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Live From Knoxville
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Track Listing
- Put It Out For Good
- Sober Girl
- Driver Education
- Rural Faggot
- Black Heart Today
- Late Bloom
- Let It Ring
- Mountains of Glory
- Blender
- Laramie
- Lucy Stoners*
- Hey Castrator**Bonus Track
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #154831 in Music
- Released on: 2007-05-01
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
I love the tradition of live releases. To me, it's a document of a time
and place. Songs always morph a bit when you take them on the road and
every musician brings her/his own magic to the mix. That's what inspired
this little release of Amy Ray and the Volunteers.
We recorded a show in
Knoxville, from top to bottom with a 4 tracks of computer magic. We
would have had more tracks, but the equipment failed us at the last
minute. For this reason, it's really "live"-no fixes and barely any
separation. We skipped a few songs that are best left in the ether
sphere and some babble that was probably better left unsaid. Other than
that, what you hear is what we played -songs from both solo
releases-Stag and Prom.
It was the last show of the Rocktober 2005 tour
and slimly attended. The energy was in the intimacy of the crowd and the
fact that we knew we wouldn't get to rock again for a while. After the
show, we loaded the gear into the trailer and without much fanfare,
celebrated at an all night Pita joint. There's nothing less glamorous
than a college town that shuts down early. The Volunteers went on their
way. The drummer Will Lochamy went back to Alabama, where he splits his
time between music and managing a bar. Les Nuby, the guitar man, dropped
by his home in Alabama, long enough to hang with the gang and then
headed out to L.A. to do session work, playing drums. Tara Jane O'Neil
went back to her life as a roving songwriter, singer, rocker, and visual
artist. Our fearless tour manager Carla landed an impressive job working
with the family pop/rock band, Laughing Pizza. I am living the high life
as an Indigo Girl and writing for the next Aray solo record. Written by Amy Ray
Customer Reviews
Great way to introduce people to ARay
Anyone who thinks of the Indigo Girls as just the duo who sang Closer to Fine, I let them hear this and most people are blown-away. I've recruited many new fans this way, and the ARay live CD is the ticket. It is a must have for music lovers.
Amy Ray live.
I am a sucker for any Amy Ray material available and this cd recorded October 2005 in Knoxville, TN did not let me down other than it was not long enough, only 12 songs! I wanted 18! She has released two solo albums 'Stag' ('01) & 'Prom' ('05) and this live cd is a good mixture of both. It is raw, organic, rhythmic and rocking. 'The Volunteers' band of Tara (bass,vocals), Les (guitar,vocals) and Will (drums,vocals) sound pretty bloody good but you can tell that they have not rehearsed the songs as much as a long-term band has as a continuous project. Amy gives us a 'Thanks y'all' as per usual as with the Indigo Girls, lol. Worth the buy to quench your desire of Amy Ray fine fare. My fave songs on the album are of course 'Lucy Stoners', 'Laramie' & 'Rural faggot'. Enjoy it for what it is!
Love It!
Amy rocks once again, as usual sounds as good live as in studio - a must have for any fan.
