Pat Travers - Live At The Bamboo Room (2013)
Pat Travers - Live At The Bamboo Room (2013)
1 Life In London 2 Crash And Burn 3 Heat In The Street 4 I've Got News For You 5 Black Betty 6 Josephine 7 Ask Me Baby 8 Black Dog Blues 9 Stevie 10 Red House (DVD only) 11 Death Letter 12 If I had Possession Over Judgement Day 13 Snortin' Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine 14 Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) 15 Rock 'N' Roll Susie 16 Statesboro Blues Sandy Gennaro Drums Kirk McKim Guitar, Vocals Rodney O'Quinn Bass, Vocals Pat Travers Guitar, Vocals Recorded live at the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, Florida December 8, 2012
Pat Travers , whats he like,you wait years for albums,then 3 in a year(not forgetting Fidelis from 2010),2012's Blues on Fire was superb,this years 'Can Do' is on its way,and well this is Travers doing what he does best,playin 'live' and rockin' out.
As its live,there's always the occasional bum note,a wobble here and there,and frankly, to be honest Pat's vocals have never been the best,even back in the day,especially live,anyone who's seen him can confim,you go to see Pat playin guitar,his vocals are secondary,rough and ready and thats what you get here.
The audio disc contains 15 tracks while the DVD contains 14,'Red House' being specific to the DVD and 'Rock n Roll Susie/Stateboro' Blues only on the CD.
The CD sounds excellent,the band tight enough to do justice to the early 'rock' material whilst being fluid enough to accomodate Travers on the blues numbers when he feels like stretching out.
Eight of the 16 tracks come from his 'glory' period 1976-1980, no surprises there,tracks such as 'Snortin Whisky.../Life In London/Crash and Burn and a glorious 'Stevie',all show up well .
You want the blues?,well stunning playing on the likes of 'I've Got News For You',Red House'(dvd only),'If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day' and 'Black Dog Blues' should certainly put a smile on your face. ---S Thomas, amazon.com
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