Live From Agora was the fourth and final album from the Dwight Twilley Band

Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" and "Girls"...

, recorded live in October 1976 and released in 2009 on Gigatone Records. The album consists of a recording of a live performance of the band at the Agora Theatre and Ballroom

Agora Theatre and Ballroom

The Agora Theatre and Ballroom is a concert club located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Agora name was previously used by two other Cleveland venues in succession, the latter of which was destroyed by fire in 1984...

 in Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, which had been taped for broadcast on Cleveland radio station WMMS

WMMS

WMMS — branded 100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, widely recognized as one of the most influential rock stations in America throughout much of the history of FM broadcasting...

.

History

In late 1976, the Dwight Twilley Band was sent on a midwestern promotional tour by Shelter Records

Shelter Records

Shelter Records was a U.S. record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981. The company established offices in both Los Angeles and Tulsa, Russell's home town, where the label sought to promote a "workshop atmosphere" with a recording studio in a converted...

 and its new distribution partner Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

, in an effort to gain exposure for the band, which had been idled by the collapse of Shelter. At the time, the Cleveland Agora was located next door to Agency Recording Studios, and professional-quality recordings were made of many of the live concerts, using Agency's equipment, for radio rebroadcast. The tape of this concert was later edited for national broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour

King Biscuit Flower Hour

The King Biscuit Flower Hour was a syndicated radio show presented by the D.I.R. Radio Network that featured concert performances by various rock artists.-History:...

, but it was not released commercially for over three decades.

The band on this tour consisted of Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" and "Girls"...

 (guitar, keyboards, lead and harmony vocals), Phil Seymour

Phil Seymour

Phil Seymour was an American power pop drummer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for the singles "I'm On Fire" and "Precious to Me". He had a major role in the seminal pop group Dwight Twilley Band...

 (drums, percussion, lead and harmony vocals) and Bill Pitcock IV (lead guitar), with backing musicians including Bingo Sloan (bass) and Rob Armstrong (drums). The band performed five songs from its debut album Sincerely, five songs from the upcoming second album Twilley Don't Mind

Twilley Don't Mind

Twilley Don't Mind is the second album from the Dwight Twilley Band, recorded and released in 1977 on Shelter Records, distributed at the time by Arista Records. The band consisted of Dwight Twilley , Phil Seymour , and Bill Pitcock IV...

, two songs that ultimately appeared on The Great Lost Twilley Album

The Great Lost Twilley Album

The Great Lost Twilley Album was the third and final studio album from the Dwight Twilley Band, recorded in 1974 through 1980 and released in 1993 on Shelter Records...

and one song ("Betsy Sue") that had only been released in a Dwight Twilley solo version, even though Twilley wrote it during his teens.

Track listing

All songs written by Dwight Twilley

1. "Shakin' In The Brown Grass"
2. "Just Like The Sun"
3. "Chance To Get Away"
4. "Could Be Love"
5. "Trying To Find My Baby"
6. "Betsy Sue"
7. "I'm On Fire"
8. "Twilley Don't Mind"
9. "Here She Comes"
10. "Sky Writer"
11. "TV"
12. "Rock And Roll 47"
13. "England"

Musicians

• Dwight Twilley
  Dwight Twilley
  Dwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" and "Girls"...
  
  : lead and harmony vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Phil Seymour
  Phil Seymour
  Phil Seymour was an American power pop drummer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for the singles "I'm On Fire" and "Precious to Me". He had a major role in the seminal pop group Dwight Twilley Band...
  
  : lead and harmony vocals, drums, percussion
• Bill Pitcock IV: lead guitar
• Bingo Sloan: bass
• Rob Armstrong: drums