★★★★★
Some artists go their entire careers without providing a live album; for others, live albums are a rarity--something you might get around to after you have 10 or 15 studio albums under your belt. But the Blue Dogs do more live recording than most bands; Live at the Florence Little Theater is their seventh album, and it is also their third live album...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Released in 1997, this self-titled studio effort marked the first time that a Blue Dogs album contained nothing but original material -- before that, all of their releases contained some covers (which wasn't a bad thing because their covers are usually pleasing). Blue Dogs didn't give up covers in 1997; covers were still an important part of their live show...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Some folks love live recordings; others despise them. Even those in the latter category, however, will make exceptions for bands like the Blue Dogs. Live at Workplay leaves the impression that the band has clocked in plenty of on-stage hours, and that this experience has left the Blue Dogs quite comfortable with one another...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
In 1998, the Blue Dogs did a lot of taping on stage, and those live recordings resulted in two albums: Live at the Florence Little Theater (released in 2002) and this CD, which came out in 1999. Florence Little is the more generous of the two; that disc lasts 74 minutes, whereas For the Record only lasts about 45 minutes...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
The Blue Dogs have been playing together for ten years plus, and on Halos and Good Buys, it shows. Lead vocalist Bobby Houck and guitarist Hank Futch have concocted a fine batch of songs, and guitarist David Stewart, drummer Greg Walker, and mandolinist Daren Shumaker have given them a nice country-rock makeover...
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2008-08-28
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