Track Listing

1. Miracle of Living
2. It's The Whiskey That Eases The Pain
3. With A Memory Like Mine
4. River Take Me
5. Helen of Troy, PA
6. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
7. Folsom Prison / White Freightliner Blues
8. I Still Miss Someone
9. Wayfaring Pilgrim

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125160 in Music
• Released on: 2004-11-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Acoustic Guitar, July 1, 2005
...astonishing vocal range, Scott goes from channeling Johnny Cash to bluesy to boisterous to high and lonesome...

Vintage Guitar, July 2005
...Rarely have I heard a commercial recording with as wide dynamics or as detailed or articulated soundstage...

From the Label
"Live in NC" pairs Scott, a stateside wizard of guitar and song, with Danny’s bass and the syncopated, deeply grooved timekeeping of drummer Kenny Malone. Scott is a beautful writer, deeply informed by his native folk culture and musical druids. He’s a powerhouse singer, and whether by himself or, as here, with gifted collaborators, he can take both acoustic and electric guitar to dazzling, unexpected heights of flat-out jamming.

Matching wits and intensity with Danny Thompson might intimidate some, but Scott proves here what those who’ve followed his rise through Americana and country songwriting already know—that he toiled for years playing long hours in bars and on endless road swings, making the rent, finding himself, and honing the precision and passion you hear in his playing today.

Kenny Malone’s vast experience on drums in Nashville studios, Danny’s tone and articulation on the thundering bass, and Scott’s extraordinary songs (plus a few tasty classics) unify and organize an intimate communion between performers and audience on this latest release.

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Customer Reviews

+1/2 -- Country-folk-blues power trio turns in stellar live performances
Though best known as a songwriter, having penned tunes recorded by Sara Evans ("Born to Fly"), The Dixie Chicks ("Longtime Gone"), Patty Loveless ("You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive") and many others, Scott's day job pays the bills for his own recordings and tours. On this live offering, captured at a pair of clubs in North Carolina (Ziggy's and Cat's Cradle), he teams with legendary drummer Kenny Malone and bassist Danny Thompson for a soulful country-blues jam.

The trio stretches out instrumentally on five originals, a pair of Johnny Cash covers, the traditional "Wayfaring Pilgrim," and Scott's father's "It's the Whiskey That Eases the Pain." The latter is played as a mournful blues, contrasting with the more strident country-folk version on the elder Scott's recent CD debut "This Weary Way." The younger Scott's "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" adds a progressive British folk edge to its mountain roots, and a slow, acoustic take of Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" resonates heartbreakingly with the song's longing and pain.

Two tracks stretch out to ten minutes, including a medley of Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and Townes Van Zandt's "White Freightliner Blues" that features fluid electric picking from Scott and tremendous rhythm drumming from Malone. Throughout the album the players show themselves to be uncommon masters of their instruments, with jazz-like interplay that marks the trio as something much more than a singer and backing band. Top-notch songs, players, and performances are captured in a finely-detailed live recording that will sound great on your stereo. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2005 hyperbolium dot com]

All the skill, none of the over-production
Darrell Scott has been around for years, writing songs (many of them charted) and playing with the like of Guy Clark. His skill with a range of instruments is phenomenal and his voice (control, range, and interpretive skills) is a match or better for anyone who has taken Scott's songs into the country charts. This album suffers from none of the overproduction that marred "Theatre of the Unheard," his last album. (Just my opinion of course.) It's a terrific recording of a live session in North Carolina, with backing from musicians as skilled as he is. These cuts allow Scott's playing and great voice and delivery to stand out the way they should. This is a fine album!

out-freaking-standing
I was not a Darrell Scott fan until I picked up "theatre of the unheard" about a month ago. It is a pretty good album and I would recommend it to any one. However, "live in NC" is amazing. Musically and lyrically it is perfect I cant get enough of it, and have bought it as a gift for three people just so they can experience this incredibly great album. Once again I cannot give it enough praise. best live album I have ever heard!!