BLUE FLOYD
''BEGINS, DISC ONE''
MARCH 4 2008
143:00
REVIEW
By W. R. Jones on June 4, 2008, AMAZON
This 2 CD set is not a full show but a mix of performances and what seems to be some bonus tracks not included on the original collection of Live shows released in 2000 by mail order only.
Blue Floyd was an attempt to bring a new look to Pink Floyd music with the Jam Band treatment, full shows where released on the Blue Floyd website (now defunct and owned by Pink Floyd fans) but were quickly sold out and became highly collectible. After Allen Woody's untimely death they disbanded leaving only the live shows behind for us to enjoy.
These shows were a bit rough with no overdubs, no frills... you heard it like it happened, all had extended solos by each member like the rock shows of old.
This "sampler" will have to do as a record of this bands efforts, and it's really too bad, because the shows were meant to be listened to as a whole, just as a Pink Floyd show is performed, with each song, each idea flowing to the next. The problem remains... finding the original shows, out of print for about eight years as of this review, but well worth the effort, and while you are looking, you might also enjoy the night Blue Floyd showed up and did 2+ hours of The Beatles!
DISC ONE (75:38)
1 Hal 9000 Intro - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11:31
2 Have A Cigar 07:56
3 Fearless 07:39
4 Interstellar Overdrive - Wish You Were Here 11:20
5 Drums 09:52
6 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 07:10
7 Hey You - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 20:08
DISC TWO (67:22)
1 In The Flesh; Sheep 12:56
2 Money 12:06
3 Us & Them; Jam 18:09
4 Young Lust 08:29
5 Beatjam - Come Together 07:22
6 Beatjam - Taxman 08:18
Matt Abts/Drums, Percussion
Marc Ford/Guitar, Vocals
Johnny Neal/Keyboards, Harp, Vocals
Berry Oakley Jr./Bass, Vocals
Allen Woody/Bass, Mandolin, 12-String Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals
Slick Aguilar/Guitar & Vocals On Tracks 5, 6 Disc Two
Through the crucible of a pioneering, improvisational/blues collaboration by an eclectic mix of acclaimed, contemporary musicians - BLUE FLOYD endeavors to deconstruct the classic compositions of the legendary PINK FLOYD, into their primal, elemental form. As much an homage to the influence of Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters as a re-discovery of both FLOYD classics and rarities, BLUE FLOYD plays iconoclastically familiar songs, heard again as if for the first time. "Begins" - features the original line-up of: ALLEN WOODY (bass with GOV’T MULE & ALLMAN BROS. BAND) MATT ABTS (drums with GOV’T MULE & DICKEY BETTS) MARC FORD (guitar with THE BLACK CROWES) JOHNNY NEEL (keyboards with THE ALLMAN BROS.) BERRY OAKLEY (bass & vocals with ROBBY KRIEGER, BLOODLINE).
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By W. R. Jones on June 4, 2008, AMAZON
This 2 CD set is not a full show but a mix of performances and what seems to be some bonus tracks not included on the original collection of Live shows released in 2000 by mail order only.
Blue Floyd was an attempt to bring a new look to Pink Floyd music with the Jam Band treatment, full shows where released on the Blue Floyd website (now defunct and owned by Pink Floyd fans) but were quickly sold out and became highly collectible. After Allen Woody's untimely death they disbanded leaving only the live shows behind for us to enjoy.
These shows were a bit rough with no overdubs, no frills... you heard it like it happened, all had extended solos by each member like the rock shows of old.
This "sampler" will have to do as a record of this bands efforts, and it's really too bad, because the shows were meant to be listened to as a whole, just as a Pink Floyd show is performed, with each song, each idea flowing to the next. The problem remains... finding the original shows, out of print for about eight years as of this review, but well worth the effort, and while you are looking, you might also enjoy the night Blue Floyd showed up and did 2+ hours of The Beatles!
DISC ONE (75:38)
1 Hal 9000 Intro - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11:31
2 Have A Cigar 07:56
3 Fearless 07:39
4 Interstellar Overdrive - Wish You Were Here 11:20
5 Drums 09:52
6 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 07:10
7 Hey You - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 20:08
DISC TWO (67:22)
1 In The Flesh; Sheep 12:56
2 Money 12:06
3 Us & Them; Jam 18:09
4 Young Lust 08:29
5 Beatjam - Come Together 07:22
6 Beatjam - Taxman 08:18
Matt Abts/Drums, Percussion
Marc Ford/Guitar, Vocals
Johnny Neal/Keyboards, Harp, Vocals
Berry Oakley Jr./Bass, Vocals
Allen Woody/Bass, Mandolin, 12-String Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals
Slick Aguilar/Guitar & Vocals On Tracks 5, 6 Disc Two
Through the crucible of a pioneering, improvisational/blues collaboration by an eclectic mix of acclaimed, contemporary musicians - BLUE FLOYD endeavors to deconstruct the classic compositions of the legendary PINK FLOYD, into their primal, elemental form. As much an homage to the influence of Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters as a re-discovery of both FLOYD classics and rarities, BLUE FLOYD plays iconoclastically familiar songs, heard again as if for the first time. "Begins" - features the original line-up of: ALLEN WOODY (bass with GOV’T MULE & ALLMAN BROS. BAND) MATT ABTS (drums with GOV’T MULE & DICKEY BETTS) MARC FORD (guitar with THE BLACK CROWES) JOHNNY NEEL (keyboards with THE ALLMAN BROS.) BERRY OAKLEY (bass & vocals with ROBBY KRIEGER, BLOODLINE).
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