Live! Go for What You Know
Live! Go For What You Know | ||||
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CD (1993), #841904[1]) | ||||
Producer | Pat Travers, Tom Allom | |||
Pat Travers chronology | ||||
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Live! Go For What You Know is a live album by the
Background
The album was recorded on tour in the US in early 1979, and featured the guitar tandem of Travers and
The album was produced by Tom Allom, who had worked on the first five Black Sabbath albums as a sound engineer, had produced two albums by The Tourists, and would afterward produce nine albums by Judas Priest and the debut album On Through the Night by Def Leppard.[4] Besides praising the guitar playing of Travers and Thrall, critics have also hailed Tommy Aldridge, a drumming pioneer who after leaving the Pat Travers Band played with Ozzy Osbourne; one critic called him "the definitive double bass drummer" on the basis of this album.[5]
Critical reception
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The album garnered positive reviews. It came recommended by
Track list
Side one
- "Hooked on Music" (from Makin' Magic) (Pat Travers) – 6:26
- "Gettin' Betta" (from Putting It Straight) (Mars Cowling, Travers) – 4:52
- "Go All Night" (from Heat in the Street) (Travers) – 4:02
- "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)" (from Pat Travers) (Stan Lewis) – 5:05
Side two
- "Stevie" (from Makin' Magic) (Travers) – 6:21
- "Makin' Magic" (from Makin' Magic) (Travers) – 4:00
- "Heat in the Street" (from Heat in the Street) (Jeffrey Lesser, Travers) – 4:24
- "Makes No Difference" (from Pat Travers) (Travers) – 7:03
Personnel
- Pat Travers – guitar, vocals
- Mars Cowling – bass
- Pat Thrall – guitar, backing vocals
- drums
Production
- Recorded in Miami, and Gainesville
- Produced by Pat Travers and Tom Allom
- Design by Stephanie Zuras
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- Fayetteville Observer.
- ISBN 978-0-7935-4042-6.
- ^ "Judas Priest Album Soars First Week in Britain". Los Angeles Times. 1980-06-13. p. K.14.
- Contra Costa Times. 2002-09-13.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. 1979-07-14. p. 17. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (1979-07-22). "Pat Travers Goes Heavy a la Nugent". Los Angeles Times. p. L.80.
- ^ "Album Briefs". Los Angeles Times. 1979-09-09. p. L.89.
- The Daily Collegian. 1980-04-07.
- ^ Miers, Jeff (2006-05-26). "Down Pat". The Buffalo News.
- ^ Hunt, Dennis (1980-05-18). "Faces: Pat Travers--He's Mr. Cool". Los Angeles Times. p. T.87.
- Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Pop: Recommended singles". Billboard. 1979-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Many classic rock fans consider Pat Travers to be a monster on guitar, thanks to such blistering hits as "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)," in Yampert, Rick de (2002-09-06). "Pat Travers Still Monster of Rock". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. p. 1D. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Travers has written hundreds of songs and released nearly 30 albums in his long career, but he is still most recognized for his late '70s cover of bluesman Stan Lewis' 'Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights),'" in Burkhart, Jeff (2006-01-26). "Guitarist to Deliver Scorching Sounds". Marin Independent Journal. p. 1D. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "The blues-rocking Pat Travers Band, best known for the sing-along hits 'Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)' and 'Snortin' Whiskey'...," in "Out Go the Lights". Miami Herald. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "The Top 40 Live Albums: As Chosen by GP Forum and Seymour Duncan User Group Members". Guitar Player. July 2007.