With an back catalogue of the quality possessed by Slaid Cleaves the only problem envisaged with a live release would be which tracks to include, a problem partly alleviated by making the release a double disc affair and ensuring the fans favourites make the cut, the album is a true reflection of the artist in his element, rather than pick and choose tracks from historical live shows the album was recorded at the Horseshoe Lounge Austin TX, a warts-and-all release with audience banter and clinking glasses it’s as authentic as the songs themselves.
The album fittingly takes it’s title Sorrow & Smoke from the closing words of a Slaid favourite Horseshoe Lounge, the album is released twenty years on from when Cleaves moved from Portland, Maine to Austin. Album highlights include the award winning title track to Slaid’s break out album Broke Down co-written with childhood friend Rod Picott . . . → Read More: Slaid Cleaves – Sorrow and Smoke
