Live at the Charleston Music Hall documents Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder before a responsive audience in Charleston, South Carolina in 2003, capturing the band in the confident, road-hardened form they maintained throughout their extended run together. Kentucky Thunder was arguably the tightest ensemble in mainstream bluegrass during this era, and the live setting gives the players room to stretch and interact in ways that studio recordings sometimes constrain. "Black Eyed Susie" exemplifies their ability to attack a traditional fiddle tune with collective precision and individual flair. Skaggs's between-song commentary adds context and warmth to a performance that functions as an effective introduction to the band at their peak.
Tracklist
- 1 Black Eyed Susie Source Recording 2:06
- 2 How Mountain Girls Can Love alt version 2:04
- 3 On A Lonesome Night - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 2:12
- 4 Amanda Jewell - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 3:23
- 5 Why Did You Wander alt version 0:50
- 6 A Simple Life - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 3:11
- 7 Goin' To The Ceili - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 2:38
- 8 The Old Home Place alt version 0:33
- 9 I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 2:48
- 10 Crossville - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 5:03
- 11 Somewhere Nice Forever - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 3:24
- 12 Uncle Pen alt version 2:43
- 13 Pig in a Pen alt version 2:07
- 14 Cat's In The Cradle - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 3:08
- 15 Get Up John - Live At The Charleston Music Hall 0:38
