A buddy lent me his copy of "In the Flesh" a live recording of Roger Waters and band of recent vintage. "I've heard all this before" I said, "Why give it another listen, I know what it sounds like" Well, needless to say, he persevered and I've got to admit, this shit stands up. One of the major highlights of this set is "Dogs" . A 16 plus minutes of absolute sonic brilliance. Turn the volume up for this one. Jon Carin `shows his many talents, opening the track with acoustic guitar and vocals and immediately moving into the keyboard section, the guitar still hanging around him. If you're reluctant to hear the sometimes Stevie Ray Vaughan-like Doyle Bramhall II play Floyd tunes, you should put that worry to rest here. He absolutely tears through this Floyd classic, stomping all over the album version (as good as that was!) by nailing all of Gilmour's notes and adding a bunch of string-twisting and mind-bending of his own. It's an absolute must hear, and his unique blue-note vocals are an excellent replacement for Gilmour's.

Appearing with Roger Waters on "In The Flesh" is his band of top-flight musicians including Andy Fairweather-Low (guitar), Snowy White (guitar), Doyle Bramhall II (guitar and vocals), Graham Broad (drums), Jon Carin (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Andy Wallace (keyboards), Katie Kissoon (vocals), Susannah Melvoin (vocals), and PP Arnold (vocals).

I've got to admit, I like it better that the original.