Live at Bonnaroo

Warren Haynes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ato Records
• ASIN: B00024I3B2
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Branching Out, July 6, 2004

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Birdman (Minnetonka, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Bonnaroo (Audio CD)

I'm tired of people who expect great musicians to remain static and turn out the same sound again and again. In addition to masterful guitar skills, Haynes voice has rarely sounded more soulful or his line-up more meditative.

His work with Gov't Mule is peerless, but this fabulous album shows he's capable of different songs and unexplored styles. It's more mellow than I expected, but the songs and performances are solid as a rock.

I have several personal favorites -- "To Lay me Down" is superb" and "Stella Blue" is far better than most of Garcia's versions. The phonics are clear and the audience noise is kept to a minimum.

Haynes transcends the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. But this album shows that he's also transcended himself. It's 75 minutes of pure emotion, complex and beautiful songs, and a sense of commitment to music that shines.

The best live album of the year by any artist. Buy a copy. You won't regret it.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's got soul, and he's super bad., August 2, 2004

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C. L Nelson "Charlie Nelson" (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Bonnaroo (Audio CD)

Warren Haynes is undoubtedly one of the best band leaders there is today. He's a frontman in Gov't Mule, the Allman Brothers, and the new Dead. And he's played with virtually everyone who is anyone in today's "jam band" scene (sorry to use those words, but they seem to be the most completely encompasing ones). Here is a chance to hear Warren, completely alone, doing his own thing. I think this is remarkable. I'll agree that he's not as technically proficient on an acoustic guitar as on an electric guitar... I don't think there is any arguing that. Here, though, what really shines is his voice and the soul he puts into it from way, way deep down. Here's a man who's not holding much of anything back when he sings, and i think that's equally as beautiful and masterful as his playing of the electric guitar.

That said, lets talk about the songs on the album. The choice of covers is very interesting in that they all come from very different backgrounds. "Waisted Time" is an Eagles song, "Stella Blue" a Grateful Dead song, "One" a U2 song, and "Lucky" a Radiohead song. But Warren has taken them and made them his songs, adding his own stylistics to each. "Patchwork Quilt", written by the great lyricist Robert Hunter, is flawless. "I'll Be The One" is also very beautifully crafted. Perhaps the best part of this whole album though is "Soulshine". Warren brings an African singer out with him who has the most amazing and unique voice I've ever heard. And he sings Soulshine along with Warren, even though he doesn't know how to sing it quite right. So there are little mess ups in there and Warren is helping him out a little bit. But the both of them giving it all of their heart makes it the single most moving rendition of a song I've heard a billion times. And then, when it all clicks together, it's nothing but sheer beauty.

Like one review said, there is room for improvement. But this is live and raw and charged with pure emotion in Warren's voice. This is the blues... that down home feeling of comfort and release. This is what music is all about.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars soulful and magical, June 10, 2004

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Donald K. Eno (Fort Kent, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Bonnaroo (Audio CD)

Here is Warren at it again- a vocal virtuoso performance. It doesn't get 4 stars only because it has too many songs most of us fans already have heard many times on other show tapes, etc. More of the obscure Warren penned songs like "Forevermore" (which is on this CD) and "Love's Open Door" (not found on this CD) would only make this record that much better.

But his covers are great too. "Stella Blue" and "I've Got Dreams" (both first time on a commercial release) make for incredible listening. The other tunes, mostly songs already released by Warren or Gov't Mule, have here been stripped down, and while always a pleasure, are not anything terribly new. As usual, Warren put out a quality sounding product. Although not directly involved in the recording or producing of the CD, it sounds great and is a credit to Warren's high standards.

He goes from straight up acoustic, with touches of folk and blues, to solo electric to cover 16 songs. This is not the best CD to begin exploring Warren's music and playing over the past several years. You need to start with some mid 1990's Allman Brothers and his Gov't Mule records to do that properly. But, Warren grew up singing and not playing guitar. So even though he was voted number 25 in a recent Rolling Stones guitar players list, on this disc, he gets back to what he loves and does best- singing in that soulful Appalachian voice.