i was hesitant to get this when i saw it come out last fall, but i finally looked into it and decided to check it out. this is not a career ‘live’ collection, but rather it is culled from performances he has recorded of his current touring band over the last few years. granted, he revisits some of his greatest compositions, spanning from the spencer davis group to his more pop oriented offerings from the eighties and nineties, but he repackages them in his own distinct fashion. his extremely talented band can tackle everything from the soul classic ‘i’m a man’ to the early acid rock era of traffic, to the more jazz oriented later period traffic (post dave mason). and steve sounds the same as he did in the mid seventies. if you listen to the original ’empty pages’ off of the 1970 ‘john barleycorn’ and the video below, you will not be able to see any discernible difference. the percussion section often gives many of the songs an afro-cuban vibe, and the soloists are able to stretch things out very nicely. this is somewhat of a ‘comfort food’ selection. if you are a fan of his overall work, you really won’t be disappointed. he is currently on tour in the midwest with this band, and i might go see him next week.