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Same Old Man: +DVD | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Hiatt
Label: New West
Category: Music
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £9.78
You Save: £3.21 (25%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 4148
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 6146
UPC: 607396614622
EAN: 0607396614622
ASIN: B0013YTSDW
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Disc 1
| » | Old Days | | » | Love You Again | | » | On With You | | » | Hurt My Baby | | » | What Love Can Do | | » | Ride My Pony | | » | Cherry Red | | » | Our Time | | » | Two Hearts | | » | Same Old Man | | » | Let's Give This Love A Try |
Disc 2
| » | Memphis In The Mean Time | | » | Have A Little Faith In Me | | » | Tennessee Plates | | » | Perfectly Good Guitar | | » | Crossing Muddy Waters | | » | Cry Love |
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Worth a bit extra for the DVD June 9, 2008
It's probably just about worth the extra money to get the John Hiatt DVD with his new CD, though it isn't very long.
The CD itself I'd give four stars to. On the whole I've enjoyed it very much, despite a couple of tracks he doesn't pull off vocally. It has a bunch of very catchy well-rounded songs and is really nicely produced for a change.
Note that there's nothing on the DVD from Same Old Man.
But there are performances of classic songs from presumably the late eighties when JH looked a bit gaunt, up to relatively more recent times when he looks older but better. I also prefer the somewhat later performances though they're all cherry picked good 'uns.
There's a particularly nice rendition of Crossing Muddy Waters, with the band on mandolins and such. They do a great job of Cry Love in this formation too.
It's fun to watch John perform - he's kind of low key and serious, though highly committed while he's playing, but acts the fool a bit in between.
As I said, it's a fairly short DVD, as you'd expect, but worth the extra coupl of quid if you've not had the pleasure of seeing the man in action. It might've been nice to include a little interview or something to flesh it out.
Mainly a review of the DVD June 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have tried to put a review of the CD itself in the appropriate place but for some reason it hasn't appeared. So for those of you who just want the CD be aware it says it all in the title. John is becoming more and more aware of his advancing years and he deals with it with humour and insight. As for the DVD they are different live recordings made in what appears to be a TV studio somewhere. They show John ageing gracefully in the late 80's, early nineties so they look like they are maybe guest appearances on a regular TV show. Is there a show called Austin City Limits, because that gets a mention or two? The set looks a bit like the Letterman one if that helps. In any case the performances are tight if a bit lacking in obvious power and emotion due no doubt to the location of the performances. Still I'd recommend this set as a purchase as certainly in the UK it doesn't cost a whole lot more.
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