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Track Listing
1. Introduction
2. Honky Tonk Women
3. Introduction
4. Sticks and Stones
5. Cry Me a River
6. Bird on the Wire
7. Feelin' Alright
8. Superstar - (featuring Rita Coolidge)
9. Introduction
10. Let's Go Get Stoned
11. Dixie Lullaby: I'll Drown In My Own Tears / When Something Is Wrong With My Baby / I've Been Loving You Too Long - (featuring Leon Russell)
12. Introduction
13. Blue Medley: I'll Drown In My Own Tears / When Something Is Wrong With My Baby / I've Been Loving You Too Long
14. Give Peace a Chance
15. Introduction
16. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
17. Space Captain
18. Letter, The
19. Delta Lady
Album Notes
Personnel: Joe Cocker (vocals); Leon Russell (guitar, piano); Don Preston (guitar); Bobby Keys (tenor saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet); Chris Stainton (piano, organ); Carl Radle (bass instrument); Chuck Blackwell (drums, percussion); Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner (drums); Bobby Torres (congas); Sandy Konikoff (percussion); Rita Coolidge (background vocals).
Recording information: Fillmore East, New York, New York (03/27/1970 - 03/28/1970).
One of the first classic post-Woodstock albums, MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN was recorded at precisely the moment that Cocker and his bandleader Leon Russell found themselves, however briefly, at the epicenter of the rock & roll universe. The big hits here--the juiced-up version of Traffic's "Feelin' Alright," the Memphis soul revamp of the Box Tops "The Letter"--have been ubiquitous for years, and remain as potent as ever.
Some of the less familiar tracks are equally rewarding though, particularly the Cocker/Russell duet on Dylan's "Girl From the North Country" (with the composer in attendance), and the obscure early Ray Charles raver "Sticks and Stones." This one shot ensemble (including veteran British musicians and the cream of then current L.A. sessioneers) was a great band, however unwieldy (twenty-one members!) and we're lucky to have this document of its only tour.
Industry Reviews
5 Stars (out of 5) - ...there's an organised abandonment and sense of spiritual pilgrimage in this set that remains virtually unrivalled.
Q (04/01/1997)
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