Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins "Half Alive In Hollywood" (Download)

(Released in 1996, digitally re-released in 2009. Read the All Music Guide review.) All Music Guide describes Half Alive In Hollywood thusly: "This is a dense, 2-CD set... To hear [Keneally] and his group Beer for Dolphins unadorned is a stunning guitar rock experience. You can't just put any trio in an unfamiliar setting and get material like this. Complex, fascinating-- musical alchemists in the conjuring process." Like most of Mike's '90s releases, Half Alive had been out of print for years until Exowax obtained his early catalog. In the new liner notes penned for this reissue, Mike writes of his decision to follow "two distinct paths as a musical guy: meticulous and painterly in the studio, and raw and intense on stage. The power trio format was (and is) a fantastic way to explore who I was (and am) as a guitarist." And explore he did, resulting in two full CDs worth of once-in-a-lifetime music, one CD from the studio and the other from the stage. There are no fewer than 41 track