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The combination of high-quality studio recording equipment and personnel with the band's preferred concert environment helped them create the ultimate jam album situation. Their explosive improvisations and tight performances remain intact, bolstered by the energy of the stage and crowd, while the sound quality and instrument separation are raised a level above the normal "live album" recording practice. It's the only way this veteran band could have presented listeners with an accurate portrayal of their shows - utilize the most unique recording facility in the south to kill the studio and live birds with one very diverse stone.
The Georgia sextet boasts a telepathic grasp of each other's habits, and one gets the impression that they couldn't perform their material with any less tightness or vibrancy if they tried. Overall, the sound blends the stratospheric elements of Haight-inspired hippie rock with the muddy rawness of the southern blues, found in the dirty guitar tone, distinct organ swells, crashing drums, and vocal honesty. Songs like "Afterglow" and "Not Wastin' Time" are spiced with flavors as wide-ranging as New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, New York City, and San Francisco. The band moves seamlessly as one mass of psychedelic color - guitar solos are buoyed by entertaining drumming, keyboard work shades every aspect of each song in moody hues, and bass gives your mind a spin as each member locks into place with stunning precision, never overshadowing each other.
The Georgia sextet boasts a telepathic grasp of each other's habits, and one gets the impression that they couldn't perform their material with any less tightness or vibrancy if they tried. Overall, the sound blends the stratospheric elements of Haight-inspired hippie rock with the muddy rawness of the southern blues, found in the dirty guitar tone, distinct organ swells, crashing drums, and vocal honesty. Songs like "Afterglow" and "Not Wastin' Time" are spiced with flavors as wide-ranging as New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, New York City, and San Francisco. The band moves seamlessly as one mass of psychedelic color - guitar solos are buoyed by entertaining drumming, keyboard work shades every aspect of each song in moody hues, and bass gives your mind a spin as each member locks into place with stunning precision, never overshadowing each other.
It's easy to see why Deep Blue Sun's shows are just as notorious for the communal atmosphere and everyone's-invited party vibe as they are for the pyrotechnic jam-rock found on Live at Tree Sound. Their tightness and professionalism make it easy for the audience to let go and ride their impressive waves of sound.
--Bryan Rodgers
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Great album. Even better when you catch them live.
This kick ass band is always putting a slightly finer edge on the act and it's no wonder that the audience keeps growing. Deep Blue Sun is as much fun to see as they are to hear. and I always have a good time when they're on the bill. It's about time I got to see their name in lights for the show at the Variety Playhouse. The release of this CD should swell the fan base even more. Welcome to the music. TominAtl
Great band and so deserving at whatever good things come their way. Impressed that they have been around making music in the Jam scene back when jazz fusion was the craze, when electronica was the craze, when indie rock was the craze, and they never changed their style or sound. They make their own brand of music. It's about time people caught on.
C. Robie
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