Live At The Basement highlights Jon Lord as the exquisite master of rock'n'blues Hammond. Backed by a low-key blues band, he effortlessly makes his beast weep, roar and whine. The comfortably seated sell-out audience is taken by the hand and lead at a leisurely pace through a competent mixture of traditional blues classics and the odd original song. The show was broadcast live online at the time, and such was the intensity and excitement of the performance that the webcast inspired instant goosebumps in this online viewer on the other side of the globe. As they were held up by a TV appointment, the band arrives late onstage. 'We were live on TV', quibs Lord - 'it's better than being dead on TV!'
The atmosphere soon intensifies as Lord proceeds to mesmerise the crowd with dazzling improvisations thought never to appear again. In particular the passages where he signals for the backing to pause and let him take the lead on his own are entranching. Snatches of Lazy and passages that transport you back to Lord's early career marathon solos abound. Between the songs Jon Lord entertains the crowd with anecdotes from an illustrious career with the odd loving stab at his old soloing opponent Ritchie Blackmore. Sadly an eloquent comment on the then impending war in Iraq has been edited out.
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Live At The Basement Disc 1
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:09
Size: 142.3 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[2:04] 1. Introduction
[3:09] 2. Hideaway
[3:30] 3. Lonesome Traveller Blues
[6:20] 4. Blue With A Feeling
[6:52] 5. You Got Good Business
[7:50] 6. Green Onions
[5:06] 7. 24 7 Blues
[3:59] 8. Baby Please Don't Go
[3:12] 9. The Money Doesn't Matter
[3:38] 10. Strange Brew
[4:39] 11. Dallas
[5:53] 12. I Just Wanna Make Love To You
[5:53] 13. You Need Love
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Live At The Basement Disc 2
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:14
Size: 135.6 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[8:21] 1. The Hoochie Coochie Man
[4:21] 2. New Old Lady Blues
[7:09] 3. Who's Been Talkin'
[5:44] 4. Six Strings Down
[5:19] 5. Dust My Broom
[9:26] 6. Back At The Chicken Shack
[6:48] 7. When A Blindman Cries
[6:19] 8. 12 Bar Blow Jam
[5:43] 9. When A Birdman Cries
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Live At The Basement Disc 3
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:04
Size: 107.7 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[5:29] 1. Inteview By Phillip Kafcaloudes
[4:59] 2. Interview By Derek Guille
[6:58] 3. Green Onions-Melbourne Rehearsal
[7:28] 4. First Hoochie Coochie Men Gig, Melbourne
[4:11] 5. 24/7-Live At Fat Tv
[6:45] 6. Who's Been Talkin'-Live At Fat Tv
[6:37] 7. If This Ain't The Blues-Demo
[4:34] 8. The Hoochie Coochie Men-Demo
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