I started a side project, for my amusement, during a season of life that was painful anduncertain. A man of faith, would gain wisdom, direction and comfort from the sacred text andclose friends to aid in the next steps of life.

The message, loud and clear, was to get back on thehorse. Keeping busy was helpful, be it puttering around the house and yard, while blastingmusic I knew and loved.

It was during this activity I rediscovered how much I enjoy live music. The purity, unpredictability and the revelation of the joy from the musicians performing it forpeople like me, who listened with joy.

That's when I took it upon myself to start a music page ona social media site, that I titled Live Album Review. I figured I knew just as much as the next guyand certainly was around and remember when most of the music was being created.

I hadmany arguments about bands, singers and musicians. My stance always rested on who Ipreferred and why.

IMHO would be my motto and I tried to bring that attitude to the Live AlbumReview. Sure, I went off the reservation, at times, but that was in a humorous vein.

After a few years of cranking reviews out, friends of the page suggested I put them in bookform. A book? How many people would care? Early on, some reviews would get under athousand reads, so I put that idea on the shelf.

It was when some reviews started attractingtens- of-thousands of readers that I gave the book idea some thought. That thought is what youare now reading.

I have written over three hundred live album reviews, over the years, and haveselected a few of those for this book. I still stand on the foundation that it's my humble opinionand if the book does well, there might be another one in the future.

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