Recorded August. 14, 1982, at My Father's Place, a club in Roslyn, New York, this live show was taped for radio broadcast when
Steve Forbert
was on the road promoting his fourth and final
Nemperor Records
disc
, also the last album he would release for six years. As such, it chronicles the culmination of the early part of
Forbert
's career, 1978-1982, which saw his initial national recognition. Each of his albums of the period is well-represented, with four songs from 1978's
Alive on Arrival
, among them
"Goin' Down to Laurel,"
four from 1979's
Jackrabbit Slim
, including "Romeo's Tune," four from 1980's
Little Stevie Orbit
, and three from
, plus covers of
Chuck Berry's
"Too Much Monkey Business" and "Little Queenie," and two '60s oldies --
the Searchers
' "Everytime That You (Walk in the Room)" and
the Troggs
' "Love Is All Around" -- and the non-LP
original "You Gotta Go." Fronting a full band (dubbed
the Rough Squirrels
),
is able to re-create the sound of the albums, and while it can't be said that he bests the original recordings, he often matches them. ~ William Ruhlmann