Slaid Cleaves - Sorrow And Smoke: Live At The Horseshoe Lounge

Slaid Cleaves delivers his first official live recording, a two disc set filled with audience favorites, recorded in stripped-down acoustic style at the legendary Horseshoe Lounge in Austin, Texas.In 2000, Slaid wound up releasing 'Horseshoe Lounge,' an ode to the 46 year-old beer joint, on his breakout CD 'Broke Down'. And now, he's releasing his first live album - a Double Disc, no less, entitled 'Sorrow & Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge', on Music Road Records. I thought, How can I make a live record special?' Slaid explains. Well, it has to be in a special place. 'Sorrow & Smoke' fully conveys the spirit of an intimate yet jovial crowd: Clinking beer bottles. Laughter. Sing-alongs. Good-natured heckling. The give and take, this sort of conversation I have with the audience, he says. And of course, the self-deprecating humor that leavens the singer's stories of people struggling to make sense of their lives. If you've never been to The Shoe or seen Slaid Cleaves perform, listen to 'Sorrow & Smoke' and you'll get the picture. Loud and clear.