As Good After Date
Recorded in Toronto in 2005 with an 11 piece orchestra –
heavy on horns, naturally – this performance revisits mainly Blood, Sweat and
Tears numbers from albums 2, 3 and 4 which would be, by and large, most
audience’s preferred aural time travel, so it opens with And When I Die, and there is a seven minute blast of Lucretia MacEvil as the fifth track.
David Clayton Thomas is in brilliant voice here, and the band pump out some
powerful grooves in support. It’s all stonkin’ stuff, apart from the sweet simmer
and soul of God Bless The Child, but
my favourite is a punchy revisiting of Go
Down Gamblin’ where the band let it rip. Actually Spinning Wheel is pretty tough too. Then there’s (You’ve Made Me) So Very Happy/Variation on
a Theme......
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