High Wire Live [LIVE]

Willy Porter

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Six Degrees
• ASIN: B0000C505I
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,641 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
With High Wire Live, his first live album, listeners who have never experienced Willy Porter on stage can hear his quietly spellbinding majesty and improvisation in his natural milieu, performing his most requested songs and featuring the blinding 6 & 12-string guitar playing that has placed him in the vanguard of the new acoustic frontier.

"A genre-defying maverick." -Frets

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entrancing, Amazing, October 30, 2004

By	I. Greaves (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Here are a bunch of Willy Porter favorites captured (emphasis on that word specifically) expertly. I say captured because, as another reviewer aptly noted, this album is more of a freeze frame of Willy than anything else. Willy's magic comes when he's onstage, not in a studio.

I had the great opportunity to meet Willy when he came to play at my high school right where he grew up in Milwaukee, and one of the greatest things about Willy is how human he is. So many musicians these days lose touch with the general public once they experience even the slightest bit of success.

Not this guy. He is passionate as well as humble, virtuousic yet still grounded, and it shows in his playing. He deftly sings, plays and writes about things everyday people feel but just might not be able to express.

Best of all, this CD is a great opener to Willy Porter and his music in general. If you're wondering what a good first Willy Porter CD would be, I would immediately suggest this one. And for those longtimes fans out there who have probably seen Willy live at some point, buy it now, buy it now!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to be blown away!, June 24, 2004

By	Kevin D. Allen (Chamblee, GA United States) - See all my reviews

I can't tell you how powerful this album is for me. If you've had a chance to hear Willy play live, then you have a full understanding of the impact he has when it's nothing but him and his guitar... an incredible duo that completely blew me away when I happened to catch him as an opening act for Angie Aparo. After the first minute or so of his opener, "Breath" I found myself wondering why I was going to bother staying for Angie Aparo.

If you have heard Willy's earlier albums and found them lacking in production quality, this is a much more mature showing. Instead of trying to "produce" him, the effort seems to be bent on just trying to capture his essence. Willy is a live performer plain and simple. Rip him back out of the studio and give him an audience to play in front of and you find his magic and muse.

I can't recommend this album highly enough. Paper Airplane, Unconditional, Breath, Tribes, You Stay Here and Angry Words all all constant favorites on my MP3 player. This CD hasn't left my CD player since I bought it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acoustic Excellence, March 6, 2004

By	Jay Parmenter (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

In an age when most 'recording artists' fix all their mistakes with digital gadgetry in studio, how refreshing it is to listen to Willy Porter, laying it all out on the line, LIVE, just one impossibly talented human being with his acoustic guitar.

Brilliant, insightful songwriting, sensitive yet powerful vocals, and guitar playing that will make your head spin. This is a fantastic CD.

Don't miss the chance to see Willy in concert. Truly an amazing performer.