Introduction/Blue Suede Shoes/Money (That’s What I Want)/Dizzy Miss Lizzie/Yer Blues/Cold Turkey/Give Peace A Chance/Don’t Worry Kyoko/John John (Let’s Hope For Peace)
Live Peace In Toronto captured John Lennon and a hastily assembled group of musicians in a raw rare live outing at Toronto's Rock and Roll Revival Festival in September 1969. There is no doubting who was the weakest link on this performance. (US:10)
“Lennon's makeshift band during this performance consists of Eric Clapton on guitar, Klaus Voorman on bass, Alan White (later to become famous in the band Yes) on drums and of course, Yoko Ono.”
“Side one is beyond awesome. Lennon and his band (with Clapton on guitar) rip through six tracks of raw and bluesy rock and roll. You find yourself listening to one sensational rock album. From Blue Suede Shoes to Lennon Beatles standards from the early days Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Money. Yer Blues is followed by Cold Turkey which was new at the time. Then it’s the turn of Give Peace A Chance and unfortunately that's where anything resembling music ends. Side two is about twenty minutes of Yoko screaming away. Yoko ruined a lot of great Lennon albums.”
“The album is not very polished but it has its moments. It's the first time Give Peace A Chance was performed. Side one has some familiar tunes done in a rather raw style. Side two, however, contains only two songs, which primarily feature Yoko's unique singing style and the band jamming along. Frankly, I haven't ever listened to the second side all the way through.”
“Live Peace in Toronto would've been so fantastic. John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Alan White all in the same band. But then Yoko Ono had to be added in - she ruined the album. Her wails add nothing to the performance.”
“A raucous thirteen minute finale entitled John John Let's Hope For Peace which features Yoko's torturous howling, accompanied by droning screeching guitar feedback from the instruments of Lennon, Clapton and Voorman, along with White randomly making fills across his drum kit when he can. The show ends with Yoko bleating out a series of high-pitched screams while John Lennon and the rest of the band leave their instruments against their amplifiers before walking off the stage. After Yoko bellows her last breath, it's the sound of solid feedback which follows.”
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