Live is an album by the American musician Percy Mayfield, released in 1992. It is his only authorized live recording.
Production The album was produced by Mark Naftalin, who also put out the album through his record label, Winner. It was recorded from 1981 to 1983 as part of Naftalin's "Blue Monday Party" programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pee Wee Crayton contributed on guitar.
Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune said that Mayfield "proves that his subtle, low-key vocal interpretations were extraordinary to the end." Rolling Stone stated that he "spins heart-stopping tales of loneliness, despair, addiction and redemption, timeless comments on life at the edges of American society." The Star-Gazette called the album "a quintessential collection of after-hours, up-close-and-personal blues ballads, sung by one of the great masters". The Boston Globe opined that Mayfield's singing "is completely relaxed, with matchless phrasing, and his voice conveys depths of emotion and humor."
Track listing
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