Raw Deal, Kevin Deal Band Live [LIVE]

Kevin Deal

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Blind Nello
• ASIN: B0009JVSV2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #375,923 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review
This Texas singer/songwriter presents an aspiring collection of renegade country. Deal's story-telling brims with believability. --Country Music Magazine (Aug-Sep 2003)

Product Description
Raw Deal is the Kevin Deal Band aka Full Metal Racket recorded live July 17th 2004 at Dan's Silver Leaf in Denton Texas. This CD has three new songs two of them being studio cuts.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Texas troubadour electrified on stage, July 14, 2005

By	hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Like many of Texas' musical troubadours, Deal's songs shine even more brightly in live performance than in the studio. Endless tours of the Lone Star state have not only honed the drama of Deal's presentation, but they've formed a Saturday-night bond with his audience, evidenced most clearly on this latest live recording. The craft of Deal's songs shines brightly in this live setting, with phrase making ("I'm tired of smelling like diesel / I'm tired of dodging the scales / I'm tired of nothing to show for the miles / Just the grease under my fingernails") that's as descriptive as ever. What sets this apart from his studio efforts is the lifting of words from the page and their transformation into experiences and parables shared with friends as stories of joy, despair and warning. Deal's band follows along, electrifying their country roots with a live energy that lights up the Denton, Texas venue.

The set list draws heavily from Deal's two most immediate previous, "The Lawless" and "Kiss on the Breeze," and mixes in a couple of tracks from his earlier "Honky Tonks 'n' Churches." Aside from reprising a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Mississippi Kid," these are all Deal's tunes. And fine tunes they are - Springsteen-esque story-portraits that are more West Texas grit than New Jersey urbana, with obvious nods to Earle and the Van Zandts (Townes and Ronnie). Two new studio tracks, "Hard Times" and "I've Got to Believe," foreshadow another fine set for his next release. Those who can't get to a Texas dancehall for a Saturday night of music, dancing and beer can get a great idea of what all the fuss is about right here on Deal's live offering.