I would have to name this record from late ’78 as essential if only for nostalgia’s sake.I remember plenty of times drinking and smoking listening to this record in the two apartments I lived in during ’78-’79. We would sing along to the songs especially “Rubber Biscuit” It’s a great album of blues and soul recorded live with Dan and John backed by an all-star band.Probably one of the first records I bought after leaving home to move in with three brothers in a one bedroom apartment.We all had girlfriends at the time,it was hard to find any alone time. We got kicked out of both places and I moved into a house in the city in the summer of ’79.