| Description: | For almost one and a half decades, San Francisco based Enchant are celebrating their typical American mix of neo prog, classic and melodic rock. With seven albums the band around guitarist and main songwriter Doug Ott has gained themselves a continually growing fan community, on this side of the Atlantic as well as in their native country. High time to finally release a live album. The place in their home town Oakland was well choosen: fans arrived from all over the world to give them a glittering reception when recording machines and cameras were turned on inside the iMusicast venue. The house is ready for Enchant live in concert!
For almost two and a half hours the band presents a cross-section of their complete œuvre live on stage – with material from the debut work “A Blueprint of the World“ up to their so far last studio album “Tug of War“, including a few previously unreleased acoustic versions of popular songs. Singer Ted Leonard – whom many compare to Steve Walsh of Kansas thanks to his pitch level and variability – is convincing everybody; Doug Ott lets his guitar sing and reminds of Saga’s Ian Crichton and Marillion’s Steve Rothery, and in complex passages also of Rush’s Alex Lifeson; and Bill Jenkins on keyboards, bassist Ed Platt and drummer Sean Flanegan provide some dense mood and a proper groove. Enchant rocks! |