Live: No More Fish Jokes is the first solo live album by American blues rock musician Walter Trout, credited to the Walter Trout Band. Released on May 17, 1993, by Provogue Records, it features nine tracks recorded in 1991 at the Skanderborg Festival in Denmark and three recorded in 1992 at De Hanehof in Geleen, Netherlands.
Reception Commercial Live: No More Fish Jokes charted in the Netherlands only, reaching number 63 on the Dutch Albums Chart.
Critical Reviewing the 2014 vinyl reissue of the album for Classic Rock magazine, Michael Köhler praised several tracks on Live: No More Fish Jokes, describing "Dust My Broom" as "A brilliant turbo start", praising the performance of the band on "False Alarm", and hailing the "indestructible" finale of "Going Down". Sister publication Blues included the album at number 17 on its list of "23 Greatest Live Albums", with writer Jamie Hailstone calling it "Trout at his very best" and dubbing it his magnum opus.
Track listing
Personnel Walter Trout Band Walter Trout – vocals, guitar, production Jimmy Trapp – bass Frank Cotinola – drums on tracks 1–7, 11 and 12 Bernard Pershey – drums on tracks 8, 9 and 10 Danny "Mongo" Abrams – keyboards Additional personnel Charlie Watts – co-production, mixing Willie Korman – co-production Sven Thornsen – recording on tracks 1–7, 11 and 12 John Hull – recording on tracks 8, 9 and 10
Charts + Chart performance for Live: No More Fish JokesChart (1993)PeakpositionDutch Albums (MegaCharts)63
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