Audio CD review:
Patty Larkin - A Gogo: Live on Tour

Patty Larkin - A Gogo: Live on Tour

Band: Patty Larkin Title: A Gogo: Live on Tour Rating: Release Date: 1999-09-28 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wolf at the Door 2: Banish Misfortune/Open Hand 3: Tango 4: Do Not Disturb 5: Don't 6: Dear Diary 7: I Told Him That My Dog Wouldn't Run 8: Booth of Glass 9: Who Holds Your Hand 10: The Book I'm Not Reading 11: Don't Do It - Patty Larkin, Stevenson, William 12: Mary Magdalene 13: Me and That Train 14: Good Thing

Captured Essence - Let the collective unconcious awaken. I purchased the CD at the show. I just saw Patty Larkin live at the Broward Center (Florida) a couple of weeks ago. The acoustics of the hall that night were superior (as Larkin noted) luckily so were my seats (3rd row center). This cd truly captures the essence of that live performance (including the perspective from such excellent seats). Larkin, a truly gifted vocal,instrumental and compositional artist, stands alone in full display on this outing. Both she and the songs are better served by her solitude. Though her abilities in the studio are interesting, her direct live performance is much more powerfull to witness. With this disc, we get a grouping of some of her best songs, given their strongest performances available to date. Don't Do It, doesn't really work for me (perhaps, I remain too attatched to the Band version). Though still good, I preferred the unprocessed vocal version of "The Book I'm Not Reading", given at the concert, I attended. My only real complaint, is that the concert lasted well over two hours and the CD doesn't. Too bad, if it did, it might have included some of her entertaining banter. Better yet, would have been inclusion of her "channeling" of Marlena Dietrich, Carmen Miranda, and Ethel Merman. Not to be missed. Let the collective unconcious awaken. Awesome! I saw Patty Larkin for the first time in February and had never heard any of her music, and now I am a FAN! I love GOOD THING and her skills on the guitar are just wonderful and numbing!. WHO IS THIS LADY? Larkin combines smooth Joni Mitchell control "Banish Misfortune/Open Hand" with Amy Ray speed "Don"t" for a unique style all her own. If you can handle some of Patty Larkin's songwriting and dry humor, you'll be getting on "A-GoGo" a solo live guitar performance that's as good anybody has ever put down on record. The songs and the sound quality are "A" perfect and one listen to "Wolf At The Door" will get your batteries charged. Pretty good CD It has alot of great sounding tracks and lyrics to enjoy. I like this CD. Concidering that it is a live version you might think the sound quality is bad; well thats not true at all. it sounds fantastic!. Entered a skeptic; left a believer I picked up the CD and loved it, top to bottom (though I admit I skipped over 'Mary Magdalene' when I listened a second consecutive time). I had never heard of Patty Larkin, or her cadre of loyalists, when I heard 'Do Not Disturb' on the radio. I've never seen her in concert, but I'm sold on her vocals, her lyrics, and her six-string virtuosity. You can see a complete list of all Patty Larkin discography, or go back to the Patty Larkin tabs