6 String Belief

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Neil Young's Heir Apparent, 2006-08-15
From the opening "Who" to the closing and rousing "Chickamauga," Jay Farrar and Son Volt are as potent and pwerful as Neil Young with Crazy Horse at their very best. With disarming directness and simplicity, Farrar crafts subtle and sophisticated tales like Young with a view from the Midwest, much as Young's vision is infused part Canadian Prairie and part western dessert. Farrar has a unique voice that passionately deals with alienation, the loss of love, the political illwill and its deleterious effects on the common man in ways that only Neil and his cohorts ever dealt with as compellingly. br /The show is a small theatre, and thus, there is an intimacy to the recording and the video that is always lost in bigger venues. Unlike Young, Farrar seems more in control of where and how his music is presented, where there are times throughout Neil's career you just wonder..... br /Anyway, short of "Anodyne," there is almost any song you could want from his catalogue. And the band is spot on with every lick, fill, exploration in which they all engage. As wryly self-effacing as Neil, Farrar early on advises the crowd they are filming, so if they don't get it right, they'll have to do it all over. br /"6 String Belief" is a great title for the DVD: certainly Farrar's love for his craft pours out from his Gibson acoustic and Gretsch black with a crunch and conviction almost any artist would give their eye-teeth for. The 5.1 mix makes all this wonderful music even more "present" wherever you are. This is absolutely brilliant in every respect and there is an intriguing interview with Farrar as bonus material. But he says it all with his music. br /Perhaps one day, Farrar and Young will collaborate. Farrar is Young's heir in every best sense: the writing, the vocals, the playing - there is such an unaffected honesty to it all, that even more than thinking about Young working with him, you hope Tweedy, Heidorn and Farrar would convene Uncle Tupelo just one more time. It would break your heart if they never did...

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Great DVD......, 2006-06-02
If you are a Jay Farrar/Son Volt fan this is a must own. Even if you are just a fan of good rock and roll music this is the dvd for you. The Volt rocks out on every song spanning their entire catalog.

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well, 4.5 stars really, 2006-05-30
Son Volt is one of the best bands on the planet, and on the live stage, they are *the* best. This DVD does a wonderful job capturing the intensity of Son Volt's live shows, sparked by Farrar's signature stop-and-start sonic explosions. This really is a great collection of songs that span all of Farrar's work. My only complaint about this DVD is the format of the interview with Farrar included on the DVD's "Bonus Features" section. The interview has quite a bit of interesting info about Jay, Son Volt, and Uncle Tupelo, but it is delivered by flashing a question on the screen and then cutting to Farrar responding to the ghost who asked him. Makes for a very odd and rigid presentation of the information. Also, on a more minor note, there is an error in the track listing whereby if you select the song "Drown" it takes you not to the beginning of that song but to the middle of the previous song, "Medication." Still, for the chance to see and hear Son Volt live with such a great picture and sound quality, this DVD is worth every penny.

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Damn Good.., 2006-05-30
The Tracks: br / br /1)Who br /2)Bandages Scars br /3)6 String Belief br /4)Atmosphere br /5)Gramaphone br /6)Back into Your World br /7)Joe Citizen Blues br /8)Medicine Hat br /9)Ipecac br /10)Damn Shame br /11)Feel Free br /12)Barstow br /13)Loose String br /14)Choas Streams br /15)Live Free br /16)Clear Day Thunder br /17)Picking Up The Signal br /18)Jet pilot br /19)Endless War br /20)Route br /21)Straightface br /22)Caryatid Easy br /23)Driving The View br /24)Medication br /25)Drown br /26)Afterglow 61 br /27)World Waits for You br /28)Tear Stained Eye br /29)Windfall br /30)Armagideon Time br /31)Chickamauga br / br /31 tracks folks. 11 bucks. br / br /Well Shot, EXCELLENT SOUND, great crowd and venue. br / br /Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo br / br /Chris Frame on Guitar instead of Brad Rice. All of the other players are from Okemah. br / br /And yes, I really live in Chickamauga:)

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Son Volt Rocks, 2006-05-26
Son Volt does not disappoint in this 2 hour DVD. I somewhat agree with the previous reviewer - HD Net showed part of this show and it was in High Def. But if you are a fan of Son Volt, especially the newest album, and/or Jay Farrar's solo work, this DVD is worth the price. The sound is incredible, and there are 31, count them, 31 songs spanning from his Uncle Tupelo days up through the entire new album being featured. br / br /Other than the picture issue, the only other drawbacks are variety of the material. The acoustic songs are few and far between, but the new band, especially with the 2 guitar approach, rocks. Could have also used more than one Uncle Tup song. But all in all a great DVD and a nice compliment to the Austin City Limit DVD.