Best live album you've ever heard?

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

Definitely ,the Rolling Stones (Get yer ya ya"s out).Incredible amount of energy on tape,I only wish they released the whole concert.I was there and it was magic for about an hour and 40 minutes.Never forgot it.

Rarl

Did "In Their Own Words" tour with a fixed line-up?

I saw several ITOW shows (including the RT show - as good as it gets!), but my favorite featured Richard Barone of The Bongos and Marti Jones (who, BTW, has a great live disc called "Live at Spirit Square) among others.

N.B. a couple of other live recordings:

Zachary Richard's "Fatras- Live in Montreal" A very young Sonny Landreth on guitar.
Kid Creole's "Live" cd is no demo disc, but captures the spirit of a great live show (and anyone who's seen Kid Creole knows that his show is GREAT) better than just about any recording I know.

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

Rich,

How did I ever manage to miss that?!

Crenshaw, Thompson and Dixon all fall on my very, very short list of favorites.

Thanks for the update - but it would have been a bit more useful 15 years ago!

Marty