Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004

Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 is the first live album and second video album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released on November 23, 2004 through Warner Bros. Records.

History
Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 includes a CD and a DVD, showing their concert in Buffalo, New York from July 4, 2004, which is Independence Day in the United States. The concert included performances of all their major hits, including "Iris", "Name", and "Slide". There are nineteen songs on the DVD total, plus a studio version of their cover of the Supertramp song, "Give a Little Bit", on the CD.

The concert was shot and recorded in downtown Buffalo on Niagara Square in front of Buffalo City Hall.

As for the concert itself, the performance was enigmatic; garnering comparisons to the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense from members of the band's crew. Over 60,000 fans attended the performance, braving a torrential downpour. The rain cleared in time for the Goo Goo Dolls to start the show, but during their performance of "January Friend", the rain began pouring down again, harder than before. The band played on, finishing the set, despite being pulled off stage briefly for a safety precaution and skipping three songs that were on the original set list ("We Are the Normal", "Burnin' Up", "All Eyes on Me").

Band members

 * Mike Malinin – drums
 * John Rzeznik – guitars, vocals, composer (tracks 2–5, 8–12, 14–19)
 * Robby Takac – bass, vocals, composer (tracks 6–7, 13, 17)
 * George Tutuska – composer (track 17)

Other personnel

 * Brett Allen – guitar technician
 * Anthony Bongiovi – director
 * Rob Cavallo – audio production, producer
 * Rick Davies – composer (tracks 1, 20)
 * John Dehais – executive producer
 * Jason Freese – keyboards, percussion, saxophone, backing vocals
 * Brian Gardner – mastering
 * Roger Hodgson – composer (tracks 1, 20)
 * Cheryl Jenets – production coordinator
 * Garner Krutson – drum technician


 * Karen Kovar Lee – producer
 * Wendy Marvel – package design
 * Doug McKean – audio engineer, mixing
 * Bob Mussell – photography
 * Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
 * Brian Schulmeister – package design
 * Greg Suran – guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
 * Überzone – programming
 * Pastor Ronald Williams – tambourine (track 20)
 * Joe Zock – engineer