Live: What You and I Have Been Through
Neither their first live album nor a comprehensive career retrospective, Blues Traveler'sLive--What You and I Have Been Throughis best described as a concert snapshot of the crew's sixth studio album,Bridge, with a few extras. Five songs--"Rage," "Reach Me," "All Hands," "Lost Me There," and "Sadly a Fiction"--are adapted fromBridge, while 1990'sBlues Travelerand '96'sStraight on Till Morningprovide "Slow Change" and "Carolina Blues," respectively. Harp player John Popper's wildly interpretive read of the "Star Spangled Banner" locates the recording as New York, post-9/11, and while the group's fans will welcome these readings--Blues Traveler is nothing if not a quintessentially live band--the set's selective track listing suggests more complete works are in store.--Kim Hughes