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Track Listing
1. Zenland
2. Last House on the Block
3. Rain
4. Enzo Shuffle
5. Once a Part of Me
6. Don't Cha Know
7. Boogie King, The (Tribute to John Lee Hooker)
8. Elevator Sky Movie
9. Shape I'm In
10. World of Trouble
Album Notes
Eric Johnson & Alien Love Child: Eric Johnson (vocals, guitar, piano); Malford Milligan (vocals); Steve Barber (Hammond B-3 organ); Chris Maresh (keyboards, bass, background vocals); Bill Maddox (drums, percussion, samples).
Engineers: Richard Mullen, Burke Hunn, David Hough.
Principally recorded live in Texas, January 2000.
"Rain" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Recorded during a three-date stand at Austin institution Antone's blues club, LIVE AND BEYOND finds Eric Johnson playing with a much warmer tone than the more sterile work that's plagued some of his '90s studio work. Accompanied by bassist Chris Maresh and drummer Bill Marsh, the Texas-born guitar virtuoso flexes his considerable talents on instrumentals that contain ethereal phrasing and high-flying fretwork within a few bars of each other ("Zenland"), chugging blues-rock ("Enzo Shuffle"), and a slightly jazz-inflected workout ("Rain").
Storyville frontman Milford Milligan guests, in the process adding some grit to the proceedings via a sizzling cover of Jimmie Vaughan's "Don't Cha Know" and the slow-burning blues original "Once A Part Of Me". EJ pays further homage to his roots with "The Boogie King," a tribute to John Lee Hooker that goes from a modest shuffle to a sizzling tour-de-force. Wrapping up this impressive in-concert outing is "World Of Trouble," a studio cut that finds Eric Johnson setting aside guitar histrionics for some soulful blues playing.
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