Live at Antone's [Live]

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Joe Ely's self-titled (and currently out-of-print) 1977 solo debut, imbued with his stark, West Texas flatlands milieu, hit many like a Southwest tornado. Since then, Joe Ely has become an admired cult figure who epitomized alt country and Americana years before those terms existed. Each decade, he's been captured onstage, beginning with 1980's Live Shots and 1990's Live at Liberty Lunch, making 2000 the right time for number three. These muscular performances, recorded at Austin's famous roots-music club, show Ely's dauntless energy undiminished by time. Roaring performances of "Me and Billy the Kid," "Everybody Got Hammered," "All Just to Get to You," and his ebullient, gender-bent satire "Nacho Mama" make these old favorites seem new and fresh. Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Dallas" revisits Ely's days in the Flatlanders with Gilmore and Butch Hancock, and his comparable good taste extends to his masterful interpretations of Tom Russell's cockfight epic "Gallo del Cielo" and Robert Earl Keen's "The Road Goes On Forever." Few artists with similar mileage can maintain their edge in the studio, much less onstage. It's no surprise Ely is one of that select group. --Rich Kienzle

Live at Antone's,Joe Ely,Rounder / Pgd,Americana,Country,Country-Rock,Pop,Progressive Country

Average customer rating: Best Live Album Not Enough Stars in the Universe to Rate this Album Stunning CD!!! Ely is at his best live! hurricane joe takes off

Live at Antone's Joe Ely Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Alt Country & Americana | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Joe Ely Joe Ely/Honky Tonk Masquerade Love & Danger Streets of Sin Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch ASIN: B0000258R3 Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

1. The Road Goes On Forever
2. All Just To Get To You
3. Gallo Del Cielo
4. Ranches And Rivers
5. Workin' For The Man
6. Me And Billy The Kid
7. Up On The Ridge
8. Rock Salt And Nails
9. Nacho Mama
10. Dallas
11. Thousand Miles From Home
12. Road Hawg
13. Everybody Got Hammered
14. My Eyes Got Lucky
15. Oh Boy!

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Joe Ely's self-titled (and currently out-of-print) 1977 solo debut, imbued with his stark, West Texas flatlands milieu, hit many like a Southwest tornado. Since then, Joe Ely has become an admired cult figure who epitomized alt country and Americana years before those terms existed. Each decade, he's been captured onstage, beginning with 1980's Live Shots and 1990's Live at Liberty Lunch, making 2000 the right time for number three. These muscular performances, recorded at Austin's famous roots-music club, show Ely's dauntless energy undiminished by time. Roaring performances of "Me and Billy the Kid," "Everybody Got Hammered," "All Just to Get to You," and his ebullient, gender-bent satire "Nacho Mama" make these old favorites seem new and fresh. Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Dallas" revisits Ely's days in the Flatlanders with Gilmore and Butch Hancock, and his comparable good taste extends to his masterful interpretations of Tom Russell's cockfight epic "Gallo del Cielo" and Robert Earl Keen's "The Road Goes On Forever." Few artists with similar mileage can maintain their edge in the studio, much less onstage. It's no surprise Ely is one of that select group. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

Best Live Album.......2005-05-16

I won't try to top the other reviewers - they're right! I do believe this is the finest live album ever.

For proof, just buy it and listen. After fifteen songs, you don't think it's possible to up the ante. But Joe and this amazing band do just that. After all the great songs and solos, after the abolutely brilliant second guitar solo, the last verse of Oh Boy! cranks it up one final time to the peak.

Can't wait for 2010.

Not Enough Stars in the Universe to Rate this Album.......2004-10-22

As a son of the South Plains that was transplanted to VA, I grew up on stories of Joe and the Lubbock gang, Tornado Jams, Stubbs-the original, etc. Unfortunately chances to see Joe, to say nothing of Jesse or Lloyd, are always few and far between in these parts, but thankfully Live @ Antone's captures this group, along with Teye and the incredible Joel Guzman, at their very best. No studio accurately captures the energy and furry with which this group plays, and if this album doesn't give you chills then you may want to check your pulse. Chances are that if you're reading this then the songs are familiar and there's no need to go into detail. All that really can be said is, BUY THIS ALBUM!

Stunning CD!!!.......2004-04-01

I've been a casual listener of Country music for the last decade or so. I've generally preferred artists like Dwight Yoakum and Mary Chapin Carpenter, "tweeners" that don't always get the airplay on today's country radio airwave stations (thankfully, satellite radio has solved that, with channels like XCountry on XM Radio). Every so often over the last few years I'd hear a song by Joe Ely and make a mental note to keep an ear out for more of his stuff. A few weeks back, I heard the live version of Gallo del Cielo on XM Radio ... it was the first time I'd ever heard the song and loved it. Literally the next day I got an e-mail from Amazon for Joe Ely's Millenium Collection (you know the old "based on your past purchases, we thought you might like this" e-mail). I bought that CD and, after reading several of the reviews here, rolled the dice and bought Live at Antone's. I can't recall ever buying two CDs at once for an artist I was previously unfamiliar with. It was an excellent move!!! I've probably listened to the Live at Antone's 30+ times already, and it gets better and better. From the opening song on, this album flat-out impresses. Gallo del Cielo is a classic "crank the volume and sing along and I don't care what the people in the car next to me think" song. Ranches and Rivers, Road Goes on Forever, All Just to Get to You, Me and Billie the Kid, Up on the Ridge, Everybody got Hammered ... they're all wonderful songs, perfect for his voice, and accompanied by a top-notch band. If you like to roll the dice every once in a while and take a reach on a new (to you) artist, start with this CD.

Ely is at his best live!.......2002-12-05

I find Ely's live work to be his best. This album is outstanding, featuring a tight band. Some of these songs (Gallo del Cielo; Thousand Miles) will break your heart; others (Road Goes On Forever) will inspire you, and others will rock yer socks off.

This album, along with Live at Liberty Lunch, are Ely's best.

hurricane joe takes off.......2002-11-13

I have a few of Joe's live albums (live shots, and liberty lunch). This was my 1st and still my favorite. Crack a beer(something cheap not that import or mini-brew stuff) and put this one on. Texas twang and a gut busting performance. My reviews tend not to go song by song so skip to the next one for that. These guys are having a good time playing these tunes and you will listening to it. The band is great and someone on the thing is playing some fantastic guitar, sorry but I didn't read the booklet to see who it was. I will say "All Just to get to you" and the closer "Oh boy" will make the dead tap a foot.

Average customer rating: Pinetop at Antones, Naturally the Best

Live at Antone's, Vol. 1 Pinetop Perkins Manufacturer: Texas Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Boogie-Woogie | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Heritage of the Blues: The Complete Hightone Sessions Ladies Man Back on Top Born in the Honey - The Pinetop Perkins Story Live at 85 ASIN: B00004WKAF Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. Got My Mojo Working
2. Pinetop's Mambo
3. I Almost Lost My Mind
4. Look On Yonder's Wall
5. Big Fat Mama
6. Hoochie Coochie Man
7. Just A Little Bit
8. Caldonia
9. Hi Heel Sneakers
10. Chicken Shack

Customer Reviews:

Pinetop at Antones, Naturally the Best.......2001-07-14

I just returned from a live performance by the "living legend" of Boogie Woogie. Prior to my trip from San Antonio to Antones blues clup in Austin to See Mr Perkins perform, I gave this CD a listen. This recording truly captures the ambiance of the Austin blues club that has been the "Fort Apache" of the blues south of Chicago. Pinetops personable performance on the recording is exactly the way it is if you were standing next to the piano (as I was). "Big fat Mama" tends to stand out as my favorite boogie woogie tunes done by Mr. P, though his others such as "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" with it's halts in the progression by Pinetop instructing "Stop!, dont you turn a page" This performance was recorded when Pinetop was 86 years old. He is 88 now and still rocks those keys as if he were 20. I couldn't help but tell Mr P "Pinetop, you the Best!"

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Live at Antone's James Cotton Blues Band Manufacturer: Antone's Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008EKZ Release Date: 1990-09-19

Tracks:

1. Blow Wind Blow
2. Juke
3. It Ain't Right
4. Gone to Main Street
5. Oh Baby
6. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
7. Eyesight to the Blind
8. Midnight Creeper

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Live at Antone's James Cotton Blues Band Manufacturer: P-Vine Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008NGBA Release Date: 2003-02-17

Tracks:

1. Blow Wind Blow
2. Juke
3. It Ain't Right
4. Gone to Main Street
5. Oh Baby
6. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
7. Eyesight to the Blind
8. Midnight Creeper

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the last real texas blues band "FEAURING" DOUG SHAM [Reconsider Baby [Live] / My Dearest Darling [Live] / Bad Boy / My Girl Josephine [Live] / I'm a Fool to Care [Live] / Something to Remember You By [Live] / Home at Last / Do Something for Me / Intro by Clifford Antone / Blessed Are These Tears / Loan a Helping Hand / When I Fall in Love / Honky Tonk [Live] / Tell Me the Truth / Round of Drinks / T-Bone Shuffle [Live] the last real texas blues band "FEAURING" DOUG SHAM ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PMXOVU

Average customer rating: Track listing

Live At Antone's Manufacturer: Elly May Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007PJPN6

Product Description

Track listing: Memphis, Sawed Off Shotgun, Blow Wind Blow, Misery, The Day You Walked, All Your Love, Guitar Cha-Cha, Raise Your Window, Time, Trick Bag, I'm On Fire, It Takes Time, Can't Lose What you Ain't Never Had & The Tremble

Customer Reviews:

Track listing.......2005-02-05

Track listing: Memphis, Sawed Off Shotgun, Blow Wind Blow, Misery, The Day You Walked, All Your Love, Guitar Cha-Cha, Raise Your Window, Time, Trick Bag, I'm On Fire, It Takes Time, Can't Lose What you Ain't Never Had & The Tremble.

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