Melissa Etheridge: Live... and Alone

"Melissa Etheridge Live... and Alone"

Sep 27 2002 G NA
Documentary, Music

90 minutes of music recorded from her 2001 solo tour performance at the Kodak Theater, Los Angeles New recording of Joan Armatrading's "The Weakness in Me" Select interview footage

Plot

To watch Live - and Alone is to realize that few performers connect with their audience as closely, and inspire such mutual gratitude, as Melissa Etheridge. Performing a two-hour, 22-song set at Hollywood's Kodak Theater on December 8, 2001 (the final American date of an international solo tour), Etheridge moves effortlessly between beautiful ballads ("Ready to Love" and Joan Armatrading's "The Weakness in Me") and raw, aching expressions of passion ("Lover Please," "I'm the Only One," and others) that have chronicled her own survival in a lifetime's quest for love. She may be alone on stage, but offstage life looks sweet between the 40-year-old Etheridge and Tammy, her first girlfriend after breaking up with longtime lover Julie Cypher, the mother of their two children. Etheridge's sensitivity to all facets of love is undiminished, whether she's dazzling her mostly female audience with flawless vocals and expert playing of several guitars, or giving a tearfully maternal response to questions about the mid-tour terrorism of September 11.

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Directed by

Michael Simon

Languages

English

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# of Votes
66
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
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