Author: SADIES

Release Date: 08-08-2006

Details: Amazon.ca The kings of Canadian turbo twang bend genres like they bend strings on this 40-cut, star-studded extravaganza. On the original numbers that open the two-disc live recording, the quartet appliy their giddyup gallop to the instrumentals and soaring harmonies to the songs, before sharing the stage with dozens of luminaries who make this a "last thrash" equivalent to the Band's Last Waltz (though the Sadies aren't disbanding, as their fellow Canadians did). Guests include Neko Case and Jon Langford (both of whom the Sadies have served as backing band), Kelly Hogan, Jon Spencer, the Band's Garth Hudson, the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and the frontmen from Blue Rodeo. Yet the spirit of a family reunion pervades the concert, with the set also spotlighting the musical parents and uncles of the Sadies' Dallas and Travis Good. It's hard to imagine another band ransacking the songbooks of Roger Miller, Pink Floyd, Bob Wills, and the Mekons without suffering stylistic whiplash, but the raw vitality of the performance (recorded by Steve Albini, with no overdubs) transcends category. --Don McLeese Product Description Sadies

UPC: 623339901529

EAN: 0623339901529

Languages: english

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New