Joe Ely - Live at Liberty Lunch

The standard issue live album usually works as a "Greatest Hits" disc with some crowd noise in the background, but since Joe Ely has never been blessed with hit records in the traditional sense, for 1990's Live At Liberty Lunch he was able to pull from the cream of his catalog rather than playing favorites, and thanks to his well-documented strength as a live performer, he was able to turn all thirteen numbers into crowd pleasers no matter how well (or little) known they were. Recorded during a two-night stand at the fabled Austin, Texas venue, Live At Liberty Lunch lacks the fire and intensity of Ely's superb 1980 concert set Live Shots, but the ten years that separates the two albums isn't all to Live at Liberty Lunch's disadvantage. Read More