Be a Sailor" – 3:56
4. "The Love That You Had" – 4:11
5. "Woman's Work" – 2:01
6. "If These Are the Things" – 4:40
7. "Short Supply" – 4:23
8. "Dreaming on a World" – 5:03
9. "Open Arms" – 4:34
10. "Matters of the Heart" – 6:59

 

[Dennie]

One of my favorites...... :text-bravo:

Road to Ensenada -- CD

Lyle Lovett

1996 MCA Records

Amazon.com essential recording

After the more experimental themes and misanthropic bit players populating his prior album, I Love Everybody, the songs on this superb 1996 set return to the more affable, earnest, but still knotty balance established by Lyle Lovett on his first four albums. He spins amiable yarns about his preferred headgear ("Don't Touch My Hat") and larger-than-life love objects (the one-eyed "Fiona"), sways hilariously through the backfired seductions of the samba-paced "Her First Mistake," and swings buoyantly through "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)," then ropes the equally droll Randy Newman into a tongue-in-cheek duet on "Long Tall Texan." In between, he sneaks a fresh string of dark love songs ("Private Conversation," "I Can't Love You Anymore") that sustain his formidable standards. Forget the forced issue of his putative ties to "new country": Lovett is simply one of the best American singer-songwriters extant, whether playing raconteur, philosopher king, or wounded romantic. --Sam Sutherland

1. Don't Touch My Hat
2. Her First Mistake
3. Fiona
4. That's Right (You're Not From Texas)
5. Who Loves You Better
6. Private Conversation
7. Promises
8. It Ought To Be Easier
9. I Can't Love You Anymore
10. Long Tall Texan
11. Christmas Morning
12. The Road To Ensenada
13. Bonus Track 1

 

[Dennie]

Shangri-La -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Mark Knopfler

2004 Reprise Records

Amazon.com

Mark Knopfler isn't afraid to drop names. The heavyweight Cassius Clay laid low, the man who made burgers and fries into big business, the kings of rock & roll and skiffle are among the motley assortment who pass through Knopfler's fourth solo album. Recorded in Malibu with a tight crew of steadfast Knopfler sidemen, Shangri-La (the title comes from the studio where the entire set was recorded) chronicles the foibles of the acclaimed and the adrift, all delivered with the nonchalant grace that has marked Knopfler's music since Dire Straits emerged in the late '70s. Seven of album's 14 originals clock in at between five and seven minutes. That's Knopfler in a nutshell--don't rush things, but don't loose the thread, either. As a songwriter, Knopfler has a storyteller's eye for minutiae, which he delivers with practiced nuance. He overreaches here and there ("Song for Sonny Liston" fails to capture the pathos of the menacing fighter), but also pulls off a few career highlights (the understated crime-drama opener "5.15 a.m."). --Steve Stolder

All songs written by Mark Knopfler.

1. "5.15 A.M." – 5:54
2. "Boom, Like That" – 5:49
3. "Sucker Row" – 4:56
4. "The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
5. "Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
6. "Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
7. "Everybody Pays" – 5:24
8. "Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
9. "Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
10. "Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
11. "All That Matters" – 3:08
12. "Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
13. "Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
14. "Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06

 

[Dennie]

Love's Been Rough On Me -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Etta James

1997 RCA Victor
Life is betta with Etta, January 13, 2003
By S. Beauvais "Fool For Dancing" (Snoqualmie, WA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Love's Been Rough on Me (Audio CD)

This CD is on the top of my all-time favorites list for great music to dance or listen to and, in my opinion, her absolute best to date. Etta James is truly a mistress of the blues.
1. The Rock
2. Cry Like A Rainy Day
3. Love's Been Rough On Me
4. Love It Or Leave It Alone
5. Don't Touch Me
6. Hold Me
7. If I Had Any Pride Left At All
8. I Can Give You Everything
9. I've Been Lovin' You Too Long
10. Done In The Dark

 

[Dennie]

One More Day -- CD

Diamond Rio

2001 Arista Records

Amazon.com

Diamond Rio's first big hit was called "Meet in the Middle," but "caught in the middle" more accurately describes One More Day: they sound trapped between cookie-cutter pop-country material and the irrepressible individuality of their instrumental and vocal personalities. Jimmy Olander's unique guitar style and Gene Johnson's down-home mandolin do their best to fight through NutraSweet tunes like "'Til the Heartache's Gone" and "The Love of a Woman"; but, like Marty Roe's honest vocals and the group's high-lonesome harmonies, they reside more comfortably in the arms of clever good-time tunes like "Stuff" and "That's Just That." They can also make you believe a heartbreaking tune about a couple's struggle with alcoholism ("I'm Trying") or raise chicken-skin with a tender bluegrass version of J.D. Souther's "Hearts Against the Wind." The NashVegas stuff may get them hits but it's tunes like those and Roy Orbison-meets-Buck Owens-at-the-beach stuff like "I Think I Love You" that makes them interesting. --Michael Ross

1. "That's Just That" (Tim Owens, Kelly Garrett) – 2:32
2. "One More Day" (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:35
3. "Sweet Summer" (Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney) – 4:29
4. "I'm Already Gone" (Phil Vassar, Annie Roboff) - 3:28
5. "I Could Do It with My Eyes Closed" (Thrasher, Trey Bruce) - 2:55
6. "'Til the Heartache's Gone" (Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson, John Hobbs) - 2:57
7. "Here I Go Fallin'" (Steele, Chris Farren) - 3:30
8. "I Think I Love You" (Steve Bogard, Marv Green) - 3:20
9. "Hearts Against the Wind" (J. D. Souther) - 4:58
10. "You Make Me Feel" (Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero) - 3:51
11. "The Love of a Woman" (Mark Alan Springer, A. J. Masters, Thomas Cain) - 3:59
12. "I'm Trying" (Darrell Scott, Tia Sillers) - 4:10
* feat. Chely Wright
13. "Stuff" (Owens, Garrett) - 3:06

 

[Dennie]

Don't forget to turn you CLOCKS BACK an hour tonight.

More time to listen to music!! :text-bravo:


Dennie

 

[Rope]

Don't forget to turn you CLOCKS BACK an hour tonight.

More time to listen to music!! :text-bravo:


Dennie

More evening hours to listen to music cause ya can't do shit in the dark.

Rope

 

[Dennie]

Time for Disc #2.....

The Best Blue Note Album in the World.....Ever! -- 2 CD Set

Various Great Artists

1999 Blue Note Records

Wonderful, February 7, 2007
By Lemas Mitchell "Libertarian/ Empiricist" (Chengdu, Sichuan (China))
This review is from: Best Blue Note Album in the World Ever (Audio CD)

There are not many CDs like this in the world. A lot of the albums from which these songs are taken would be worth the purchase price of the whole album just because of the one song.

"Watermelon Man" for example is Herbie Hancock's most memorable song and one could never go wrong buying a whole Herbie Hancock album. Ditto for Horace Silver ("Song For My Father").

So, these are all songs from groundbreaking albums that have stood the test of time. What more could you want in a compilation CD?

(One more thing that is good-- though trivial-- is that the CD has a track listing printed on the CD itself if you are not a person that likes to keep CD covers. I'm not.)

This CD is even worth the purchase price NEW.

Disc: 1

1. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
2. Blue Train - John Coltrane
3. Moanin' - Art Blakely And The Jazz Messengers
4. Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
5. Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
6. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
7. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
8. Waltermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
9. Amen - Donald Byrd
10. Born To Be Blue - Grant Green

Disc: 2

1. Cantaloop - Us3
2. The Turnaround - John Patton
3. Greasy Granny - Charlie Hunter Trio
4. Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
5. Soy Califa - Dexter Gordon
6. Girl From Ipanema - Eliane Elias
7. Thinkin' About Your Body - Bobby McFerrin
8. Tupelo Honey - Cassandra Wilson
9. At Last - Lou Rawls/Dianne Reeves
10. Because I Love You - Richard Elliot

 

[Dennie]

Don't forget to turn you CLOCKS BACK an hour tonight.

More time to listen to music!! :text-bravo:


Dennie

More evening hours to listen to music cause ya can't do shit in the dark.

Rope

Well Said!

Some of my best listening has been in the dark! :music-listening:

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

That Day... -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :eusa-clap:

Dianne Reeves

1997 Blue Note Records

A warm and sunny "Day", July 17, 2000
By John Jones "Musician" (Chicago IL) -

Sometimes keeping it simple is the best way to go, and Dianne Reeves proves that notion on "That Day...," a warm and organic work that boasts subtle arrangements, tasteful vocals, and the most seductive of moods. Things are off to a sultry start with the most gorgeous arrangment of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" ever recorded; a Bossa Nova-esque rhythm and stellar piano and horns lay the foundation while Reeves' masterful vocal builds the track to the sky. The pop chestnut "Just a Little Lovin" lights a quiet fire and begs to be cuddled to, and the title track benefits from a racy-but-tasteful lyric and a seductive samba flavor.

Elsewhere, Joan Armatrading's "Dark Truths" gets a stately, elegant reading, and the jazz standards "Blue Prelude" and "Exactly Like You" manage to swing without breaking up the slow, even pace of the record. The back-porch blues of "Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do" is a bit of a surprise at the end, and you realize that the album could have used a little more guitar elsewhere (or even a Rhodes keyboard) to shake things up a bit. But with Reeves' vocals sounding this mature and skillful, this amounts to a petty argument about an otherwise strong outing. Fans of well-crafted jazz ballads in search of their next purchase need look no further.

1 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
2 - Blue Prelude
3 - Close Enough For Love
4 - Just A Little Lovin'
5 - That Day
6 - The Twelfth Of Never
7 - Morning Has Broken
8 - Dark Truths
9 - Exactly Like You
10 - Ain't Nobody's Business (If I Do)

 

[Dennie]

Blue Light Til Dawn -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :text-bump: :handgestures-thumbup:

Cassandra Wilson

1993 Blue Note Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Cassandra Wilson is a postmodern jazz singer, a conceptualist who sees no dividing lines between genres. If her career had commenced in the 1970s rather than the label-conscious 1990s she would have been marketed as a mainstream pop diva. Her magnificent voice and interpretive genius mark her as a jazz singer for the ages, however. She finds her material wherever her fancy takes her and remakes it in her own image, whether it be the country blues of Robert Johnson's "Come On in My Kitchen" and "Hellhound On My Trail," the soul of Ann Peebles's "I Can't Stand the Rain," the elegant R&B of Charles Brown's "Tell Me You'll Wait for Me," the melodic pop of Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow," and Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey," or her own "Redbone"--and the title track, accompanied by steel guitarist Gib Wharton. --John Swenson

1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) — 6:05
2. "Come On In My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson) — 4:53
3. "Tell Me You'll Wait For Me" (Charles Brown, Oscar Moore) — 4:48
4. "Children Of The Night" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) — 5:19
5. "Hellhound on My Trail" (Johnson) — 4:34
6. "Black Crow" (Joni Mitchell) — 4:38
7. "Sankofa" (Cassandra Wilson) — 2:02
8. "Estrellas" (Cyro Baptista) — 1:59
9. "Redbone" (Wilson) — 5:35
10. "Tupelo Honey" (Van Morrison) — 5:36
11. "Blue Light 'til Dawn" (Wilson) — 5:09
12. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles) — 5:27

 

[Dennie]

Three Chord Opera -- CD

Neil Diamond

2001 Sony Music

Amazon.com
The title of Three Chord Opera is a close analog to that of Beautiful Noise, Neil Diamond's 1976 concept album about the pre-Beatles Brill Building pop-rock era. Lacking much of that record's bombast, Opera instead finds the veteran singer-songwriter and megastar in a ruminative mood. While no single song here equals the best of Diamond's '60s and '70s work, the disc is often touching in its sincerity and impressive in the subtlety of its orchestral arrangements. Diamond clearly continues to identify with many of the classic rock themes he and his write-to-order role models helped shape; he celebrates nights spent at the movies and driving past the city limits. But the record's real heart and best melodies lie in its final songs, which include a thumping lullaby for a Diamond grandchild ("Elijah's Song"), a near-Springsteenian ode to romance ("A Mission of Love"), and the genuinely sweet "Turn Down the Lights," which quotes Alan Freed's old signoff: "It's good night and not goodbye." --Rickey Wright

1. "I Haven't Played This Song in Years"
2. "Don't Look Down"
3. "I Believe in Happy Endings"
4. "At the Movies"
5. "Midnight Dream"
6. "You Are the Best Part of Me"
7. "Baby Let's Drive"
8. "My Special Someone"
9. "A Mission of Love"
10. "Elijah's Song"
11. "Leave a Little Room for God"
12. "Turn Down the Lights"

 

[Dennie]

Tommy Deluxe Edition 2 SACD Set :text-bravo:

The Who

2003 Geffen Records

A Review From Someone With SACD Player..., December 30, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Tommy (Deluxe Edition) (Hybrid SACD) (Audio CD)

okay... i normally don't review too many albums on amazon, but was i amazed to read all these reviews from people who chat about the album but then go on to say "but i haven't heard it on SACD yet." so i thought someone might benefit from reading about the surround mix in SACD...

well, it is simply amazing, especially for having been mixed by the near-deaf townsend (surely its a joke!).

the most amazing thing about the 5.1 surround mix is how present and powerful keith moon's drumming is. i have always pointed to "quadrophenia" as the shining example of his frenetic hammering of the drums. but now i can more fully appreciate his drumming on "tommy." the drums sound amazing on this SACD surround mix. no other words can describe it.

one of the reasons for the drums being more powerful is the ability to follow keith's "live in the studio" drumming more closely. you see, all the "accentuating" drum parts (tympani, gongs, cymbal splashes) are all separated from keith's drums in the mix... it wasn't as clear in the stereo mix which drums keith is playing, and which drums are over-dubbed elements.... but here, they are coming at you from different sides of the room. this makes for some amazing parts, particularly during "sparks" and "overture", where keiths keeps pounding out a rhythm, then the tympani drums build up to a crescendo.

also, pete and roger's vocals are sometimes separated in the mix. pete's first words on the alubm came as a shock. he sings, "captain walker didn't come home. his unborn child will never know him." and he's coming from the rear right speaker (mostly) and roger and all come in later, together chanting "a son, a son, a son" from the front speakers. its pretty powerful stuff from the get-go.

i could go on and on. but the most amazing thing truly is the fidelity... i hear things i've never heard before, and i thought i was prety intimately familiar with the album. subtle touches now are given such depth and prominence... and the separation that is achieved with surround sound allows the listener to follow a particular part or a particular instrument...
you can hear pete breathe in before singing... you can hear the sound of his pick against the acoustic guitar. you can hear a few of keith's dud hits on the snare (thought they are few, and always charming to hear).

another reviewer said, "reason alone to buy a SACD player."
i agree.

thanks for reading.

Disc: 1
1. Overture
2. It's A Boy
3. 1921
4. Amazing Journey
5. Sparks
6. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
7. Christmas
8. Cousin Kevin
9. The Acid Queen
10. Underture
11. Do You Think It's Alright
12. Fiddle About
13. Pinball Wizard
14. There's A Doctor
15. Go To The Mirror!
16. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
17. Smash The Mirror
18. Sensation
19. Miracle Cure
20. Sally Simpson
21. I'm Free
22. Welcome
23. Tommy's Holiday Camp
24. We're Not Gonna Take It
25. See Me Feel Me/Listening To You

Disc: 2
1. I Was
2. Christmas (Out-Take 3)
3. Cousin Kevin Model Child
4. Young Man Blues (Version 1)
5. Tommy Can You Hear Me? (Alternate Version)
6. Trying To Get Through
7. Sally Simpson (Out-Takes)
8. Miss Simpson
9. Welcome (Take 2)
10. Tommy's Holiday Camp (Band's Version)
11. We're Not Gonna Take It (Alternate Version)
12. Dogs (Part 2)
13. It's A Boy
14. Amazing Journey
15. Christmas
16. Do You Think It's Alright?
17. Pinball Wizard

 

[Dennie]

Greatest Hits - Live -- DVD (DTS) :text-bravo:

Boz Scaggs

2004 Zoe Records

Product Description
* His first ever live DVD * Filmed in high definition video * Mixed in stereo and surround sound * Bonus features include extra track, 15 minute documentary, and photo gallery From his early days with the Steve Miller Band, to his smash hits as a solo performer, Boz Scaggs has been a respected musician for decades. Greatest Hits Live features Scaggs in concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and as Scaggs himself says, "It's not just any band that can pull off this song list." From the jazz-tinged "Harbor Lights," to the desperately blue "Loan Me a Dime," to hit songs including "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle," Greatest Hits Live provides a powerful overview of the artist's most recognized work.

1. Lowdown
2. Slow Dancer
3. Heart of Mine
4. It All Went Down the Drain
5. Harbor Lights
6. Jojo
7. Ask Me 'Bout Nothin' but the Blues
8. Breakdown Dead Ahead
9. Look What You've Done To Me
10. I Just Go
11. Georgia
12. Miss Sun
13. Lido Shuffle
14. Runnin' Blues
15. Loan Me a Dime
16. We're All Alone

 

[Dennie]

The Legend Lives On: A Tribute to Bill Monroe -- 2 DVD Set

Various Artists

2003 Koch Vision

Friends, admirers and musicians join together on the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for a tribute concert to the renowned father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe! Fifteen of today's best country and bluegrass musicians perform over 30 songs by Bill Monroe including Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stuart and many more!
The father of bluegrass is feted by peers, protégés, and spiritual descendants in this concert film, set in Nashville and featuring 15 country artists and groups performing Monroe's classic songs. The two-disc The Legend Lives On reaches deep into the heart of Monroe's canon with Ricky Scaggs's cover of "Uncle Pen" (named for Pendleton Vandiver, the family member who taught Monroe to play his trademark mandolin). Sparks fly with the populous Del McCoury Band's take on "John Henry," Charlie Daniels's propulsive "Rockin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms," and Marty Stuart's "Rawhide," complete with sweet bluesy preface. Connie Smith and the Whites pair up for a satisfying gospel excursion, "Walkin' in Jerusalem," Ralph Stanley and the Virginia Boys mix-and-match lovely bluegrass textures, a bouncing beat, and plaintive vocals in the fascinating "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," and soloist Tim O'Brien is superb on the stark "Highway of Sorrow." --Tom Keogh

Bill Monroe's legend does indeed live on. As long as artists like these love this style of country music, it will live forever.

Disc One:
01. Uncle Penn
Artist: Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
02. Little Cabin on the Hill
Artist: John Hartford
03. John Henry
Artist: The Del McCoury Band
04. Walkin in Jerusalem
Artist: Connie Smith & The Whites
05. Raw Hide
Artist: Marty Stuart
06. Can't You Hear Me Callin'
Artist: Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys
07. Rose of Old Kentucky
Artist: Larry Sparks
08. Highway of Sorrow
Artist: Tim O'Brien
09. Wicked Path of Sin
Artist: Jerry And Tammy Sullivan
10. Orange Blossom Special
Artist: Charlie Daniels
11. Rocky Road Blues
Artist: Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys
12. Blue Eyed Darlin'
Artist: The Bluegrass Boys
13. Blue Moon of Kentucky
Artist: James Monroe
14. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Disc Two:
01. Rabbit in the Log
Artist: Marty Stuart
02. True Life Blues
Artist: The Del McCoury Band
03. What Would You Give in Exchange
Artist: Larry Sparks
04. Get Up John
Artist: Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
05. Used to Be
Artist: The Whites
06. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Artist: Bill Carlisle
07. Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Artist: Charlie Daniels
08. I Got a Letter
Artist: Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys
09. In the Pines
Artist: The Bluegrass Boys
10. Workin' on a Building
Artist: Tim O'Brien
11. I'll Meet You in Church
Artist: Jerry And Tammy Sullivan
12. Cross Eyed Child
Artist: John Hartford
13. Bean Blossom Memories
Artist: James Monroe
14. I'll Fly Away / I Saw The Light

+ Bonus (interviews with the musicians who play in concert)