This is a beautiful recording, and far better than one might expect from the 2000 performance date. Rather than reliving past glories from the 1960s, Paul Kantner and Marty Balin embrace that history and claim it for themselves as 60-somethings. The performances may not be as energetic as what the Airplane or the Jefferson Starship delivered in their heyday but Kantner and Balin make up in depth and feeling what time forces them to sacrifice in speed.
They get considerable help from Chris Smith on keyboards, Slick Aguilar on guitar, and, most important of all, Diana Mangano on vocals, the latter two hailed from the then-current lineup of the Jefferson Starship, and Mangano was Grace Slick's successor in that band. She does well substituting for Slick's (and Signe Anderson's) contributions on the Airplane repertory.
The whole record is a delight, and, surprisingly, not a bad introduction to the history for anyone who needs it, and this despite Kantner's predilection for foul language and disharmonious vibrations at seemingly inappropriate moments.
Artist: Paul Kantner And Marty Balin
Album: Live At The Great American Music Hall, 2000
Year: 2011
Label: Retroworld / Floating World Records / Bear Records
Style: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Format: mp3/320
Tracklist
CD1
01 "How Now Brown Cow" 1:28
02 Crown Of Creation 3:24
03 St. Charles 6:40
04 Today 3:51
05 Lather 3:50
06 Borderlands 4:32
07 We Can Be Together 5:07
08 Good Shepherd 5:00
09 The Farm 3:12
10 Hey Fredrick 5:39
11 Caroline 6:19
12 Runaway 4:51
13 Hearts 9:17
CD2
01 The Baby Tree 2:18
02 Shadowlands 5:42
03 Miracles 8:11
04 JPP McStepp B.Blues 3:59
05 Wooden Ships 6:11
06 Eskimo Blue Day 7:05
07 Plastic Fantastic Lover 5:32
08 Meadowlands / America 10:27
09 Volunteers 5:36
10 Comin' Back To Me 5:53
11 Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon 6:48
12 It's No Secret 4:35
13 Somebody To Love 3:58
Paul Kantner And Marty Balin – Live At The Great American Music Hall, 2000 (2011)
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