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Best live album you've ever heard?

This is certainly inspired by the album that is kickin' it very LOUD here. I have many many live albums by every one from A-Z, but NONE come close to this one except Johnny Winter And Live, or the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East. The Stones' Get Your Ya Ya's Out has to be the best live rock'n'roll album ever. God bless Mick Taylor. I live in a concrete block house, and it is still shakin'. If any of you know of a better live recording than these, please fill me in. Thanks, Tom
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Two best sounding live albums by my ears ... one well known, the other not so well known. The well known one is 4 Way Street by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The not so well known one is Live At Gruene Hall by Jerry Jeff Walker.
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Surfgod ...

Had the pleasure of seeing RT open for Crowded House at Carnegie Hall in 1991. At about the same time, he became part of a touring group of singer/songwriters put together by WNEW/WFUV DJ, Vin Scelsa. They toured under the program name of "In Your Own Words" and played the Bottom Line several times. I saw him in the round with Shawn Colvin; Barrett Strong (Temptaions' songwriter ... he wrote "My Girl," etc.); and Dave Alvin. I was also fortunate to have a table butted against the center of the stage when RT played the Bottom Line solo and he premiered "1952 Vincent Black Lightening."

Regards, Rich
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Hello Surfgod,

No, missed the St Ann's shows. Acoustic artists tend to sound even that much better when in a church. Sounds like it was great.

Regards, Rich
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Hi Marty:

"In Their Own Words" was for a time a monthly show at the Bottom Line and each month, for the most part, featured a new cast of songwriters. There was also a touring group of ITOW songwriters just after the show first premiered at the Bottom Line (1991). If memory serves me, Marshall Crenshaw, Richard Thompson, and Don Dixon (Marti Jones' husband) formed the core of that touring group. After about 35 or so Bottom Line shows, Vin Scelsa (WNEW & WFUV DJ and show moderator) called it a day (very bad case of stage fright) and the show limped along with a new moderator for a while longer and then stopped altogether. There were ultimately 2 CD's of ITOW show performances released in the 1993-4 timeframe.

Regards, Rich
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