America - Live In Concert - Wildwood Spr

America, the band that is, will have been together for half a century next year. Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley were sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Their signature song, A Horse With No Name, in many ways sums up what the band are all about; close vocal harmonies, acoustic guitars, and � if I may misquote Pete Atkin � a journey through �mythical America� and a vaguely rural ethos. A Horse With No Name was their first international hit, and was taken from their debut album, a self-titled record which came out on Warner Brothers in 1971.Since then, there have been over thirty more records, but the one that I want to talk about today is a very special live album, recorded on stage during a rare acoustic performance at the Wildwood Springs Lodge in Steelville, MO on September 21-22, 2007. The combination of Beckley�s melodic pop rock and Bunnell�s slinky Latin-leaning rhythms has proven that America�s sound can transcend borders with their uplifting music and positive message and this release serves as an invaluable document of an extraordinarily transcendent evening of peerless music.