Costello/Toussaint DVD To Be Released Nov. 21
General, New Releases October 27th, 2006Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint’s acclaimed live show in support of their collaborative album The River in Reverse is the subject of the DVD Hot As a Pistol, Keen As a Blade, due Nov. 21 via Hip-O/UME. The film was recorded July 3 at Montreal’s Pleins feux Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier with Costello’s band the Imposters and the Crescent City Horns.
“Hot As a Pistol” sports nearly two hours of live performances, from “The River in Reverse” tracks like the title song, “Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further” and “Six-Fingered Man” to Costello solo material such as “Monkey to Man,” “Tears Before Bedtime,” “Watching the Detectives” and “Clubland.”
- via Billboard
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