Live! Go for What You Know Pat Travers Artist

{|Pat Travers|} never sounded more focused and inspired than he does on {|Live! Go for What You Know|}, which was recorded during the Canadian hard rocker/blues-rocker's U.S. tour of early 1979. {|Travers|} can really burn on stage, and this album re... Read more

{|Pat Travers|} never sounded more focused and inspired than he does on {|Live! Go for What You Know|}, which was recorded during the Canadian hard rocker/blues-rocker's U.S. tour of early 1979. {|Travers|} can really burn on stage, and this album reflects that. Backed by guitarist {|Pat Thrall|} (who had been a member of the obscure space rock band {|Automatic Man|} in 1976 and 1977), bassist {|Mars Gowling|}, and drummer {|Tommy Aldridge|}, the singer is in top form on explosive, definitive versions of funky originals like {|Heat in the Street,|} {|Gettin' Betta,|} and {|Makes No Difference.|} But the best-known thing on the album is {|Travers|}' gutsy performance of {|Stan Lewis|}' blues classic {|Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights),|} which should not be confused with the {|John Lee Hooker|} favorite {|Boom Boom.|} For {|Travers|}, {|Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)|} has been a major crowd pleaser, and the version heard on this release was a staple of album rock radio in 1979 and the early '80s. If you're exploring {|Travers|}' music for the first time, {|Live! Go for What You Know|} is among the CDs to start with. ~ Alex Henderson Less