11.12.04 (MusicPortal.com) After being celebrated for more than a decade for their consistently riveting live show, long-time Jam Fusion/Rockers RUSTED ROOT will be releasing their first live album this Tuesday, November 16th. Aptly entitled "Rusted Root Live," the new two-disc set features 22 tracks that span the group's more than 12-year career, including 2 brand new songs in 'Jack Kerouac' and 'Ecstatic Drums,' plus a cover of the Neil Young song 'Powderfinger.' "Rusted Root Live" will be issued on the band's own Touchy Pegg/DKE Records label, with a song list that ranges from such early favorites-turned live staples as 'Cruel Sun,' 'Ecstasy,' 'Martyr,' 'Cat Turned Blue' and the hit single 'Send Me On My Way' (all from 1992's "Cruel Sun"), to the popular 'Blue Diamonds' and the rousing title track from the band's last studio effort, 2002's "Welcome To My Party." Veering, like most previous RUSTED ROOT albums, into Eastern and African-sounding directions, the electrifying and powerfully rhythmic "Rusted Root Live" features the Pittsburgh-spawned band's original line-up of Michael Glabicki (lead vocals, guitar), Jenn Wertz (vocals, guitars, percussion), Liz Berlin (vocals, guitars, percussion), Jim Donovan (drums, percussion, vocals), Patrick Norman (bass, guitar, baritone vocals, percussion) and John Buynak (electric guitar, percussion, flute).
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