Vintage Stages Live Explained

Vintage Stages Live is the title of a live album and concert DVD from the Richmond, Virginia based Pat McGee Band. It is the sixth full-length CD released by the band; it is also their second live release (the first being General Admission) and their second effort under Kirtland Records. The concerts were filmed at the WorkPlay Theater and Studios in Birmingham, Alabama, and The Barns at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. The WorkPlay performance is also the last recorded performance with Chris Williams, who died in October 2006 during the DVD post-production.

Stages was released as a CD/DVD combination. It was first available for pre-order in November 2006 through the Aware Records online store, and achieved wide release in February 2007. Two online-only bonuses were available with the purchase of a hard copy of the album. The first offer was from the Aware store, where preorder customers were e-mailed a link to three exclusive acoustic song downloads, and the second was a similar offer to BestBuy.com customers that was available during the first week of the album's official release.

CD content

The CD only contains the WorkPlay show. Due to the length of the performance, "Shine" had to be left off the CD, though it can be seen and heard on the DVD. Conversely, "Who Stole Her From Heaven," which appears on the CD, is nowhere in the DVD performance.

Track listing

1. Intro 1:34
2. "Runaway" 5:41
3. "Now" 4:00
4. "Must Have Been Love" 4:08
5. "Minute" 4:49
6. "Beautiful Ways" 3:57
7. "Haven't Seen For a While" 6:11
8. "Who Stole Her From Heaven" 4:30
9. "Annabel" 4:58
10. "Girl From Athens" 6:42
11. "Lost" 6:23
12. "Set Me Free" 4:01
13. "You and I" 4:14
14. "Passion" 7:30
15. "Rebecca" 7:30

DVD content

The DVD consists of two performances: a full band show at the WorkPlay, and a stripped down short set at The Barns at Wolf Trap.

WorkPlay

Chapter listing

1. "Runaway"
2. "Now"
3. "Must Have Been Love"
4. "Minute"
5. "Beautiful Ways"
6. "Haven't Seen For a While"
7. "Annabel"
8. "Girl From Athens"
9. "Lost"
10. "Set Me Free"
11. "You and I"
12. "Passion"
13. "Shine"
14. "Rebecca"

Wolf Trap

Recorded shortly after the WorkPlay performance, the session at The Barns at Wolf Trap served as a sort of ten-year reunion for the band. Almost everyone who had contributed to a McGee recording project showed up to play a little; noticeably absent from the set were Chris Williams and original PMB bassist John Small. The short set could either be played on the DVD as a whole, or interspersed with interviews with McGee that gave background stories to the writing of the songs and the band's formation.

On May 8, 2007, the set minus the "Haven't Seen" tease was released as a digital EP under the moniker Live Acoustic from The Barns. It was an iTunes exclusive but has since been removed.

DVD chapter listing

1. Interview: Intro
2. Interview: "Fine"
3. "Fine"
4. Interview: "On Your Way Out of Here"
5. "On Your Way Out of Here"
6. Interview: "Never Around"
7. "Never Around"
8. Interview: "Girl From Athens"
9. "Girl From Athens"
10. Interview: "Flooding Both of Us"
11. "Flooding Both of Us"
12. Interview: "I Know"
13. "I Know"
14. Interview: "Elegy for Amy"
15. "Elegy for Amy"
16. "Haven't Seen For a While" (used as outro)

Digital EP track listing

Songs appear on the EP in a different order from the DVD, with truncated names.

1. "Athens" 5:28
2. "Fine" 4:46
3. "Flooding" 8:27
4. "Never Around" 4:40
5. "On Your Way Out of Here" (currently mislabeled as "Rebecca") 8:21
6. "Elegy" 4:38
7. "I Know" 6:30

Personnel

• Pat McGee: lead vocals, guitar
• Brian Fechino

lead guitar

• Jonathan Williams

keyboards, backup vocals

• Chardy McEwan

percussion

• Chris Williams: drums
• "Crix" Reardon

bass guitar, backup vocals

• Michael Ghegan

saxophone

• Todd Wright

keys. guitar, backup vocals

• Hugh McGee

backup vocals

• Chris Bashista

drums