The Live: 40,000 Headmen Tour (1999)

About this title: Little more than an authorized bootleg right down to its grainy cover and raw (but not unprofessional) sound, this captures the two Traffic founders on some dates from their three-month 1998 U.S. tour. Dave Mason receives the bulk of the attention, reprising five of his solo hits (four grabbed from his debut Alone Together disc) in reasonably spry but far-from-definitive versions. He's backed by Capaldi on drums and percussion -- who checks in with only one solo track, the snoozy "Love Will Keep Us Alive" -- and sturdy yet unspectacular hired hands bolstering the sound on keyboards and bass. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Pearly Queen [Capaldi/Winwood]
2. World in Changes [Mason]
3. 40,000 Headmen [Capaldi/Winwood]
4. Love Will Keep Us Alive [Capaldi/Carrack/Val]
5. Sad & Deep [Mason]
6. Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave [Mason]
7. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys [Capaldi/Winwood]
8. We Just Disagree [Krueger]
9. Only You Know and I Know [Mason]
10. Feelin' Alright? [Mason]
11. All Along the Watchtower [Dylan]
12. Dear Mr. Fantasy [Capaldi/Wood/Winwoo]

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