Why “Providence” for Red?
I’ve been listening to a lot of the improv rounds that the band played around the time that Red was being made and they were touring, and I honestly think they did a great job with “The Golden Walnut”, “Journey to the Centre of the Cosmos”, and other improvs, and I was kinda surprised to learn that Providence was just another one of those live sessions that they just so happened to throw on the album. But… why that track specifically? I’m guessing they were short of material for the album but even then, I wish they swapped Providence for one of the other improv parts of a live act.
Can you tell I don’t really like Providence?
Edit: wouldn’t this technically make Red partly a live album, like how the Wikipedia page of “Starless and Bible Black” is listed as a part studio part live album?