CD Review: “Live in Music City” (Legacy Five)
Legacy Five recently released Live in Music City, a project billed as their first live release. This isn’t technically accurate, since they have released several live videos, as well as one previous live CD, Live at the Palace (with Greater Vision). But this is their first live project on which they introduce new songs.
Legacy Five takes the stage with “Strike Up the Band,” an up-tempo Dianne Wilkinson tune featuring Scott Fowler (and a brief piano solo from Roger Bennett).
No sooner do the notes of this song fade out than the introduction to the second song, “The Blood Covers it All.” The song, which features Scott Howard on the first verse and Scott Fowler on the second, is one whose appeal might not be evident on the first time you listen through the project. Its placement could leave a first impression of the song as a song meant to calm the audience down immediately after the up-tempo opener. But taking the song out of the context of the concert lets it shine as one of the nicest ballads Legacy Five has recorded.

