Favorite Live Country Albums?

[uriah1]

I guess modern country, but, I have a Dixie Chicks cd that is mixed great.
Blend of electric, acoustics and banjos..

 

[421JAM]

I’ve always enjoyed Willie Nelson “Live: I Gotta Get Drunk.” (Which is, in part, a re-release of Willie’s 1966 Country Music Concert album.)

 

[bowman]

Agree with the Poco post - I saw them live about 1972 or so, and they could bring it. Serious chops in that band.
My choice is Tony Joe White, live in Austin - it’s really the Austin City Limits show, before it was called that. I’m not sure if Tony Joe is country or not, but there’s definitely some country feel in his swamp music. He is a fabulous singer and Strat player.

 

[oldunc]

Patsy Cline, "Live at the Opry". A lot of albums have some live cuts, but at least in my collection not all that many completely live albums.

 

[teleforumnoob]

Yea the Circle Album was hugely influential for me.
Some other favs

 

[Old Verle Miller]

Live at Billy Bob's - Asleep At The Wheel.

Sometimes everything just comes out right.

 

[donrichfan]

Shaver, Unshaven Live at Smiths Olde Bar

Live recording at SOB? When was this?

 

[fendrguitplayr]

 

[TeleT97]

As a R&R guy who also loves many types of old Country music, IMO Country-Rock ( an honest mix of these two) doesn't get better than Poco.

And the LIVE Poco Deliverin' shows just how good EVERYONE in this band was- the 'band sound' ( so tight!), the vocals ( Richie Furay, lead on most songs, but stellar harmonies),
and the picking from Rusty Young ( Steel/dobro) and Jim Messina is some of the best guitar you'll ever hear!

No hype, it's the truth, POCO!
( listen to entire medley below- it is life changing!)

Wow I must have missed the memo on Poco... this is exactly the sound I've been chasing. I think this is the next listen!

 

[Chiogtr4x]

Wow I must have missed the memo on Poco... this is exactly the sound I've been chasing. I think this is the next listen!

Poco is a group with an ever changing lineup from 1969 until really not that long ago- with steel guitar player Rusty Young as the constant, until he passed a few years ago.

But IMO, you can't go wrong with anything the band did from 1969 till 1978/9.

Always fantastic vocal harmonies, great pickin,' and a lot of beautiful, romantic or cinematic Countty rock tunes.
The energy of those early years is awesome!

- there are cool cheap '2 albums on 1 CD!' POCO recordings on Amazon
( I still listen to CD's!)

 

[Matt Sarad]

 

[WireLine]

Ricky Skaggs Live in London…should be mandatory listening

 

[loudboy]

Live recording at SOB? When was this?

Been out for probably twenty years?

Hellacious playing from Eddie.

 

[Vitadog]

Great album

 

[Linderflomann]

Great thread ya'll. I've got some listening to do and some licks to cop.

 

[Jim W]

Kris Kristofferson "Live at the Philharmonic"

 

[Scooter Thomas]

Honeysuckle Rose jumps to mind, just a great soundtrack. I was thinking Bill Kirchen & Commander Cody's Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas, but is that country? That night I became a Bill Kirchen fan for life.