Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings From the West [Live]

Dan Fogelberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1991)
• Original Release Date: October 22, 1991
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000283N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Review

Personnel: Dan Fogelberg (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, vocals); Robert McEntee (acoustic, electric & electric slide guitars, keyboards); Tim Weisberg (flute); Louis Cortelezzi (saxophone, flute, woodwinds, keyboards, percussion); Vince Melamed (keyboards, vocals); Jim Photoglo (bass, vocals); Michael Botts (drums, percussion). Recorded live at the Fox Theater in St. Louis on June 25, 1991. Four years had passed since a Dan Fogelberg album had come out, and rather than attempt to produce a studio album that would fit in with the times, Fogelberg released an excellent live album, Greetings from the West. Fogelberg has the ability to put on a great show, although some of the tour dates and nights don't quite live up to par for unexplained reasons. Fortunately, this two-CD set is excellent and includes a wide sweep of the music of his career. Although the backing band hardly includes household names, the musicianship is top-notch. Hearing all of these songs together in one sitting is to be reminded of just how good a songwriter Fogelberg is. The connection between him and his audience is genuine, and the emotional intensity is occasionally quite moving. The set also frequently brings forth more of Fogelberg's rock side and shows him to be an adept and energetic artist whose music should not be confined to the soft rock bins. A definite rebirth and a fine live outing. ~ Steve Matteo --Muze --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

In 1991, after an incredible two decade run of amazing albums and songs, Dan Fogelberg released his only live recording for Epic. Tales From The West includes all of his most loved tracks like PART OF THE PLAN, THE POWER OF GOLD, MISSING YOU, RUN FOR THE ROSES, SAME OLD LANG SYNE, plus seventeen more classic Fogelberg signature tunes. This wonderful concert recording also features his good friend Tim Weissberg on several tracks.Out of print for awhile, Friday Music is proud to include this great cd as another chapter in our much acclaimed Dan Fogelberg Remaster Series. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best live recordings of all time., July 11, 1998

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This review is from: Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings From the West (Audio CD)

Live music is hard to recreate on a plastic disc but this album is as close to being at a show as it can get. the extended version of "The Power Of Gold" shows the Dan Fogelberg can rock with the best and on "Old Tennessee" he proves that a man and Martin can speak volumes with just 6 strings and great lyrics.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem Among Live Albums, January 20, 2000

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Listening to this album "over & over" again (to use one of its track titles) still makes me sad that Dan never supported his European sales with the odd tour over here. Having been a Fogelberg Fan since 1977, I was thrilled by this release in 1991. It captures Dan Fogelberg doing what he does best, enchanting the audience with his musicality and his emotions. This is a brilliant live album that will never sound "dated", and I also highly recommend the excellent video version of this (again, sadly only available in the US format which will not play on standard European VCR's).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanted, May 29, 2000

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I have been a Fogelberg Fan since the mid '70's and his work still does something for me. This live albun covers an evening that held me enchanted and enthralled as I listened to all the old favorites (and some new favorites!) with a fresh twist. This is his second best album next to "The Innocent Age"