This is a wonderful (and wise) focus. I've chronicled three of my favorite small venue performances here: https://medium.com/the-riff/jimmy-hastings-live-72525abd0a9a

https://medium.com/the-riff/lol-coxhill-live-bd90479c12a8

https://medium.com/plethora-of-pop/the-most-amazing-cover-ive-heard-live-81d582650721