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During the 2004 election cycle, Carole King performed in a variety of small venues, including a few living rooms, for fundraisers. She discovered that she greatly enjoyed the intimacy and connection with the audience in these spaces, and decided to organize a tour (her first official tour in ten years) with the idea of creating a similar environment for much larger audiences. The end result was the sold-out Living Room Tour, and Welcome To My Living Room, released in October, is the only official video recording from the tour.

While Carole King is a famous singer, songwriter, and pianist, she also plays the guitar during the DVD. Welcome to My Living Room features two backup singers, Rudy Guess (who also plays guitar and bass during the concert and was also musical director) and Gary Burr (who also plays guitar and bass during the concert). The DVD was directed by Carole King and Rudy Guess and produced by Carole King, Rudy Guess, and Lorna Guess.

Welcome to My Living Room features many well-known songs that Carole King helped write such as Every Breath I Take (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), Go Away Little Girl (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), Hey Girl (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), Up on the Roof (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King) It's Too Late (Carole King and Toni Stern), (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, and Jerry Wexler), Locomotion (Gerry Goffin and Carole King), and I'm Into Something Good (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) and also contains 25 minutes of bonus material that includes interviews with Carole King, Gary Burr, and Rudy Guess.

Carole King: Welcome to My Living Room captures one night on the respected singer/songwriter's 2005-2006 tour. The setlist includes a number of classics penned by the Brill Building legend including Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me, Natural Woman, You've Got a Friend, So Far Away, Up on the Roof, and It's Too Late. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi All Movie Guide