I presented you 'Michael Thompson Band' with their latest album 'Love & Beyond' and it's the turn of a live to see the light of day, 'High Times - Live In Italy'. At the line up level, we find the artists who participated in 'Love & Beyond', the two members of 'Unruly Child', 'Larry Antonino' on bass and 'Guy Allison' on keyboards (see here) as well as the singer 'Larry King' from 'Soleil Moon' (see here) and the drummer 'Sergio Gonzalez'. The set, of just over an hour, offers 9 tracks that are divided between refined melodic rock influenced by the 70s and 80s and formations like 'Foreigner' (see their last live here ). In addition, this live showcases even more the guitarist talent of 'Michael Thompson' which on most titles offers us magnificent solos (and especially which, for our greatest pleasure are much longer than in studio recordings) as on 'Give Love a Chance' or as in the last three titles, 'Starting Over', 'Wasteland' and 'More Then A Feeling', which are real fireworks. But we can also note remarkable performances of all the artists with a special mention for ‘Larry King’ for singing who shows that it is made for the stage.
In summary, just for the remarkable guitar solos of 'Michael Thompson' and the general atmosphere of the concert, this 'High Times - Live In Italy' is a real listening pleasure and brings us back to the atmosphere of the melodic rock concerts of the 70s and 80s with a modern production because the recording is also of very good quality... | |
