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Free Music Review: "The Great Lost Europe 72 Track" and more...
Hit: 5 Stars
Rolling Stone called the 15 minute version of "Crystal River" (adding 6 minutes to the studio version) "the great lost Europe 72 track"...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Let's face it...Tom and Randall and Mike and Benmont and Tom KNEW they were channeling the Dead on this track...and performed live, I refuse to see anything other than Jerry beaming a 1000-watt smile from Rock & Roll Heaven.
"Extended Play Live" isn't a stand-alone masterpiece...it is a COMPANION piece to Mudcrutch. I really don't believe you can have one without the other.
Tom Petty really accomplished the impossible here. In his "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers" career, he attained...and maintained...success far above and beyond most of his "peers."
He released a few "solo albums"...Full Moon Fever, Wildflowers, and Highway Companion.
In doing so, he placed himself squarely among visionaries such as Neil Young and Frank Zappa, musicians who spent their lives in search of the SOUND, ignoring the players and more importantly ignoring the LABELS.
From all reports, Tom is having fun in Mudcrutch. That's great. He deserved it. He's EARNED it. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Tom.
Maybe the next CD will be from "Mudcrutch." Maybe it will be from "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers." Maybe it will be another "solo" effort.
But...in paraphrasing Hank Williams Jr....leave that boy alone and let him sing his songs. He's worth it.
Free Music Review: The best live "album" in quite awhile
Hit: 5 Stars
I am thinking of the Wilbury's - Dylan, Orbison, Harrison and Petty. The reason I am thinking of this is how Tom belongs right along side of these giants. He's there, he's been there, and this disc just adds to his growing legacy.
The Wrong Thing to Do and Bootleg Flyer cruise along nicely - Mike and Tom crunching the guitarz, the rest of the boys keeping pace and laying down the beat; Benmont is oh so good (no wonder his demand as a session player also). But as other reviews have noted, Crystal River is very special. An extended jam that simply has to be heard to be believed. What makes long jams authentic is when they do not "feel" long. It is so absolutely absorbing, you get so caught up in the intensity of the interplay of all the instruments (solo and backing) that it just flies by and I found myself playing it again (and again and...). Just when our jaws are slack, along comes a runaway freight train version of HS Confidential. It hurtles along totally out of control yet never out of control if you get my drift. No brakes; Jerry Lee is smiling.
I am selfish, while at about 30 minutes this release is absolute perfection, I want MORE!! I have not heard a better live release of a current band in some time. (I say this since the recent Otis Redding Live in London/Paris burns). This is just perfect; what treasures does Tom have in store down the road? I can't wait!
Free Music Review: Crystal River gives me shivers - especially the piano solo
Hit: 5 Stars
I was listens to "MudCrutch Extended Play Live" in my Camry driving to work this morning, in moments I was transported back to my 1968 Barracuda on my way to high school with John Powers sitting next to me, listening to WLS, the only radio staion that would come in with clarity.
Thank heavens these guys got back together after 30 some years. The diversity of the four songs and their imaginative renderings drew me into the concert eventhough I wasn't there. All that was missing was the smell of someone lighting up. As the first track began to repeat, all I could think was oh no, is that all. I want more.
For no other reason, eventhough there are plenty others, buy the CD for "Crystal River" - and sit back, light up, close your eyes and see Mike Campbell's fingers gluiding over his guitar, bringing haunting sounds, that resemble an animal crying. Then move on to Benmont's hands that are cascading across the various keyboards and you hear the running of the river, in some places fast - pounding against rocks and others soft, as if the sun is rising and Benmont's fingers are the sun's first touches on the water. At the end Tom's voice comes back. Softly. Yearning. Can there be anything better?
Crystal River transported me - I hope it does the same for you.
Free Music Review: More Live Tom Petty
Hit: 5 Stars
The Wrong Thing to Do {Live at Ventura Theatre - 2008} 4:46
Bootleg Flyer {Live at Ventura Theatre - 2008} 4:02
Crystal River {Live at the Troubadour - 2008} 15:01
High School Confidential {Live at the Troubadour - 2008} 4:02
More live Petty tracks.....great Anthology companion
Free Music Review: #1
Hit: 5 Stars
This is great. Different people in the band except 1 from Heartbreakers. Petty opens his music to different parts of his feelings, places, people and all are very good. Most all musicians change in to time aspects. He is still a teenager when he is live.