Best of 2004 - Concert DVD List
Published December 20, 2004
2004 was a great year for concert DVDs. Now that almost everyone owns a DVD player, and the technology to record and produce a quality DVD has gotten much less inexpensive, almost all bands, of every level of success, are putting out their own DVD. I know I'm missing a few deserving candidates, because I just haven't gotten to them yet, but here is my best of list for 2004 (in no particular order):
Los Lonely Boys - Texican Style (Live In Austin): The Garza brothers prove that they are the real deal in the popular world of Texas-blues-rock. They also blend in a heavy dose of Latin-flavored rock (a la Santana) to produce a remarkably enjoyable sound. If you even mildly enjoyed their self-titled debut album, you will be blown away by the intensity of their live show.
Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits Live: Boz Scaggs, singing and playing like he is still in his prime, backed by a fantastic, nine-piece band, performing in a gorgeous, intimate theater, and all presented in stunning DTS surround sound, and Hi-Def, widescreen video. Enough said!
Opeth - Lamentations: Opeth set aside their pulverizing death-metal sound momentarily to perform a set consisting entirely of their latest album Damnation--a superb, acoustic-flavored, prog-rock sounding experiment that the band threw together with the help of Porcupine Tree leader, Steve Wilson. Both the album and their live performance are exceptional.
Neal Morse - Testimony Live: Former Spock's Beard, and Transatlantic frontman, Neal Morse, gave his life to Jesus, and then fired off an impressive, although over-long, double-CD epic, Testimony, which told the story of his transformation from lost soul to reborn Christian. He then took a fantastic band, including Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, on a small European tour where they performed the entire Testimony album in front of appreciative fans. The live performances are brilliant, and totally outshine their studio counterparts.
- Best of 2004 - Concert DVD List
- Published: December 20, 2004
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- Filed Under: Music: Progressive Rock, Music: Rock, Video: Music
- Writer: Paul Roy
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Thanks Eric. I'm just glad I stumbled upon this great site. Amber, to be honest I have never even listened to the Pixies before--atleast that I knew of. I have read tons of rave reviews of their stuff though, so maybe I'll have to check out their DVD.
Primus' DVD is killer, but it just came not too long ago, so you might have missed it. And if you have access to it, the DVD documenting Marillion's performance of their new album, Marbles, is not to be missed (Marbes On The Road - be sure and get this from Marillion.com as you can get the full two-disc show ONLY from there.
Tom, I am a Marillion fan but for some reason all of their DVD's can only be found at import prices here in the U.S, which is about twice as much as a normal DVD. I'm not THAT big a fan. I did break down an get their "From Stoke Row to Ipanema" DVD an enjoyed it. Primus are definately an acquired taste. I'll eventually have to check out their DVD.
I'd suggest one more DVD for the list, Phil Keaggy's "Philly Live". It's a great document of his live acoustic show, with unbelievable performances of "True Believer" and "John The Revelator" as highlights. It's of course geared more towards Phil's religious audience, but the performance itself is phenomenal and it's hugely appealing. Phil of course is his usual warm, funny self on the performance. The show is pretty much the same lineup of songs I saw Phil perform about a year ago at one of his acoustic performances (minus the Beatles covers, unfortunately). The DVD's only available from Phil's site.
Now if we could get him to do an electric DVD or even better a Glass Harp show....
Thanks for the Phil Keaggy tip. I didn't know about that one, and I am a fan. I recently bought his Time 1 compilation CD and have been jamming to that for the last few days.
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Paul, what a great job you have done with your music DVD series, a very much appreciated addition to the site. Thanks again!