The new MIKE KENEALLY album ROCKS! Seriously.

[bbernardini]

I've only listened to 4 1/2 tracks, and it's spectacular. Any other Keneally enthusiasts here?

[Squeech]

1. Me too

Although I'm about three albums behind-- still trying to come to grips with Nonkertompf and The Universe Will Provide-- so I haven't heard Wooden Smoke or Dog, and I don't even know what the new one is called. (So tell us about it!)

While I still think Mike is brilliant, I'm not as wild about him as I used to be. (I'm chagrined to observe that now there is *nobody* whose records I'll buy without hearing them first. Too many of my old heroes have either gotten into really arcane areas that I could give a rat's ass about, or just gotten lame in their old age. Or sold out, which I would argue King Crimson has, in a subtle way.)

[bbernardini]

2. The new one is called "Guitar Therapy Live".

It's a selection of live performances from the recent "Guitar Therapy" tour. It even features 2 1/2 performances from the show I attended at the Sellersville Theater in Pennsylvania. The track listing, with original albums after:

1. Quimby (hat.)
2. Panda (Dog)
3. Lightnin' Roy (hat.)
4. Beautiful (Sluggo!)
5. Seven Percent Grade (View (bassist Bryan Beller's solo album))
6. Joe's Solo
7. Pride Is A Sin (Dog)
8. Machupicchu (Wooden Smoke)
9. Spoon Guy (hat.)
10. Uglytown (hat.)
11. Hum (Nonkertompf)
12. Voyage To Manhood (Sluggo!)
13. Top Of Stove Melting (Boil That Dust Speck)
14. 'Cause Of Breakfast (Boil That Dust Speck)

The majority of the disc comes from the Baked Potato show in CA on 7/30/05, but the first half of track 3, plus tracks 6 and 14 are from the Sellersville Theater show on 6/18/05 and track 5 is from the Prog Day Festival in NC on September 4. The "special edition" comes with a DVD containing the complete (as far as I know) Baked Potato show from 7/30/05.

Basically, in the words of...somebody (I forget who came up with the phrase originally), it will rip your head off. :)