Live at the Bottom Line

Live at the Bottom Line Artist: Steve Forbert
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 099923822721
EAN: 0099923822721
ASIN: B00005BGKT


Release Date: 2001-08-14

Live at the Bottom Line


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Tracks:

  1. Real Live Love
  2. Goin' Down To Laurel
  3. Good Planets (Are Hard To Find)
  4. Strange
  5. The American In Me
  6. Now You Come Back
  7. Evergreen Boy
  8. Rose Marie
  9. It Sure Was Better Back Then
  10. So Good To Feel Good Again
  11. Oh, To Be Back With You
  12. Something's Got A Hold On Me
  13. She's Living In A Dreamworld
  14. Complications
  15. The Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes A Long, Long Way)
  16. Romeo's Tune
  17. Nadine/You Cannot Win (If You Do Not Play)

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  1. King Biscuit Flower Hour: New York, 1982
  2. Here's Your Pizza
  3. Young, Guitar Days
  4. Any Old Time
  5. Evergreen Boy

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Three stars...easily.......2005-02-23

Steve Forbert and the Rough Squirells are captured live at The Bottom Line and the band offers up 17 nifty tracks for folkers to savor. Forbert's unique vocal stylings are still intact and the band is spry and enthusiastic, and production is very good. Some of my faves are "Strange" and "Goin down to Laurel", and yes, he performs "Romeo's Tune" for anyone who cares to remember his biggest chart hit. Forbert has always been a low key sucess and this seems to suit him and his fans well. Although "Live..." won't set the world ablaze it still asks questions of how a talent such as Forbert can remain so annonymous when others mining the same genre achieve greater commercial sucess. Go figure, and check back at a later date with your response.

3 out of 5 stars Pleasant recording capturing Forbert�s recent live sound.......2001-10-02

Forbert's latest live release, his third in the past five years, is the first to document his recent compositions and live-show. This seventeen-track disc records a mid-2000 performance at New York's Bottom Line, and highlights music from his last few LPs. Included are six tracks from 2000's "Evergreen Boy," three from 1995's "Mission of the Crossroad Palms," and one from his 1996 release, "Rocking Horse Head." Earlier material is present in "Goin Down to Laurel" and "You Cannot Win (If You Do Not Play)" (the latter in medley with Chuck Berry's "Nadine"), from his 1978 debut, and his only Top-40 hit, "Romeo's Tune" from the 1979 sophomore release, "Jackrabbit Slim."

The early tunes also turned up on Forbert's other two live releases, albeit incarnated by somewhat different touring groups. His latest four-piece edition of the Rough Squirrels shares players with the same-named band on 1997's "Here's Your Pizza" (itself a document of a 1987 date), but 1996's "King Biscuit Flower Hour" (documenting a 1982 performance) has an entirely different band. The current edition of the band is focussed and tight, providing a variety of folk-rock and rock backings, with more than a hint of MG-like soul (especially in the opening guitar that borrows a legendary Steve Cropper riff).

This is mostly a fans-only release, as the flavors it adds to the studio tracks are subtle, rather than revelatory. The dearth of introductory or between-song chatter turns this into more of a restatement of recent recordings than a reproduction of the concert experience. Those whoýve attended Forbertýs shows will enjoy how this recording captures his current set list, but those whoýve yet to cotton to Forbert's songwriting talent and idiosyncratic vocals won't find much of anything new to latch on to here.

3-1/2 stars, if Amazon allowed fractional reviews.

5 out of 5 stars Live from the Bottom Line.......2001-08-19

This is one of Steve Forbert's best c.d.'s. Anytime you can't make it to one of his shows, put on this c.d. and you'll feel like you're right there....

4 out of 5 stars Steve Does NYC--Again.......2001-08-16

This CD seems to center on Steve's last two albums(Evergreen Boy} and (Rocking Horse Head). While I'm not a fan of most live albums, the sound on this recording is superb with the 5 piece Rough Squirrels playing as tight as a studio session. The highlight song is a beautiful version of "Rose Marie" which even duplicates the splendid electrified acoustic sound of the guitar work on Forbert's previous album. The only problem with this CD is it doesn't offer many of Steve's older songs(i.e. Streets of This Town or Born Too Late).

Steve Forbert continues to be one of the best kept secrets around and that is truly baffling to me. His self deprecating humor and songs of unrequited love continue to be gems. I only hope that he continues to record and perform long into the future for those of us who admire and appreciate his talent.

5 out of 5 stars

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