"My mantra for songwriting is, 'Be still, be quiet, be patient - and the song will tell you what it wants to be.' "
"About five years ago, I outgrew productions forever. All the music that I love, that stands the test of time - Taj Mahal's 'Statesboro Blues' or Howlin' Wolf's 'How Many More Years' or Ray Charles' 'Hit the Road, Jack' - they're all performance. These are not produced records, those are performed records."
It made me start thinking about how I share the same sentiment in regards to album recordings that I prefer and that have withstood the test of time. For me this hasn't been the records I grew up with but more like the records my parents grew up with. What I do have though are YouTube videos and other videos of live performances by artists that have moved me many times more than their produced album recordings.
Here are a few in the following:
