So this afternoon I made a run to the library, which was closed because of the massive storm that luckily missed our area, sorry Massachusetts. . The soundtrack for the trip was the new live blues album from Brandon Santini, Live and Extended, which is a really great and I will probably write about it tomorrow. As I listened to the album, I started thinking about my favorite live albums. Several albums like Happy Trails from Quicksilver Messenger Service, Absolutely Live from The Doors and Ten Years After’s Undead quickly came to mind. But then I thought of several others, and then still more, until I quickly had a list of 10 plus albums! So here is a short list of my favorite all-time live albums…..
Sixteen of My Favorite Live Albums
| Title | Artist |
 Happy Trails – Always a favorite – love “Who Do You Love” and “Mona” |
Quicksilver Messenger Service |
 The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper – Super Session Live – Bloomfield was great! |
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper |
 Absolutely Live – Again love that “Who Do You Love” and the whole vibe of the album. |
The Doors |
 Undead – “Woodchopper’s Ball”, and the jazzy bluesy feel of the album! |
Ten Years After |
 Bless Its Pointed Little Head – “3/5 of a mile in Ten Seconds” and the whole psychedelic feel of the album! |
Jefferson Airplane |
 Willie Nelson and Family – Live – Many a morning I started my day with “Bloody Mary Morning” from this album |
Willie Nelson |
 A Man Must Carry On (partial) – I wore this album out! |
Jerry Jeff Walker |
 Live at Cibolo Creek Country Club – Nothing better than Ray Wylie’s stories on this album, especially the story about Poetry Texas! Love “When She sang Amazing Grace” too! |
Ray Wylie Hubbard |
 No 2 Live Diner – Robert Earl is great live! |
Robert Earl Keen |
 Blues Alive – One of my favorite Gary Moore albums period! |
Gary Moore |
 Live Alive – I still miss Stevie Ray and this collection is great! |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
 Live on Tour – John’s stories are great too! |
John Prine |
 Wheels of Fire (one disc) – What can you say they were fantastic! |
Cream |
 Live and Well – I hadn’t listened to this album for a long time! I did so today. Loved it in college! |
B.B. King |
 Live at Folsom Prison – The king at his best! |
Johnny Cash |
 Live at Leeds – At the time a real favorite! Haven’t listen to it in years! Maybe later tonight! |
The Who |
What are your favorite live albums?? Any of the above??? Just thought of another Kentucky Fried Blues from Bernard Allison.
