Live At Last

Sweetwater | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2002)
• Original Release Date: February 28, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rfo Records
• ASIN: B000064082
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Look Out

2. Home Again

3. Rock Me

4. Nobody's Home

5. In a Rainbow

6. Just For You

7. Day Song/Sailin' Away

8. Come In From the Cold

9. Motherless Child

10. Still in Love

11. My Crystal Spider

12. What's Wrong

13. Heroes and Ladies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweetwater aLive at Last, May 30, 2002

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Jim N "Jimjn2" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live At Last (Audio CD)

This is a real good CD! You need to hear this. The live quality is excellent. This is the reunion concert of the first band to perform at the original Woodstock. They had the potential to impact and change the direction of music in their day. The tragedy that struck this band with Nanci's car accident not only affected her and the band but we all lost out too. When you listen to this CD it's hard to believe this band just got together again after 30 years of being apart and out of music. They can still ROCK with the best of them and do. They were ahead of their time in many ways. If you want to learn more about what happened to end their rise to fame before their time see the video "Sweetwater a True Rock Story". ...If you are a fan of Sweetwater, Woodstock, the 60s and early 70s; if you are music history buff or just want to experience some darn good, new to you, but still Classic Rock, check out this CD. It is really cool. Enjoy!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweetwater "Live at Last", April 1, 2002

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tim (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live At Last (Audio CD)

This of is from an amazing group, the first to perform at Woodstock, a group share bills w/ the major stars of the day, and a group that suffered incredible hardships.They have grown into an amazing talent, w/ more energy,music ability, and strength. This album caught Nancy Nevins, and Sweetwater at their very best, performing old favorites such as "My Crystal Spider", and Just For You. This is a must have for Sweetwater fans!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to imagine why they weren't wildly popular, April 10, 2002

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Phil Rogers (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live At Last (Audio CD)

These folks are oh so good! There are 3 or 4 cuts from their original [2] LP's where they out-airplaned the Airplane, and did it with a more jazzy flair. Seriously, Nansi/Nancy Nevins easily outsang Grace, in the same style, but with more chops and more heat/warmth. On other tunes [or introductions], they have this almost Renaissance style on certain a capella passages, with great harmony and counterpoint (and never bland, as sometimes happened when the Stone Poneys tried the same sort of thing). Many of their songs were outstanding compositions with terrific arrangements; the performances from everyone are matchless and gutsy. Whether joy, humor, sadness or other emotions colour a given song, they seem to nail it.

They were multi-ethnic, and had a conga player, a flute player, plus a cello player who did a long solo on "My Crystal Spider" that sounds more like Hendrix than most guitar players who have had a go at imitating Jimi.

But their signature sound was really nothing without Nevins' voice. Besides having tons of technique, she was masterful at every tonal nuance of each kind of song she sang, whether using volume swells, biting off words in staccato fashion, or softly breathing a quiet, more soulful ballad. She also commanded great dynamics, being able to go from loud to quiet without any hint of her voice breaking . . . one might think of her as rock's equivalent of Joan Baez.