Captured on 8 July 2005 in the Statenhal of the North Sea Jazz Festival, in The Hague, this full concert features one of soul’s greatest names: Al Green. With his velvet voice, silken cries and dizzying falsettos, the reverend from Memphis embodies soul in its most sensual and spiritual form. Backed by a generous line-up — horn section, backing vocals, Hammond organ and impeccable rhythm — he turns the festival stage into a joyful church. This live capture restores all the warmth of an artist who wrote ‘Let’s Stay Together’, ‘Tired of Being Alone’ and ‘Can’t Get Next to You’. The archive footage and festival sound pay tribute to a show where gospel surfaces beneath every soul chorus. For fans of rhythm and blues and classic soul, this filmed concert is a moment of grace: that of a master at the peak of his stagecraft, carried by a won-over Dutch crowd. A complete, documented live concert.
Setlist
- I Can't Stop
- Let's Get Married
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Amazing Grace (reprise de John Newton)
- Let's Stay Together
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? (reprise des Bee Gees)
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
- For the Good Times (reprise de Kris Kristofferson)
- Call Me (Come Back Home)
- Tired of Being Alone
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (reprise des Four Tops)
- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (reprise d'Otis Redding)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (reprise d'Otis Redding)
- My Girl (reprise des Temptations)
- Wonderful World (reprise de Sam Cooke)
- Love and Happiness
Personnel & credits
- Al Green — vocals
- John Sangster — saxophone
- Ivy Joe Barton — trumpet
- Kenneth Dewalt — trombone
- James Elps — guitar
- Tony Smith — guitar
- Stacey Wade — keyboards
- Paul Taylor — organ
- Barry Campbell — bass
- Darryl Wells — drums
- Jarvis Gooden — backing vocals
- Margaret Foxworth — backing vocals
- Verlisa Brewster — backing vocals
