Chris Smither’s Another Way to Find You was the live album that chronicled his career up to 1991. Live As I’ll Ever Be takes up where that one left off, featuring songs from the four albums he released in the ’90s. It was recorded over several years – beginning in 1996 – and captured performances in California, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Ireland. One mike recorded his large, unmistakable voice; the other was placed on the floor to pick up his steadily tapping and stomping feet. Many audience favorites were included, such as “I Am the Ride,” “Slow Surprise,” “Small Revelations,” and “Up on the Lowdown.” Two covers, Robert Johnson’s “Dust My Broom” and Rolly Sally’s “Killin’ the Blues,” were also recorded. There are entertaining song intros and bits of warm banter with the audience, too. Chris Smither is always at his best when he is performing live. In fact, he often says that he writes songs and records albums just so he can perform live, and not the other way around. Live As I’ll Ever Be gives you a great front-row seat, any time you want it.
Review by Ann Wickstrom, Allmusic.com
The accomplished Smither, after 30-odd years of performing and recording, has carved out a distinctive musicality and a close relationship with his audience. This live record makes letter-perfect use of both attributes. A far cry from 1999’s excellent but instrumentally diverse Drive You Home Again, this is a spare, intimate recording featuring just guitar and voice. But what a guitar, and oh, what a voice. Gravelly, light, and tuneful, with a plaintive nasal pinch that bleeds wisdom and salvation, he rhymes his storylike lyrics around effortless guitar twangs and a simple tap meter, entertaining very lucky and appreciative live audiences with guile and an astute sense of observation. Songs like “Cave Man,” from 1997’s Small Revelations, find an easy soulfulness in their unadorned settings, and show off just how skilled Smither’s songwriting has become. Other tunes leave an endearing impression of hopeful whimsy, as tracks like “Winsome Smile” trace a lover’s almost pathological grip on his precious melancholy. Smither’s deserved popularity has landed him in larger and larger venues for the last several years, but this disc reveals the musician’s heart is still grounded in those intimate coffeehouses, bars, and sidewalk cafés, where acoustic songcraft has always flourished.
Review by Matthew Cooke, Amazon.com Editorial Review
Tracklist:
01. Intro (0:34)
02. Hold On I (4:02)
03. The Devil’s Real (4:58)
04. Link of Chain (4:48)
05. No Love Today Intro (1:34)
06. No Love Today (4:42)
07. Cave Man (5:22)
08. Winsome Smile (3:33)
09. Slow Surprise (3:40)
10. Help Me Now (3:34)
11. Small Revelations (4:07)
12. Can’t Shake These Blues (4:07)
13. Dust My Broom (3:08)
14. I Am the Ride (3:57)
15. Up on the Lowdown (4:14)
16. Killin’ The Blues (5:49)
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Chris Smither / Live As I’ll Ever Be
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log date: 2018-08-14 23:23:38
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Analyzed: Chris Smither / Live As I’ll Ever Be
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