The Sadies: In Concert Volume One

Released in August 2006, this is a double-live set from Toronto's spaghetti-surf guitar heroes (Mike Belitsky - drums and vocals, Sean Dean - upright bass, Dallas Good - guitars, keyboards & vocals, Travis Good - guitars, fiddle, mandolin & vocals), featuring guests like Neko Case, Garth Hudson, Maud Hudson and Jon Langford. Garth plays on several tracks, Maud joins in on the track "Food, Water, Etc." The 2-CD set also includes a cover of The Band's "Evangeline" and the song "Leave Me Alone" that was released by Levon and the Hawks/The Canadian Squires as a 45 single in 1965.

Led by brothers Dallas and Travis Good, the Toronto-based Sadies honed a distinctive sound taking influence from traditional country, surf music and garage rock. After earning notice and adding backing singer Neko Case, the group issued their debut LP Precious Moments in 1998. Tremendous Efforts followed in early 2001, teaming them with Breeders/P.J. Harvey producer Steve Albini for the second time. A year later, Stories Often Told marked their first album without Albini, placing Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor in his position. The Sadies produced themselves on 2004's Favourite Colours, with Keelor, Nick Luca and Chris Shreenan-Dyck handling the engineering duties; Robyn Hitchcock made a guest appearance as vocalist and lyricist on one track. The Sadies have also recorded albums in collaboration with R&B legend Andre Williams and Mekons frontman Jon Langford. --Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide

Tracks

1. Show Intro
2. Cheat
3. Why Be So Curious?
4. 1000 Cities Falling Apart (pt 1)
5. Rat Creek
6. Song Of The Chief Musician (pt 2)
7. 16 Mile Creek
8. Taller Than The Pines
9. Lay Down Your Arms
10. Higher Power
11. Uncle Larry's Breakdown
12. Eastern Winds
13. Stay A Little Longer
14. Northumberland West
15. Lonely Guy
16. Snow Squad
17. Leave Me Alone
18. Ridge Runner Reel
19. 1,000,002 Songs
20. Dying Is Easy
21. Tiger Tiger
22. Back Off
23. Justine Alright
24. Talking Down
25. American Pageant
26. Strange Birds
27. Home
28. Hold On, Hold On
29. Evangeline
30. Tailspin
31. A Good Flying Day
32. Lucifer Sam
33. Another Day
34. All Passed Away
35. Story's Often Told
36. You're Everywhere
37. Within A Stone
38. Food, Water, Etc.
39. Jason Fleming
40. Her Love Made Me
41. Memphis, Egypt

The Sadies - In Concert Volume One - 2006 - Yep Roc 2122