DAVID LAMOTTE: Good Tar: Double-Live

David LaMotte

Good Tar: Double-Live

© 2002 Lower Dryad Music (703034190524)

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A double-disc live recording from David LaMotte, "a folk poet of elegant simplicity" (Dirty Linen Magazine). This collection showcases twenty songs and several stories. Next best thing to being there.

tracks

1 Deadline
2 Lens Cap
3 Home By Now
4 Just Like Me (Super 8)
5 Middletown Mall
6 Stupid In Love
7 Walking Home With You
8 Dark & Deep
9 Shadows
10 Watching for the Light
11 Spin
12 That's My Toy
13 Levi Blues
14 The Water Is Wide
15 Hope
16 Hold On
17 Dans La Louisiane
18 Janey
19 In the Light/Simple Gifts
20 We Are Charlie's Angels

notes

"I was captivated through all twenty songs and various stories... Watching LaMotte's performance will make you forget every problem on your mind for a while. Listening to Good Tar is the next best thing... Spellbinding."
-Jennifer Layton, Spectator Magazine

"David LaMotte [is] an enchanting secret and sadly too well kept!... For those who have never heard LaMotte this is easily the best introduction. It is a perfect showcase to his performance-based songwriting."
-Steve Stockman, BBC Radio Ullster

Good Tar is David LaMotte's seventh album, a two-CD live set recorded during the summer of 2001. Entirely solo except for one track with Joe Ebel's electric guitar playing, it features twenty songs and several stories, including the hilarious tale of a seven-year-old songwriter for whom the album is named. Not only does he write songs, he plays a mean good tar.

After eleven years as a full-time musician and well over fifteen hundred shows in forty-one states and ten countries, David LaMotte has earned the success that he is now enjoying. His music ranges from driving, percussive songs to more introspective and melodious pieces, with influences from rock to blues to bluegrass. He throws in an occasional instrumental, a healthy dose of storytelling and spontaneous humor to tie these styles together for performances that explain his large and loyal following.

LaMotte's love for music extends well beyond the stage. Each year since 1994 he has served as an Artist in Residence teaching at-risk high school students in Wyoming. Last summer he facilitated workshops for homeless people in western North Carolina, and in the last two years he could be found playing for developmentally disabled students in Bosnia, talking about peacemaking with college students in Northern Ireland, and leading a workshop for students from Columbine H.S. and others impacted by school violence. He spends roughly two hundred thirty days on the road each year, and has shared stages with musicians including Arlo Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Gillian Welch, John Gorka, Shawn Mullins, Sara Hickman, David Wilcox, Buddy Miles and Jez Lowe.

He is also featured with Suzanne Vega, Aimee Mann, Ray Manzarek, Grace Slick and Bruce Springsteen on the newly released Songs Inspired By Literature, Chapter One, a project to benefit adult literacy campaigns.

David recently returned from a two-month tour of Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia, the centerpiece of which was a headline appearance at the Australian National Folk Festival. This fall he will head to Europe for his third tour there.

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  • Typical David - stories and all...
    author: Benny Morrison

    Exactly what you'd expect from a live album from David. He shines live so one would expect a live album from him to shine and it most certainly does. This record takes one back to any concert of his that they have attended when you hear his stories between songs and watch him weave them effortlessly into the next song on the setlist. Especially funny is his tale about a young boy that explains the title of this record. The new tracks that are debuted here are all strong and this is a definate spot-on representation of David live which a lot of live records do not deliver.

  • Not your average live album
    author: Mark Baker-Wright

    Most fans of "live" albums appreciate the feedback that an audience provides to the performance. Fans of that aspect will not be disappointed. What is also present in most live albums is a volume of fan cheering and applause that threatens to drown out the music. That's not a problem here. Part of the reason for this is that David LaMotte tends to perform in small, intimate venues where the audience is a manageable size. His concerts are marked by a fair amount of "conversation" as LaMotte actively responds to comments and laughter from those who come to listen to him. Listeners will enjoy not just LaMotte's easy-to-listen-to music, but also the stories and talking-bits that LaMotte occasionally inserts between songs. It's worth noting that this is not *quite* a true live CD, in that it is actually an edited compilation of a couple of different concerts. However, it plays as though it were one, continuous concert, and really is the next best thing to being there. People interested in learning more about David LaMotte should visit his website: www.davidlamotte.com.

  • Love the stories!
    author: star

    Well, it has the great songs (yes, "Stupid in Love" is in this cd!), but it has David's wonderful sense of humor and delightful story-telling. Those stories take the recordling from great to wonderful!!!

  • GOOD Tar is GREAT!
    author: Carol (in Texas)

    The best way to hear David LaMotte is LIVE, and a double live CD is the next best thing! He weaves stories and songs into a beautiful experience for the listener. Don't hesitate to treat yourself to the best of his collection so far.

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