Live

AMG Review of Live

Bruce Eder
All Music Guide

Dave Edmunds moved from being a contemporary artist to something of a ock & roll elder statesman during the 1990s. This album, recorded in concert at an unnamed venue, is a reminder that he could still put on exciting shows some 35 years into his career. With Geraint Watkins, Billy Bremner, and the Refreshments accompanying him (though hanging on for dear life might better characterize the pacing of some of what's here), he rips through "Juju Man," "I Hear You Knockin'," "I Knew the Bride," "Sweet Little Rock & Roller," "Sabre Dance," and ten other numbers to an appreciative audience. All of it is captured in excellent sound, with lots of presence to the entire band and a nice clean "dirty" ock & roll sound, especially on the guitars, with Edmunds' rhythm and Bremner's lead instruments in good balance.