Trail (1999)

About this title: Containing 31 previously unreleased tracks, this two-CD set highlights the past two decades of LaFave's growth both as a songwriter and as a prime interpreter of Dylan material. Here he tackles no less than a dozen of Dylan's classics, ranging from the opening "Positively 4th Street" to "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" to the quiet stillness of "If Not for You." Equally as satisfying are LaFave's own originals, with "Red Dirt Roads at Night," "Burden to Bear," "How It Must Remain," "Ellie's Song," "Loved You Like Rainbows" and "The Open Road" all being particularly compelling statements. The ... read more

Tracks:

1. Positively 4th Street [Live] [Dylan]
2. Red Dirt Roads at Night [Live] [LaFave]
3. Because the Wind [Live] [Ely]
4. Burden to Bear [LaFave]
5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out [Live] [Cox]
6. Going Home [LaFave]
7. Simple Twist of Fate [Live] [Dylan]
8. The Perfect Combination [Live] [LaFave]
9. How It Must Remain [Live][Outtake] [LaFave]
10. Key to the Highway [Live] [Segar/Broonzy]
11. Oh, Sister [Live] [Dylan]
12. Loved You Like Rainbows [LaFave]
13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Live] [Dylan]
14. Oklahoma Hills [Guthrie/Guthrie]
15. Forever Young [Dylan]
16. Valentine's Day [Live] [Springsteen]
17. Ellie's Song [Live] [LaFave]
18. If You Want to See Me Rock [Live] [LaFave]
19. If Not for You [Live] [Dylan]
20. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [Live] [Dylan]
21. The Open Road [LaFave]
22. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Live] [Dylan]
23. I Threw It All Away [Live] [Dylan]
24. Down in the Flood [Live] [Dylan]
25. Never Be Mine [LaFave]
26. It's All over Now, Baby Blue [Live] [Dylan]
27. Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Live] [Myles]
28. The Lone Wolf [Live] [Childers]
29. One Too Many Mornings [Dylan]
30. Hold On [Live] [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.