Live in Germany: Green Leaves & Blue Note

Chuck Leavell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Evergreen Arts LLC
• ASIN: B00175G6LO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,573 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. In The Wee Wee Hours

2. Route 66

3. Living In A Dream

4. King Grand

5. Honky Tonk Women

6. Rip This Joint

7. Coming Home

8. Down The Road A Piece

9. Alberta, Alberta

10. Band Intros

Disc: 2

1. Here Comes The Sun

2. Tomato Jam

3. Blue Rose

4. Tumbling Dice

5. Compared To What

6. Jessica

7. Georgia On My Mind

8. Statesboro Blues

9. Savannah

Editorial Reviews

This Live concert in Germany was during Chuck Leavell's 'Green Leaves and Blue Notes' tour which he did after finishing up two years on the road with the Rolling Stones on the "A Bigger Bang" tour. Chuck Leavell has been pleasing the ears of music fans for more than 30 years now. His piano and keyboard work has been heard on the works of Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Indigo Girls, Blues Traveler, Train, Montgomery-Gentry, Lee Ann Womack and many, many more. In addition to being a well established pianist/artist in the music industry, Leavell is also a published author, tree farmer, and keeps busy with his advocacy work on behalf of the environment. 19 tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great rock'n' boogie CD, June 1, 2008

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G. A. CLEMENT (Dunedin, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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I've listened to this CD for a couple of weeks now and still find new music inspiration from the various solos. The set list has everything I hoped for from Leavell plus a few surprises. A selection of Rolling Stones & Allman Brothers songs are to be expected as these were from the bands Leavell has played with for many years, but they don't dominate the concert. Luckily this is a double CD that, more-or-less, captures a full concert.

The accompanying German rock combo hold their own and Chuck chose them well for his european tour. Although Leavell's vocals are tested to the limit on a couple of songs, its a CD that was never going to be purchased for just the singing.

The styles of music covered are honky-tonk, rock'n'roll, light jazz and southern blues and a great mix it is to. As entertainment goes, you will get some great mileage out this CD. Originally I bought this CD to study the piano licks & solos of a session legend; in the end I just sit back and enjoy the music every time.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Piano Master at Work, July 21, 2008

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Ken Ransom "Ken_Ski_It_All" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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Is it any wonder Chuck Leavel is one of the most sought after Piano musicans working today. ( His credits inclulde The Allman Brothers Band , Eric Clapton ( His piano work on the "Unplugged" album is one of the reasons that disc was as popular as it was / is ) and he's been the defacto Musical Director for the Rolling Stones for their last few tours ) This great set buy Chuck with a stellar backing band is a must have . There is no need to be skipping any tracks on this set , just let it play ! He covers all of the previously mentioned musicans with an obvious favorite being the nicley reworked Allmans Brothers classic "Jessica" , which is certainly Chucks finest and most memorable piano solo ever recorded. Every track is great in it's own way. This set has been in my regular CD roataion since I bought it a month ago , this is a five star gem .

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really strong release, March 27, 2009

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K. Cooper (Phila. area) - See all my reviews
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This is a 2CD set of a German concert that Leavell did as part of a European tour that followed a Rolling Stones tour. A band was put together for some of the dates on the tour of European musicians and they give good support here. Whoever chose the set list did an excellent job as they chose songs from all aspects of Leavell's career- Allman Brothers, Stones,Sea Level, and solo along with a few good covers thrown in. ("Here Comes the Sun" is very good). There's also a good pace throughout the set of rockers and more laid back material. In short, it's everything you would want from a Chuck Leavell concert or live CD.