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Live: The No Food Jokes Tour

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Awesome band!!! Kevin and Michael are blessed to have acquired such great band members. I have seen them live a number of times and this CD is just what I have been waiting for. It ROCKS!!! These guys are true performers and their talent shines through on this CD. The song selection is usually what they play live plus a few others and a couple of really nice cover tunes. Boogie is a great song with an awesome little jam that leads into Footloose. Studio is nice but live is ...well, alive and rockin! A must for all Bacon Brothers fans and a great place to start if you want to give these guys a try. So try em you just might like em.

I had the pleasure of seeing the band play live at our county fair a few years ago. I really enjoyed the performance at the fair and this album has increased my enjoyment for the band. This album is very easy listening. The songs have so much meaning and you can tell that they came from the heart. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys what I call "middle of the road music". I'm not a person who likes rap music or heavy metal. This is very easy listening music done with style!

In addition to what I wrote before, the bonus track of Kevin and Michael alone playing together and singing are just priceless. They remind me of me and my brother playing and singing together at family gatherings when he'd come home from CA. which isn't that often. The harmony siblings can bring together somehow outmatch any other. It's like a book you can't put down, a DVD you can't stop!

There are lots of reasons to buy this 2 disc set...1) it has some of the best songs from each CD on it, 2) it has Footloose and Boogie which aren't on any other CDs, 3) it captures some of the energy you experience when they play live, and most importantly 5) it has the extended version of Grace. Grace is one of my all time favorite songs and I had seen them do it live (with the extra verse) so I was surprised when Can't Complain came out and the extra verse wasn't there. I think it was added after the CD had been recorded...so I'm really glad they included it on the Live CD. If you are only going to buy one Bacon Brothers CD I recommend this one because it has songs from the other three. But my hunch is that you will get this and then want more. Like many people, when I first went to see the Bacon Brothers perform it was because Kevin was in the band and I had been a fan for years. And then they started to play and I was blown away by the music. Michael has a great voice, is an amazing musician and I love it when he plays the cello. Not only is Kevin a very powerful song writer he also sings (he has a great voice, too) plays guitar, percussion, harmonica, and really puts his all into each show. And the band is amazing!! Frank, Ira, Paul and Charlie...are all incredibly talented and fun to watch. On this CD (and the DVD) they went a little more formal than most of their shows. They have back-up singers and strings...so it has a slightly different feel, but the energy is still great.

Wow, thought I had all the albums, just added this one to the collection. Love the live versions of the songs and the 2 bonus tracks at the end of the 2nd CD. All the good ones on 2 cds what more could you ask for, perfect for the Bacon Bros fan!

What can I say, other than I love the Bacon Brothers music. This CD did not disappoint me. Love it!

These guys are really talented. I always liked "Foot Loose" which is a track on this CD. This performance brings out all their talents for music, performance and show man ship. The bothers get an A+ from me!

I have to say, when I purchased this DVD only one review had been written and it wasn't favorable. They complained about sound quality but there is nothing wrong with the sound on my copy. I was one to always rely on my own interpretations and opinions so I bought the DVD anyway and...I'm so glad I did! It was pure Bacon Brothers at their finest and if it hadn't snowed that day I would have been in that audience! I live about an hour north of Englewood and we had more snow, so for me to make it would have been a miracle. I did get to see them about one and a half years prior to that day at a WHUD Summer Concert at Croton-on-Hudson park and this DVD took me back to that wonderful place. It was fun, light hearted and just great music. If you are a fan or even think you could be a fan, this is the DVD for you. Michael and Kevin sing and play their best and it was just as I remember at the park that day. Harmony was perfect and Michael's chello in "Sooner or Later" had me mezmorized. The slow ballads kept me entranced while the light and bouncy tunes had me chair dancing. I always smile when I see this DVD and I've watched it three times within two weeks so far! Guaranteed to make you smile!