Audio CD review:
Johnnie Taylor - Live at the Summit Club

Johnnie Taylor - Live at the Summit Club

Band: Johnnie Taylor Title: Live at the Summit Club Rating: Release Date: 20 February, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Introduction By Rufus Thomas 2: Take Care Of Your Homework 3: Little Bluebird 4: Steal Away 5: I Don't Wanna Lose You 6: Who's Making Love 7: Hello Sundown 8: Steal Away 9: Stop Doggin' Me 10: Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone

Customer Reviews GREAT JOHNNY TAYLOR I HAD A COUPLE OF SONGS LIVE ON ANOTHER CD BUT THIS ONE IS THE GREATEST. LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB WAS MORE THAN I HOPED FOR. ANYONE WHO LOVES JOHNNY TAYLOR WILL GO CRAZY FOR THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE REAL BLUESY TOO I LOVE EVERY SONG. YOU LOVE JT DEFINITELY GET THIS ONE. Possibly Johnnie Taylor's all-time best CD. Recorded at the long-defunct Summit Club this is raw, funky and down-home Southern R&B at its best. This CD is a historically important live recording from one of Stax Records' most important figures. Although I'm not a big fan of live albums I admit that "Live At The Summit Club" is a true masterpiece of Southern Soul which has a very intimate and relaxed yet spontaneous, anything-can-happen-here feel and ambience. This set's live versions of "Who's Making Love", "Stop Doggin' Me", "I Don't Wanna Lose You" and "Steal Away" eclipse the original studio versions for their greatness. Many thanks to the people at Concord Records for releasing this CD. LIVE! LIVE! ALL THE WAY LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! T. SOME LIVE PERFORMANCES ARE NOT ALL THAT GREAT, SO I AM A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF PURCHASING THEM, BUT THIS ONE WAS INCREDIBLE! DESPITE THE FACT THAT HIS BAND WAS A LITTLE LOST AT TIMES, THIS TRULY SHOWS HOW GREAT A SINGER J. WAS AND HOW MUCH OF A ENTERTAINER HE HAD BECOME! YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT ANY MISTAKES BECAUSE HE IS SINGING THE SONGS WITH SOOO MUCH POWER AND HEART FELT CONVICTION. YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR COLLECTION!!!!. . You can see a complete list of all Johnnie Taylor discography, or go back to the Johnnie Taylor tabs