- Summary: The second live release for the slide guitarist is a collaboration with The Corridos Famosos band and recorded from two nights at San Francisco's Great American Hall in 2011.
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Folk, Blues, Latin, Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Album Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Film Music, International, Instrumental Rock, Film Score, Mexican Traditions, Ethnic Fusion, Contemporary Blues, Slide Guitar Blues
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Sep 16, 201380The set list's rather obvious and the interstitial chat goes on a bit, but the heart of the man is there to be heard.
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Sep 16, 201380Ultimately, while not preferable to seeing a live Cooder performance in person, Live In San Francisco is a terrific encapsulation of an unlikely, remarkable career, one that has surprisingly only gotten stronger as Cooder has gotten older.
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Sep 16, 201380For those who've longed for the return of his immediate, loose, warm, live recordings, Live at the Great American Music Hall is where it's at.
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Sep 16, 201360It’s that free-flowing vibe that helps make this seem more like an overdue reunion for the home town crowd as much as any attempt at a polished performance.
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Oct 8, 201360An oddly uneven set. [Nov 2013, p.67]
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Sep 25, 201360Cooder requires considerable forces to realise his amalgams of blues, rock, folk, reggae and Mexican music, and here his band is expanded by the extraordinary, shrill horns of the 10-piece La Banda Juvenil.