Albums performed live in their entirety
 

I just bought Heart's "Dreamboat Annie Live" DVD where they performed the entire album from beginning to end.

Wouldn't it be great if Stevie would perform one of her albums in concert live from beginning to end?....I would love to hear "Bella Donna" performed on stage from beginning to end. It would be a new challenge for her yet a great concept which I'm sure die-hard fans would love!

What would be your album choices to be performed live?

I'd be happy with any of her albums performed from beginning to end, though my choice would be Rock A Little. But you know Stevie. She would complain that this, that and the other song wouldn't transfer very well to the stage.

Would have to be Bella Donna. It would be awesome!

Saying that, is there any album of Stevie's that she has performed every track from. live? Not all on the one tour but at various points over the years? I think each album has at least one track that has never been performed live. It's a shame.

Street Angel . i think the songs if she put in a little emotion would take on a different life, live

No, they all have at least a couple of songs that she's never performed. If she ever did this, it would be Bella Donna. She's performed all but three songs from that album. I could also possibly see her doing In Your Dreams in its entirety, or maybe The Wild Heart. RAL, TOSOTM, and SA don't seem to exist to Stevie anymore, sadly. Although she did apparently at least mention TOSOTM in an IYD interview recently.

I would LOVE this! Bella Donna performed live from beginning to end. Heaven :nod:

I agree that it would be an amazing idea. Maybe if she did Bella Donna, she would add Gold and Braid? And maybe Blue Lamp since she performed it during her short tour in support of BD? And maybe also Sleeping Angel since it was recorded around the same time and it's one of my all time faves? :)

If any of your are into Lucinda Williams, you probably already know this, but a few years ago she played 5 concerts in LA and 5 in NY and in both cities she played her first 5 CDs al the way through from start to finish (each CD a different night), and then some newer songs after she finished doing each CD. She also recently did Car Wheels from start to finish here in SF at the Fillmore. And last year, Rickie Lee Jones did a show here in SF where she did her first two CDs from start to finish (though she left off The Returns, the last song from Pirates). I guess my point is that it wouldn't be unprecedented. :)

What I'd love even more is Tusk start to finish. If Christine came back and did that, even for just one show, I would fly anywhere in the world to hear that :)

Kevin

HELL YES!

Stevie solo, anything would be nice, but I have to agree about SA only because so little of it ever was done live. So little of it is even acknowledged by her. There aren't a ton of my favorite songs by her on that album but I think that would be the most "treatworthy" unusual.

I think Kind Of Woman is the only song from Bella Donna that Stevie's never sang live? I'm not too sure.

I think The Wild Heart, TISL or IYD would be her best album live, at least with the latter two, she can't argue that she can't pull it off vocally!

I agree. Probably because those happen to be my 3 favorite albums of hers. Yes, she can't soar as she did on Wild Heart anymore, but she could do the other two.

Michele

VivFox I'm laughing at your comment because I can just hear Stevie saying that the songs do not transfer to the stage well. I also would love to hear RAL

PattyFan I was unaware Lucinda Williams played her first 5 cds live. That is downright amazing! Wow!

:)

The Highway Man

The really cool thing is that you can buy the audio from those shows on her website. I have most of them and they are great to listen to :)

http://www.lucindawilliams.com/store.php

:)
Kevin

I could see her doing a live CD/DVD like this for some X-year anniversary of Bella Donna. A box set with the album, a live version of the album, a dvd of the live album, a disc of demos, and tons of pictures! Would be a chiffonheads dream.