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Music CD - Monte Montgomery: Live at the Caravan of Dreams
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Music CD: Live at the Caravan of Dreams
Artist: Monte Montgomery
List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $11.70
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Manufacturer: Texas Music Group
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Tracks:
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1. 1st and Repair
2. Hopin' That You'd Slow Down
3. Set Your Soul Free
4. River
5. Soldier at His Best
6. Love Come Knockin'
7. Wishing Well
8. I Know You By Heart
9. Whirlwind
10. World Turning
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0049891800429
Format: Live
Label: Texas Music Group
Manufacturer: Texas Music Group
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Texas Music Group
Release Date: 2002-11-12
Studio: Texas Music Group
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: ALMOST experienced!
Comment: The mailman just rang the doorbell...i was expecting the phone company...and i was so surprised to receive this CD as a gift that i almost broke the cover trying to open it!!! [Yo record companies---
what's with that annoying steel-like tape y'all be putting on top?]
i heard John Hall doing "Sarah Smile" on the Howard Stern show about a month ago and immediately googled the chord changes...completely forgot how good that song sounded, THEN googled up some videos for the song because i wasn't gonna get a Hall & Oates CD for what might prove to be a passing fancy, and it was THEN i discovered Monte Montgomery.
Figures he's from Austin...the last Hendrix hailed from those parts, but unlike SRV Monte takes the guitar in a whole new direction, much like Jimi did before him. IF anyone had told me you could get these kind of sounds out of an acoustic electric i'd tell them they were lying...but then again, look at the sounds that Roy Buchanan got out of a Tele!
The only one i can compare him to is Jean-Luc Ponty, the jazz violin virtuoso who took THAT instrument to a whole new level by amplifying it, and i'd like to think that if Jimi was still around he'd go to the woodshed after seeing Monte play.
Why MM isn't the Eddie VanHalen of acoustic-electric guitar now is just a matter of exposure, talent-wise he belongs in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame NOW just on chops alone...but the Cleveland institute is more interested in inducting DISCO divas so they can build up attendance rather than real talent...now when is someone gonna book this boy in NYC so i can call the funkateers out?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Monte Montgomery Live at the Caravan of Dreams
Comment: I have had the privlidge of seeing him live in San Antonio a few times and he is great. However this live CD could be better. I would highly recomend the "Let Me In" CD by Ruben V. Or any other CD by Ruben V. He is the best Guitarist in Texas today.
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Summary: Amazing
Comment: Start to finish this album is amazing. When one disc finishes, I put the other one in. A must have album.
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Summary: Virtuosity is a little boring
Comment: I don't doubt that Monte Montgomery is the best guitar player in the whole state of Texas, and I don't doubt that he's something to see in person, but all in all I found this live CD a bit repetitive and lacking in variety. Too many of the songs sound the same: virtuoso guitar licks and heavy drums.
I listened closely to "Romeo and Juliet" which is one of my favorite songs. Yes, Monte picks out the melody beautifully now and then, but most of this 13 minute song is played like an exercise in complex chords and scales. Montgomery sings pretty well, and his back up players are good, but there aren't any songs on this two-CD concert that stay in the mind. Monte Montgomery merits 4 stars for being a helluva guitar player.
Smallchief
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Summary: Okay recording of one of the best live performers
Comment: The recording and production of this cd fails to capture the complexity of Monte and his band. Three guys sound like 6, as carefully woven rhythms grab ahold of you until Monte shakes you up with his guitar work... when you see them live, or listent to a studio album. For some reason, the bass seems to get lost on this recording, and the guitar solos fail to cut through. Still a good cd, but could have been one of the 10 best in my collection.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Fleet-fingered fretman Monte Montgomery has quietly carved out a name for himself on the competitive Austin music scene as a poll-winning guitar hero and a must-see live act. What's more, on a scene known for blazing Stevie Ray-style Stratocasters, he's done it all with an acoustic guitar! Montgomery's first live effort, a double disc recorded at Fort Worth's palatial performing-arts venue Caravan of Dreams, showcases his guitar prowess and the popular appeal of his live band's propulsive power. Most of the acoustic rock-oriented material comes from Montgomery, as self-penned staples from his live show are interspersed with such favorites as "Wishing Well," "Whirlwind," and "When Will I" from his two studio albums. Montgomery and the band make the most of the live setting, stretching out the songs--five go past 10 minutes--with creative instrumental interplay. Montgomery also successfully mixes in a diverse selection of cover tunes, including a percussion-driven rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "World Turning" and a radically reworked, almost satiric take on Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings." The Hall & Oates hit "Sara Smile" and Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet," the latter the 13-minute album closer, also appear in personalized versions spotlighting Montgomery's aggressive acoustic-guitar excellence and his crowd-pleasing personality as a live entertainer. --Michael Point
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