Captured Alive (IMPORT)

Tanglefoot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Borealis Records
• ASIN: B00015TN48
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,320 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Patrick Langston, Penguin Eggs, Winter 2003

No matter what the line-up, few musicians tell Canada's story with greater gusto and nuance than Tanglefoot.

Product Description

Tanglefoot's new album Captured Alive is just that, a live recording of the band from Toronto's Flying Cloud Folk Club. Recorded May 9, 10 and 11 of 2003. Captured Alive is the swan song for the group's original fiddler and band co-founder Joe Grant, and an introduction to new fiddler Terry Snider. The CD will be launched in Canada at Toronto's Hughs Room ­ Dec. 5th 2003 and in the USA at Godfrey Daniels, Bethlehem, PA ­ Jan.17th 2004. A DVD of the concert was recorded at the date as well and will be available in early 2004.

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cures impotence in lab rats!!, April 29, 2004

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Angela (Whitby, Centre of the Universe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Captured Alive (IMPORT) (Audio CD)

Ha! Made you look! Seriously though, I'm not a big fan of live recordings. In my experience some of them just fall flat. Not so with this one. Tanglefoot is one of the greatest folk bands I have ever had the immense pleasure of seeing live (four times, now, since Dec '03, and once singing with Tom Lewis, another great artist, btw). Their harmonies are distinctive and well-blended (that may sound like a contradiction, but you have got to hear them to understand), their subject matter is patriotic, romantic, sentimental, fiesty, agressive, and humourous. Am I missing any adjectives? Hundreds I'm sure! Highlights on this CD are the patter between (and amongst) the musicians and the audience, Secord's Warning which is sung a capella with it's gorgeous harmonies; Seven Aside, a great hockey song, gets your blood up; Dollar Bill, a song about a man who ran a prohibition era speak-easy; Awkward Donald, nice use of metaphor, Joe; and the never before recorded, There's a bit o' that goes on , sung a capella and quite funny. This CD is my favorite by Tanglefoot, mainly because I feel I'm there in the audience, and I just love to watch them interact with the audience and each other. Also the CD case itself is very interesting, a tri-folded job, a triptych or whatever you want to call it. They have very interesting liner notes and a humourous way of warning you about copyright infringement.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Live CD,, June 23, 2004

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Harry Jacobs (Yellowknife, NT, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captured Alive (IMPORT) (Audio CD)

Having just seen Tanglefoot for the first time in May this Album captures the very heart of there performance. For anyone who is a big fan of Canadian tall tales and folk heros, this album is a real treat.

There melodies are simple and easy to listen too. The songs include great love songs to the lively lyrics of Traighil Bay where the bad guys do get to win on occasion.

This band shows that Canadian Folk music, both traditional and new are alive and well. I recommend this album to anyone and everyone who enjoys a good story.