Best Of Live

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Great live cd.

This would be a fantastic cd rather than a great one if it included Takin it to the streets. How can a Best of The Doobie Brothers cd be missing that song? Other than that this is a great selection of tracks from the Wildlife Concerts which did include the song. Buy it and play it loud!

Great Cd and well worth the money

I love this live set from the Doobies. It is a little more acoustic sounding than some of the later live show. (IE extend plays which rocks hard). I picked this up recently for $5.00. My first thought was do I need another live set of Doobie brothers music. After giving it quite a few listens the answer is definitely yes. The vocals and musicianship are really tight on this set from 1996. It is very relaxed set from them. Relax and enjoy a live show the Doobies! Only the best songs from the band in the set and you get all this for $5.00 is what I would call a great deal! Pick it up you will not be disappointed.

When Tom Johnston dropped out of the band for health reasons in the mid-70s and Michael McDonald signed on, Simmons and McDonald divided the vocals for the Johnston tunes between them. McDonalds Eyes Of Silver wowed me. His Long Train Running sent chills down my spine. Even though Tom Johnston has written most of my favorite Doobie songs and while his voice is the signature sound of the Doobies to me, sad to say, I hear his weaknesses rather than his strengths when he sings Long Train Running now. Until I hear McDonalds version of Long Train Running and Eyes Of Silver on a cd (I know at least two such concerts were recorded) - and I figure thats somewhere in the neighborhood of NO CHANCE - live Doobie recordings will continue to disappoint me. My biggest complaint with current offerings including this one is - for the most part - the renditions could be alternate studio takes. About the only difference is some of the early classics never had the benefit of a virtuoso guitarist on the original recordings. This cd has some high points but it also has some weak choices with the inclusion of obviously tired Johnston and McDonald vocals in places. Were there no better versions?

I like every track on this album and heard it 15 years ago which inspired me to buy the album .. Great album and a great band ..

Good music, on time delivery. Happy customer.

To my knowledge, this is the Doobies earliest live album, surprising for such a concert-oriented band. The trouble is that they should have recorded it 10 to 15 years earlier, when the band was at its peak. There is just too much grey hair, tired rhythms and worn-out vocal cords. But while time has clearly taken its toll of Mike McDonalds voice, Tom Johnstons has held up remarkably well. Another high spot on the album is Pat Simmons Slat Key Soquel Rag, now bizarrely called Slack Key Soquel Rag. The tone of Simmons guitar is gorgeous. But isnt that an uncredited flute in the background? And surely thats a violin playing on Black Water? Although a number of extra musicians are credited on the CD sleeve, the violin and flute dont get a mention. Its good to hear McDonald and Johnston playing on the same podium, but a slight shame that the band couldnt persuade drummer John Hartman away from the veterinary surgery and guitarist Skunk Baxter away from the production desk for a night. Sounds like it was a good concert.

Like live cuts. sounds good