This is one of the most perfect live fusion between rock and soul. Joe Cocker, the "Voice of Woodstock", joined an unforgettable tour of the United States in the spring of 1970 to a group of sensational musicians, especially Leon Russell as guitarist and pianist, the drummer Jim Keltner and the section of regular wind from the Rolling Stones, Bobby Keys and Jim Price, plus an exceptional choir of soul voices. This album, which includes the performances of Cocker with his band on March 27 and 28, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York, within the historic American tour they did that spring, the selection of versions chosen to reel off live they are pure essence, feeling and rock spirit. Cocker does not hesitate to turn the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman" into a mere soul in which, when adding his blues style when singing, they make this one of the most inspired versions ever recorded of this classic of the Stones of '69. The same thing happens with his interpretations of "Cry Me A River" by Arthur Hamilton, or "Bird On The Wire" by Leonard Cohen, for not mentioning Otis Redding's excellent piece "I´ve Been Loving You Too Long "and his" Feelin´ All Right ", a song that from now on would never fall from the British singer's repertoire.
Subsequent reissues included in addition to the tracks included on the original vinyl, other highlights including a jam-session featuring the Stones' "Under My Thumb" and bonus versions of "Let It Be" and "With A Little Help From My Friends "by the Beatles, the same that I consecrate as one of the artists who created the Woodstock 69 legend.
An authentic gem of live music.
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