Audio CD review:
Jr. Robert Earl Keen - Live from Austin TX

Jr. Robert Earl Keen - Live from Austin TX

Band: Jr. Robert Earl Keen Title: Live from Austin TX Rating: Release Date: 02 November, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Dreadful Selfish Crime 2: Blow You Away 3: Shades Of Gray 4: I'm Goin' To Town 5: That Buckin' Song 6: I Still Miss Someone 7: The Coming Home Of The Son & Brother 8: The Road Goes On Forever 9: Merry Christmas From The Family 10: Snowin' on Raton 11: Not A Drop Of Rain 12: Wild Wind 13: Goin' Nowhere Blues 14: Down That Dusty Trail 15: Feelin' Good Again 16: Walkin' Cane 17: Travelin' Light

Editoral Review This 2001 taping from the Austin City Limits series gives the singer-songwriter's range the attention it deserves. Those who have experienced a Robert Earl Keen show in his native Texas know it can be hard to hear the artist amid all the whooping and partying of his rabidly loyal following. An eight-minute rendition of Keen's signature anthem, "The Road Goes On Forever," shifts that epic into overdrive, as the furious interplay of guitarist Rich Brotherton and steel guitarist Marty Muse finds the band firing on all cylinders. Yet the subtler selections are every bit as impressive, with his reflective rendition of Townes Van Zandt's "Snowin' on Raton" and the brooding melancholy of Johhny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" highlighting the performance. Though Austin City Limits typically condenses an artist's appearance into a half hour for airing, this CD (with the performance also available as a DVD) presents the full studio concert. --Don McLeese .. You can see a complete list of all Jr. Robert Earl Keen discography, or go back to the Jr. Robert Earl Keen tabs