Live in Franklin, MA 2003 [CD]

Greg Greenway (Author), Patty Barkas (Author), Lisa Brown (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD
• ASIN: B000MC4Q38
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #635,332 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

TRACKS: A Road Worth Walking Down Runaway Train My Good Name Every Little Day Mystery of Life Waterfall You Don't Travel Like I Do Summer Song Don't Make Me Sing She's Just Gone Tennessee Free At Last (G. Greenway/Ron Curoio) In the Name of Love/Pride (U2-Bono/G. Greenway) All songs by Greg Greenway except where noted. ---------------- After years of requests for a live recording, Greg Greenway has delivered one that is well worth the wait. Recorded on one evening at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse in Franklin, MA before a hugely enthusiastic and participatory crowd, this CD captures the essence of Greenway's ability to entertain. Joined by singer Patty Barkas and percussionist Lisa Brown, he embarks on a 13 song odyssey of humor, storytelling, and social consciousness--all set in the framework of his marvelous song writing and musicality. Performance pieces such as the instant classic "Don't Make Me Sing" resonate with some very unexpected moments that make you feel like you're sitting in the front row. Producer Neale Eckstein has done a fabulous job of delivering the live performance with the sound quality of a studio recording. Anyone who has experienced Greenway's live shows will love this cd, and those who haven't will wish they had.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The next best thing to being there, April 8, 2009

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David Heafey (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in Franklin, MA 2003 (Audio CD)

If you get a chance to see Greg Greenway live, run to get your tickets. I've seen many a folk act and he is a given every time he's in town, which for me is Tupelo Hall in Londonderry, NH. With Greg, the storytelling is never to "tell" you what the song means, rather to explain what he may have been thinking and feeling when he wrote it. Now, on to the CD.

Never afraid to laugh at himself, there are some very funny moments as in "Waterfall" or the comical "My Good Name" as well as "Don't Make Me Sing". Greg also handles the serious with equal skill, my personal favorites being "She's Just Gone", "Tennessee" and "You Don't Travel Like I Do". For a peek into who Greg is (at least I think so), "A Road Worth Walking Down" seems to encompass why he does this and also encourage the listener to contemplate their own life.

Patty Barkas has been singing with Greg for a long time and is a wonderful counterpoint to his voice, adding those angelic high harmonies that layer sparkle on top of Greg's. Go see Greg live. He is a master showman and a wonderful man to chat with. You will walk out of the show laughing, crying, and thinking.