Live At The Palace

Performer: Blind Melon
Producer: Kevin Flaherty (Compilation)
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Blind Melon: Shannon Hoon (vocals); Christopher Thorn (guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica); Rogers Stevens (guitar); Brad Smith (bass guitar, background vocals); Glenn Graham (drums). Recorded at the Palace in Hollywood less than two weeks before frontman Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose, this 1995 concert finds Blind Melon offering up a set that draws from both of the rootsy alternative-rock band's studio albums--its self-titled debut and SOUP. Although the live songs are a bit more rough-and-tumble than their studio counterparts, largely thanks to Hoon's notably raspy vocals, the recording does showcase some of the group's more delicate moments, particularly "Tones of Home" and the sunny hit single "No Rain."

Benefiting from the early-1990s grunge Zeitgeist without directly participating in it, Blind Melon explored the edges of classic guitar rock, with added touches of homespun folk and white funk. Their biggest hit was the gentle rocker "No Rain," whose sunny melody and uplifting video (featuring the "Bee Girl") belied its downcast lyrics. The song boosted the album to lofty chart heights, and the band enjoyed rock-star status for a brief time, until lead singer Shannon Hoon's drug-related death in 1995. Blind Melon reunited in 2006 with new singer Travis Warren.

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