Customer Reviews

Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings From the West

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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).

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"

This Cd is one that I can listen over and over again. In fact I bought CD and tape so that I can listen everywhere.

Folks, THIS is Dan Fogelberg! I was in attendance at this live recording concert in the Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri. Though I love listening to the recording and watching the show over and over again, NO MEDIUM can do Dan Fogelberg or Tim Weisberg justice! This was a once in a lifetime event that had to be experienced in person! R.I.P. Dan. We all miss you!

Dan was an amazing songwriter and singer. Many of his songs get stuck in my head for weeks at a time. Since there are no more live shows to be had, it was good that they remastered this amazing work. I wish they would do it for the video as well and add the songs to it they left out from the concert.

I became a fan of Dan Fogelberg back in 1980 with Phoenix, but this live CD is a classic. The song I love the most is "Road Beneath My Wheels" the guitar playing is so impressive that it blew me away. Talk about talent!!!!
This is considered one of my top 10 Live Recordings!!!

This was my favorite album because he was doing this tour in Memphis and it's the last time I ever got to see Dan live. Great album a must for all Dan fans.

Taking a look at the playlist for this 2 CD set, it reads very much like a "greatest hits" collection. And, essentially, it is, only better.

Most (not all) Dan's "greatest hits" are here. As this performance occurred during the early '90s, the focus is on his music from the late '70s through about 1990. Of course, this was his most popular period.

If you ever got a chance to see him in concert (I did not), then this may not surprise you. However, his music, in general, seems to be even better live than in the studio (as long as you don't have to have the full orchestration on each song). There are a couple of songs on here that I didn't care for much as originals that are very enjoyable here. I was surprised at how well his personal performance more than made up for much of the studio backing that is an integral part of of so much of his music. It is nice to have two different versions of the same song to enjoy!

Now, I don't consider it perfect (like Innocent Age is). There are a couple of songs on here that I just don't like. I never have liked "Rhythm of the Rain". It's just a very bland song and he adds nothing to it here. Likewise,"Road Beneath My Wheels" is a blues song and that is probably the one genre of music that I think he never matched up with very well. For me, it is almost off-putting here. Additionally, it would have been fun to here a couple of the upbeat songs from Innocent Age or one of his more complex story songs ("Tuscon, AZ" for example) done live instead.

All that being said, its few deficiencies are easily ignored. This is a very enjoyable listen from beginning to end.

At the time of its release, I was excited to hear that Fogelberg was putting out a live album... until I actually saw which songs were included on it. While I enjoy several cuts from this album, overall I am dissapointed with the song selection. There is nothing from "Home Free" or "Nether Lands," albums that include some of Fogelberg's best songs. Not only are these two records ignored, but many of the songs that are included are ones that are not among his best. Indeed, this live performance felt a little too much like a "Greatest Hits" album, one that usually does not include the best material an artist has to offer but, instead, includes songs that received the most radio play. There are, however, fine moments in the performance, one being Tim Weisberg's guest appearance for three tunes and another being Fogelberg's surprising display of acoustic slide ability on "Road Beneath My Wheels." Fogelberg needed to put out a live album at this time in his career. It's just too bad that he did not spend more time deciding what and what not to include on it.