Beres Hammond – Live From New York | April 2001

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On April 19, 2001, Beres Hammond played an epic two-hour concert at New York’s venerable Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center on West 34th Street. The occasion was the release of his 15th studio album Music Is Life. In the decades since its release, many regard it as his definitive full-length work.

While showering the crowd with a 25-year deep catalog of classics, Beres also brought a pair of new hits from Music Is Life, “Rock Away” and “They Gonna Talk.” Both of these songs have been performed at nearly every show he has done since that day.

Ginja and the Harmony House Singers opened the show, and later, singers including Maxi Priest, Red Fox, and Wyclef Jean joined him onstage.

It was a New York moment, a reggae moment, and a Beres Hammond moment for the ages. The concert was released on DVD the following year as Music Is Life – Live From New York, including additional content with interviews by journalism Elena Oumano.

1. Intro
2. War Inna Di City
3. Medley
4. Can’t Stop A Man
5. One Dance
6. She Love’s Me Now
7. Step Aside
8. Who She
9. Wild World
10. Just A Little Bit Longer
11. God Watches Over Us
12. House Call
13. Tempted 2 Touch
14. Golden Touch
15. Double Trouble
16. Hello Mama Africa (Tribute To Garnett Silk)
17. Memories
18. Honeycomb
19. Pull Up The Vibes
20. Putting Up Resistance
21. They Gonna Talk
22. Sweetness
23. I Wish
24. Dance 4 Me
25. Sweet Lies
26. Smile 4 Me
27. Doctors Orders
28. No Disturb Sign
29. Middle Of The Rose Garden
30. Medley Of Oldies
31. Rockaway
32. Don’t Play With My Heart
33. Thank You

Credits

Backing Vocals – The Harmony House Singers
Engineer – Collin ‘Bulby’ York*, James Nichols
Executive Producer – Christopher J. Chin
Photography – Anders Jones
Producer – George Crooks

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