Tom Jones (with Alison Krauss) - PBS Soundstage Chicago, IL, USA 2016 [ATSE] + Tom Jones - Burning Hell

Tom Jones with Alison Krauss - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 2-12-2016

Paul says? : Here's another episode of the great "PBS Soundstage" TV show. This one stars Tom Jones, with a guest appearance by Alison Krauss.

I have to admit, I kind of want to dislike Tom Jones, because he's practically the epitome of 1970s show biz cheesiness. But he keeps surprising me with good music. In particular, he had an unexpected late career renaissance. Instead of turning into strictly an oldies act, he went in new directions. You can definitely see that here, starting with a Leonard Cohen cover as the first song. 

At the time of this concert, he was promoting his 2015 album "Long Lost Suitcase." It continues his critically acclaimed renaissance, with more of an emphasis on roots music, like blues and folk. That said, he also played some of the oldies hits, like "Thunderball" and "It's Not Unusual."

One thing I really like about this show is how it's encouraged the main act to have a guest star appearance. That tradition continues here with Alison Krauss. However, unlike some other episodes, her role is relatively minor. Instead of having a few songs to herself, she sang two duets with Jones in the middle of the concert, and then came back for a third one later.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 26 minutes long.

01 Tower of Song 
02 talk
03 Run On 
04 talk 
05 Strange Things
06 talk
07 Delilah 
08 Take My Love [I Want to Give It] 
09 talk 
10 Opportunity to Cry (Tom Jones & Alison Krauss)
11 Raise a Ruckus (Tom Jones & Alison Krauss)
12 talk 
13 Elvis Presley Blues
14 talk 
15 Soul of a Man
16 talk 
17 If I Give My Soul 
18 Burning Hell
19 Don't Knock 
20 talk
21 Didn't It Rain (Tom Jones & Alison Krauss)
22 talk 
23 Green Green Grass of Home 
24 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone
25 Kiss
26 talk 
27 I Wish You Would 
28 talk
29 Thunderball 
30 talk
31 It's Not Unusual 
32 talk
33 What Good Am I 
34 talk 

All tracks Tom Jones except where noted + Alison Krauss

Sir Tom! at 71! With the Stacey brothers . . . . . Jeremy and Paul

Funnily enough we were only talking about Tom Jones this morning and mentioned the American ‘variety’ show he did which featured folk like Janis Joplin and CSNY and how much he took folks (not least us!) by surprise

and still going strong in his mid to late eighties the above song illustrates perfectly what Paul was talking about