Songs: In My Dreams, Rusty and Blue, Hero, Till It
Shines On You, Thousand Roads, Cowboy Movie,
Almost Cut My Hair, Déjà Vu, Long Time Gone,
Wooden Ships.
Type of Music: Folk/Rock
Comments:
This Live Album was recorded on December 7, 1993 at
the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, California as part of the tour to promote
David´s new studio album Thousand Roads.
It contains a mix of old – and more recent solo
work as well as songs from the CSNY period. And there are two new songs, the
boring Rusty and Blue and the generic rocker Till It Shines On You.
I think you got the point already. I don´t like
this record. I´ve listened to it a few times to find out exactly what it is
that makes me dislike this particular set of songs.
For one, it´s David himself. On too many occasions
he´s shouting instead of singing. That works fine on Long Time Gone.
That song benefits from a rough and dirty treatment. But it stinks on most of
the other songs. I also don´t like the different – and sometimes improvised
arrangements of the songs. I´ll give you an example. I really like the studio
version of Thousand Roads with the nice sort of Keith Richard riff. Here
it sounds like a dull version of Joe Cocker´s reading of Randy Newman´s You
Can Leave Your Hat On. But most of all I object to the generic sounding
guitar of Jeff Pevar. No soul whatsoever in his playing.
Three of the CSN(Y) songs get the “Let´s Jam a Bit”
treatment. For me that only works somewhat in Déjà Vu where all the
players get their little moment in the sun. And the Crosby/Nash vocals blend
well here.
But to summon up things, go try and
find the King Biscuit Flower Hour Live CD and leave this one alone.
Rating: ***** (5 out of 10)
Black = Good Songs
Green = Great Songs
Red = Could Be Better
Who should buy this Record: Only for Die Hard David Crosby Fans.
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