Live At The Us Festival, 1983[DVD]

I attended a Waylon Jennings outdoor concert at about the same time this recording was made in 1983. I was only able to get a bench seat in one of the back rows of the crowd. But I was hopeful I’d get a good view – because I had brought binoculars. However, early in the performance, the man in front of me asked to borrow my binoculars. I saw them pass away from me out of sight from there, being handed off from one fan to another.Miraculously, the binoculars circulated back to me – but only at the tail-end of the concert. So I missed my close-up view of almost all of the performance. But this DVD makes up for my loss all those years ago. This DVD provides the best of actually having been there.The sound isn’t as engineered to perfection as you’d find on a record or remastered CD. But it’s very good. In addition, you get great views of Jennings and his band members up close and personal, including a few revealing shots looking forward from the back of the stage.My one disappointment with this video is that it seems to have been made a few years past the point when Jennings was at the height of his enthusiasm for the music he was making. On video snippets I’ve seen made a little earlier, he radiates more good humor and outright joy in the process. Here, he seems to be more doggedly going through the motions – with a bit of a “Let’s get through this gig and get on to the next” attitude.However, Jennings is still in excellent voice and he still manages to do justice to the 22 songs he sings. I doubt that he ever gave a bad performance or a performance that wasn’t worth attending. With this DVD, you too will get to see all the action you might have missed if you had actually been there – without binoculars.

The quality of this DVD is very good. It shows Waylon in his outlaw prime. I love Waylon Jennings so seeing him in mid-1983 and knowing that in June of 1984 he kicks his cocaine habit made seeing this video very special. Even in the height of his addiction he was performing and doing an admirable job. I loved the entire video and kept wishing the camera would pan around to whatever he was doing when Mooney's hands were being shown. The band is great and so was he. He and Jessi are so in love and she was such a marvelous influence..without her, I'm sure he would have continued drugging right up to the end. As it is, they had 18 wonderful years after. I liked him as the outlaw with the long hair and hat. He was so special! I read his autobiography and learned just how special he really was. There'll never be another Waylon! If you like country mu8sic, you've got to get this DVD.

I'm a huge Waylon fan and I am always looking for anything Waylon that I don't have. I picked up this and don't regret it. It is cool to see Waylon playing in a festival session, I don't have any other Waylon videos where he is playing in the daytime. the first Two songs have some errors in sound and video but they seem to get in under control and the rest of show is good quality. There is a interview with Waylon before the show that gives you a look at Waylon during a time that he was obviously abusing some heavy substances. If you are a Waylon collector this is a great addition.

as for Waylon, he gives a GREAT steller concert, he gets 5 stars easy. But the DVD, for this to have came out in late 2011, there is no excuse not to remix the audio in 5.1....I'm not even sure this is a stereo mix! I heard no stereo separation in my speakers. What a shame! This DVD could have been the BEST DVD ever for Waylon. The Picture quality is 5 stars, very crisp and clear! The show was performed just few hours before dawn and it looks great, you can see the landscape and all the fans out there, was a huge concert! This is still a MUST OWN DVD for any Waylon fan, just wish they took the audio and remixed in 5.1 but beggars cant be choosy I guess. The Best DVD out there for Waylon (in my opinion)is Waylon Live from Austin 1989.

I enjoyed this dvd performance. It has found a place in my Waylon dvd collection. He was great on stage during this performance. Waylon was so unique and was the epitome of one being "tru to his music." He really had no musical boundaries, he was great and just loved a good song. This concert was shortly before Waylon beat some demons on his own, proving again the will and strength of this man. I particularly like the fact that a lot of his early 80's songs are on the list, as some of them now are hard to find. Waylon was the best and his music and legacy continues on.

Excellent concert from a legendary artist. Great sound quality and picture quality. Highly recommended.

DVD came well. The actual footage is not too great. Feedback problems onstage. Looking out for my Bros.

The Whalen Jennings disk was in cover so hard I broke it. Never got to enjoy.

Part of Xmas present for my husband so haven’t watched it yet, but seller was extremely good, and it arrived quite quickly. This is a concert we actually went to, so really looking forward to seeing it.

Great to see Waylon in his prime. That's really all this review needs but apparently it is too short for Amazon so sorry to waste your time with these extra words!!

Amazing

Good

Buy this dvd earlier. It's looks a very nice DVD. When I buy this and received it was not for an European system. Report to Amazon. Receive only a "nothing say" answer. Look sometimes or I can find a good one. But see still the DVD at the list. But more bad it's for new buyers still unclear that they buy an DVD for American system.