Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin

Infobox Album
Name = Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin
Type = live
Artist = Willy DeVille


Released = November 22, 2002
Recorded = Columbia Hall, Berlin
Stockholm
Genre = Blues, Country, R&B, Rock, Soul
Length = 121:25
Label = Eagle
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfexqealdhe link]
Last album = "Horse of a Different Color"
(1999)
This album = "Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin"
(2002)
Next album = "Crow Jane Alley"
(2004)

"Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin" is a 2002 album by Willy DeVille. The album consists of concert recordings made in Berlin to celebrate DeVille’s 25 years’ of performing, and concert recordings made in Stockholm. "Buscadero", the Italian music magazine, named "Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin" one of the top-ten albums of 2002 in its critics' poll; its readers' poll named the album the 21st best album of 2002. [Buscadero Critics’ List 2002/Readers’ Poll 2002 (2002) [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/italian_lists.htm Lists from Italian Publications.] [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/ 10 Years of Rocklist.net.] (Retrieved 1-28-08.)]

For the Berlin concerts, DeVille brought along a stripped-down version of his band which he named “The Acoustic Trio.” The Trio consisted of Willy DeVille, Seth Farber, and David Keyes. For the Stockholm recordings, DeVille played with an expanded band—the Mink DeVille Band—that included a guitarist, percussionist, and background singers.

Richard Marcus called the album "…a great example of not just Willy's talents as a songwriter, but as an interpreter of songs." He added, "A combination of his world-weary voice and the genuine emotion he seems to be able to invest in any song he sings are certainly a good part of why he is successful where others fail, but there's more to it than that. The intangible quality of having looked into the darker part of your soul and come out the other side with your spirit intact that can't be taught, only experienced, is always present when he performs.” [Marcus, Richard (August 7, 2007) [http://blogs.epicindia.com/leapinthedark/2007/08/music_review_willy_deville_wil.html “Music Review: Willy DeVille - The Willy DeVille Acoustic Trio In Berlin.”] [http://blogs.epicindia.com/leapinthedark/ Leap in the Dark (Blog)] . (Retrieved 7-25-08.)]

"Acoustic Trio Live" in Berlin presents cover versions of blues, country, R&B, rock, and soul songs, as well as Willy DeVille originals. It is the second live album by Willy DeVille, the previous live album being 1993’s "Willy DeVille Live." Many recordings on this album can also be heard (and seen) on a DVD called The Berlin Concerts.

Track listing

"'Disc 1 (Recorded March 21, 2002 at Columbia Hall, Berlin)"'
# “St. Peter's Street“ (Seth Farber) - 2:07
# “Betty and Dupree“ (Chuck Willis) - 5:03
# “It's Too Late She's Gone“ (Chuck Willis) - 4:00
# “Spanish Harlem“ (Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector) - 4:08
# “Trouble in Mind“ (Richard M. Jones) - 3:29
# “Storybook Love“ (Willy DeVille) - 4:23
# “Big Blue Diamonds“ (Earl J. Carson) - 4:21
# “Shake Sugaree“ (Elizabeth Cotton) - 4:50
# “Let It Be Me“ (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) - 4:13
# “That Is the Way to Make a Broken Heart“ (John Hiatt) - 4:48
# “Hound Dog“ (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:44
# “Junker's Blues“ (Champion Jack Dupree; "traditional") - 3:51
# “You Better Move On“ (Arthur Alexander) - 4:05
# Night Falls“ (Willy DeVille) - 4:46
# “Since I Met You Baby“ (Joe Hunter) - 3:51
# “Heaven Stood Still“ (Willy DeVille) - 3:55 Disc 2 (Tracks 1 through 4 recorded at Columbia Hall, Berlin; tracks 5 through 12 recorded in Stockholm with The Mink DeVille Band)
# “I'm Blue So Blue“ - (Clark) - 4:07
# “Keep a Knocking/Sea Cruise“ (Little Richard/Huey Smith) - 4:11
# “Shake, Rattle and Roll“ (Charles E. Calhoun) - 5:05
# “Rambling on My Mind“ (Robert Johnson) - 7:21
# “One Night of Sin“ (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman) - 2:52
# “Steady Drivin' Man“ (Willy DeVille) - 6:03
# “Goin' Over the Hill“ (Fred McDowell) - 3:26
# “Bamboo Road“ (Willy DeVille) - 5:45
# “Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot“ ("traditional") - 5:03
# “Carmelita“ (Warren Zevon) - 4:41
# “All by Myself“ (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) - 3:10
# “Billy the Kid“ (Bob Dylan) - 5:08

Personnel

Acoustic Trio (Berlin concert recordings)
* Willy DeVille - vocals, dobro, guitar, harmonica
* Seth Farber - piano, background vocals
* David Keyes - double bass

The Mink DeVille Band (Stockholm concert recordings)
* Willy DeVille - vocals, dobro, guitar, harmonica
* Seth Farber - piano, background vocals
* David Keyes - double bass
* Boris Kinberg - percussion
* Freddy Koella - guitar, mandolin, violin
* Dorene Wise – background vocals
* YaDonna Wise - background vocals

References