This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The Who leader says he recorded this benefit gig for a Chicago child-abuse centre to make amends for a shoddy, drunken show in the Windy City a few years earler.
I’m not sure what one has to do with the other, but if this is the result, it might have been worth a slip off the wagon. The semi-unplugged Live is his most vibrant and compelling disc in years, as Townshend and a small, tasteful backing band playfully root through his resumé, tossing off loose, freewheeling versions of Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Let My Love Open The Door, You Bettter You Bet and two, two, two versions of Magic Bus — one a duet with Eddie Vedder. A must for every Who fan.
