Ask what was and most important contribution to music, and you just might get the answer -- this album, which is also more exciting than anything ever did. first live recording came about at a March 24, 1975 party hosted by the aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. It captures some of the excitement that and several lesser-known talent scouts found when they came upon playing road houses around New Orleans in the late 1940s. Highlights include the rollicking and the standards and his hits The lack of instrumental credits prevents one from praising the lead guitarist by name for his playing on but he and the rest of the band still do well backing this legend. ~ Bruce Eder