On this live recording, available only on Rod MacDonald's website (www.rodmacdonald.net), the singer/songwriter gathers together his appearances at two festivals; the first five tracks come from a show at the Florida Folk Festival on May 25, 2003, the last five from one at the Tucson Folk Festival on May 1, 2004. MacDonald drew from his large repertoire of original songs to find material appropriate for the different locations. Aucilla River Song, which leads off the disc, is a historical/environmental protest song that traces development in Florida, and it's followed by My Neighbors in Delray, in which the singer, himself a Florida resident, describes the activities of the September 11 bombers, who lived in his town while preparing their terrorist strikes. White Buffalo, the title song from MacDonald's second album, has resonance in Arizona, and The Governator, a comic comment on Arnold Schwarzenegger's ascension to the governorship of California, allowed MacDonald's Southwestern listeners to laugh at their nearby neighbor. Other songs have more national concerns. Stop the War, another early song, seemed newly relevant in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and For the Good of America took a longer historical view of government deception. MacDonald also turned personal on the love songs Seven Days and You Who Sleep Beside Me, and closed the Arizona show humorously with his own particular dilemma, being asked about his resemblance to a fellow musician, on the amusing I Am Bob Dylan. All of the collection's songs were available on MacDonald's regular albums (or would be soon), but he proved an engaging live performer at these shows. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi

1		Aucilla River Song
2		My Neighbors in Delray
3		Seven Days
4		Stop the War
5		On the Road in NY Town
6		For the Good of America
7		You Who Sleep Beside Me
8		The Governator
9		White Buffalo
10		I Am Bob Dylan

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