I know it's been a while since I wrote about my travels in beer, but this album is too good to wait. If theres, any consolation, I am drinking right now. However, I've given up my usual vice of beer and have moved to Markers 46 on the rocks this afternoon. On the rocks, I know, I'm a total pussy. Deal with it.
But this album. God damn. I recently found an amazing hole-in-the-wall vinyl shop in the middle of nowhere in Towson after finishing up a Geek Squad job. I could barely find the door, but man, am I glad i did. This place was packed to gills with gems. Most shops stock what i call "vinyl stand by's"; those records that every asshole looks for. But this shop had all those hard to find and unique discs. And while I realize the irony of talking about "assholes that by stand by's" in my review of one of the most popular and listened to vinyls of all time, I just straight up don't care. This album is above it
This album is a completely different experience on vinyl, so please don't read this review, get interested, and then go listen to a 128kbps mp3 download. It just won't do it justice. Every track is jam packed with expansive sound, from Lowell George's slide guitar to that small and puny little horn section most people know as Tower Of Power!!!!!
One of the coolest sections of this concert to me is the extended version of "Dixie Chicken". This track has everything and spans too many decades to point at. It amazes me how easily Little Feat takes a song that sounds almost like a "old standard" and makes it fresh, new, different and outside the box.
God damn, please buy this record if you haven't already. You can thank me later.
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