Best Live Album Ever...

"How Late'l You Play Til?" David Bromberg

The song "Sloppy Drunk" alone is worth the price of the album (also on CD). Brillant versions of "Will Not Be Your Fool" and "Bullfrog Blues" kick it up a notch. Robert Johnson's "Come On In My Kitchen" is handled like a weapon, and "Sweet Home Chicago," also by Johnson, rocks unrepentantly.

Umprhey's McGee "December 31st 2004 Chicago"
Steve Goodman "Live Wire"
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Live at the Quick"
Allison Krauss and Union Station "live"
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder "Live at Charleston Music Hall"
Antonio Forcione "Live"
Robben Ford and the Blue Line

Eva Cassidy--Live at Blues Alley
Loreena Mckennitt--Nights From the Alhambra

Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-e is, in my opinion, the best live album ever. There are many other great ones, Counting Crows live at Town Hall, and Phish Hampton Comes Alive- but Buckley was probably the greatest live performer I've ever listened to.

01-02-12: Tomcy6
"Emmylou Harris - At The Ryman"

I second this choice. 'At the Ryman' concert album is an amazing value to have. It is my belief that her concerts would rank as top choices of the live performances in a poll by the knowledgeable people. Pity [and crime] that her record company did not bother to issue EmmyLou's concerts on albums, they exist only as bootlegs. From her late early period there is nothing aside from 'The Last Date' and this album is actually a selected compilation of a few live recordings. I would actually rank both her two performances at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati in 1985 in the top 10 best and most valuable American concerts of all time. I tried to convince Warner Bros. to issue one of them on CD.