Live at Billy Bob's Texas

AMG Review of Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Thom Jurek
All Music Guide

The latest chapter in the Live at Billy Bob's series contains a smoking live date by one of country music's most enduring talents, Tanya Tucker. She's loose, in a fine mood, and in great voice. It includes the hits from the distant past to her most recent work; from "I'll Come Back as Another Woman," "Hangin' On," "Blood Red and Going Down," "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)," "Down to My Last Teardrop," and of course, "Delta Dawn," which she treats with reverence and respect, though at her age (47 in 2005), it takes on an entirely different meaning than when she sang it at 13. Her band is competent though a bit lazy, but Tucker's own performance is spot-on, deep ,resonant, and theatrically astute. This is one for the fans to be sure, and is easily her best live offering.