Live at the Caravan of Dreams is a live album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded in 1985 at the Caravan of Dreams

Caravan of Dreams

The Caravan of Dreams was a performing arts center located in the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas during the 1980s and 1990s. The venue was best known locally as a live music nightclub, though this only represented one portion of a larger facility. The center also included a...

 in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

 and released on the Caravan of Dreams label. It was Ulmer's only album recorded for the label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and states "Precision and dynamic create the drama on this set and, as it moves from one jam into another, a state of deep black and blue grace is achieved, making this a seductive, smoky, from the depths kind of record. This one is overlooked by critics but the reason why is baffling".

Track listing

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. " Are You Glad To Be In America? 4:28
2. "The Little Red House" - 4:34
3. "Cheering" - 4:43
4. "Recess" - 5:59
5. "Revealing" - 3:26
6. "Lonely Man" - 4:32
7. "Church" - 5:37
8. "I Need Love" - 4:06
   • Recorded at the Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth Texas in 1985

Personnel

• James Blood Ulmer - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Charles Burnham - violin
  Violin
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• Amin Ali - bass
  Electric Bass
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• Warren Benbow
  Warren Benbow
  Warren Benbow is a jazz drummer who has worked with Nina Simone, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez, Olu Dara, Walter Bishop, Jr., and was an original member of James Blood Ulmer's band Odyssey....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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