disc one to me was a bit average.
the highlights are hootchie cootchie man which i give an A+,
desperation, hey lawdy mama, let's do it all, i'm moving on & sign on the line.
disc two however is a different story.
ride with me (very good), rock 'n' roll war (very good),
snowblind friend (A+), Monster (even better than the 1971 live version), magic carpet ride & born to be wild are always good,
the pusher (okay, but nowhere near the 1971 live version, which to me is the best live song ever.
All in all i did enjoy this album, so i would certainly recommend it.
A double disk live concert from 1995. John Kay is the one original member and he has surrounded himself with a very talented band but it's not Steppenwolf. The original band was much more gritty. About 40% of the concert are songs they made from the 90's and while I respect and think it's crucial for a band to continue to churn out new material to be relative, the material they create today is pretty mundane. The highpoint for me is that they performed "Snowblind Friend", a powerful song about a buddy they Kay to drugs. Of course if includes all their hits including another favorite of mine The Pusher, but they sounded so much better the first time around.
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