I picked this up Sunday and have been listening to it non stop. It's fantastic.

Recorded over 2 nights at Lee's Palace in Toronto with a slew of special guests such as:

Neko Case
Kelly Hogan
The Good Bros.
Jon Langford (Mekons)
Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer & Matt Verta Ray)
Garth Hudson
Gary Louris (Jayhawks)
Blue Rodeo
Recorded by Steve Albini with no over dubs. Straight off the board.

About 10 others that I'm not familiar with but people they've obviously worked with in the past.

This has been making my day and is the perfect accompaniment to the fall weather right now. It's got that Last Waltz family reunion vibe to it where it feels like a bunch of friends playing music together.

This is the best live album I've heard in years. It's sprawling, ramshackle, glorious country rock music.

Here's how amazon describes it:

The kings of Canadian turbo twang bend genres like they bend strings on this 40-cut, star-studded extravaganza. On the original numbers that open the two-disc live recording, the quartet appliy their giddyup gallop to the instrumentals and soaring harmonies to the songs, before sharing the stage with dozens of luminaries who make this a "last thrash" equivalent to the Band's Last Waltz (though the Sadies aren't disbanding, as their fellow Canadians did). Guests include Neko Case and Jon Langford (both of whom the Sadies have served as backing band), Kelly Hogan, Jon Spencer, the Band's Garth Hudson, the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and the frontmen from Blue Rodeo. Yet the spirit of a family reunion pervades the concert, with the set also spotlighting the musical parents and uncles of the Sadies' Dallas and Travis Good. It's hard to imagine another band ransacking the songbooks of Roger Miller, Pink Floyd, Bob Wills, and the Mekons without suffering stylistic whiplash, but the raw vitality of the performance (recorded by Steve Albini, with no overdubs) transcends category. --Don McLeese


Review from Cokemachineglow:

http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/sadies_concertvol12006.html


Highly Recommended.

i've been interested in this for a while and have been putting it off. it's on emusic, but that's a LOT of tracks.

Derris, you've got to hook me up with this one.

The Sadies are also the backing band on Greg Keelor's new solo disc Aphrodite Rose FYI

love it.. currently exploring their back catalog as well.

Love this record. It's their definitive collection because the songs are from all over their records, it has all of the acts they've recorded with and it's live, which is the best way to see/hear The Sadies.

Yeah, I'd like to hear this. They are monsters in concert.

Keelor plays on 6-7 songs on this as well.


DJ, I'll see what I can do. I've never had much success with sending stuff using my Mac (hence my woeful record of returning favors) but I will revisit the process.

I owe Timis a couple things as well.

I can put it up today if you want. I got this as an advance about 3 months ago and pretty much forgot about it until it was released. Good stuff/.

i wouldn't mind having a listen as well if someone is putting this up.