SOUND & VISION: DVDs
The Live from Billy Bob’s Texas CD and DVD Collection (Smith Music Group)
Billy Bob’s Texas is
no doubt one of the biggest, best and most loved honky tonks in America, and over the years, they have hosted a who’s who of great country and Americana bands. Smith Music Group has been issuing great concerts from Billy Bob’s on CD and
DVD for many years now, and we felt they de- served a tip of the Stetson for all of their out- standing work. Among the releases is a 2015 release of
The Charlie Daniels Band. The DVD in- cludes a nice backstage interview with Char- lie, and the filmmakers capture the raw energy that is Charlie Daniels on a 14-song set that kicks off with a rocking “Southern Boy,” a song he recorded in duet with Travis Tritt. Here, guitarist Bruce Brown does a fine job of singing Tritt’s parts. Next is long time set opener “Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye,” which is followed by a cut from Charlie’s Off the Grid tribute to Bob Dylan album, “Tangled Up in Blue.” Of course, the hits are played at virtu- ally every show, including here - “The Legend of Wooley Swamp,” “In America” and “The South’s Gonna Do it Again” -all sounding just as fresh as they did the first time you heard them. One song I’ve always loved is “El Tore- ador,” and it’s great seeing/hearing it live here. Charlie speaks his mind (as always) on “(What This World Needs is) a Few More Rednecks,” and the instrumental “Black Ice” rocks with an Allman Brothers feel. Charlie
pays tribute to Johnny Cash with “Folsom Prison Blues” and tosses in another Dylan tune, “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.” Daniels goes acoustic and sings straight from the heart on “How Great Thou Art,” and the band closes their show with their biggest hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” This outstand- ing concert is also available as a CD. Back in 2002, Smith Music delivered
David Allan Coe’s live show, an outstand- ing concert that kicks off with the acoustic “Ain’t That the Way Love’s Supposed to Be,” a duet with Kimberly Hastings, followed by “Talkin’ to the Blues.” Two great songs, fol- lowed by a third “Son of the South.” Next is a song Coe wrote with Kid Rock, “‘59 Cadillac ‘57 Chevrolet,” followed by the haunting acoustic solo of “Heaven Only Knows.” David teams up with Kim- berly again to pay trib- ute to Waylon Jennings with “Storms Never Last,” The rest of the show is an in- credible blend of coun- try and Southern rock that includes “Wreck-
less,” “Nothin to Lose,” “If That Ain’t Coun- try,” “The Ride,” and “You Never Even Called Me By My Name.” For the encore, Coe re- turns to the stage pimped out to do his rap song “Free My Mind.” Awesome. Get the DVD and the CD! Another winner came in 2014 with
Billy Joe Shaver’s set from Billy Bob’s. It’s a whopping 20 songs on the DVD (there are two bonus studio tracks on the CD version.) Shaver is in top form on his classic songs “Heart of Texas,” “Georgia On a Fast Train,” “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Old Chunk of Coal,” “Live Forever,” “Old Five and Dimers,” “Try and Try Again” and “You Can’t Beat Jesus
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