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Recorded live in August of 2001 in Santa Barbara and in January of 2002 in Pasadena, Dave Alvin's album comes by its title honestly. As live albums tend to be, it's a curious mix of the familiar and the obscure; concerts always have to offer the hits and standbys, but they also offer the performers a chance to play old and unfamiliar songs that hold a personal significance. Thus, listeners get rawboned performances of the inevitable "Fourth of July" (an Alvin composition recorded more famously by X, of which he was a member for a while) and "American Music" (recorded more famously by the Blasters, the band with which he made his breakthrough albums in the 1980s), along with a lascivious old Bo Carter blues, the Bo Diddley classic "Who Do You Love" (here performed in a medley with another old Blasters tune, "Little Honey") and the hoariest of old blues-rock chestnuts, "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." The album's finest moment is a stunningly beautiful rendition of Alvin's "Abilene," which is beautiful in large part because the other bandmembers pitch in on vocals -- Alvin is a fine guitarist and an even better songwriter, but he's no kind of singer. At the very end, there is a hidden track; an audience member calls for "Freebird" in an ironic tone of voice, and Alvin responds, "What, you think we can't play that?" With that, the band rips into "Freebird" with a (mercifully brief) vengeance. It's the perfect ending to a very impressive album.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Russell, ComposerLyricist - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Russell, ComposerLyricist - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Nommensen Duchac, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional Arrangement, ComposerLyricist - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Carter, ComposerLyricist - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Michael Woody, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
MARK LINETT, Producer, Recording Producer - Brantley Kearns, Additional Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Dave Alvin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Shea, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Additional Vocals, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, MainArtist - Chris Gaffney, Accordion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Boaz, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
Album review
Recorded live in August of 2001 in Santa Barbara and in January of 2002 in Pasadena, Dave Alvin's album comes by its title honestly. As live albums tend to be, it's a curious mix of the familiar and the obscure; concerts always have to offer the hits and standbys, but they also offer the performers a chance to play old and unfamiliar songs that hold a personal significance. Thus, listeners get rawboned performances of the inevitable "Fourth of July" (an Alvin composition recorded more famously by X, of which he was a member for a while) and "American Music" (recorded more famously by the Blasters, the band with which he made his breakthrough albums in the 1980s), along with a lascivious old Bo Carter blues, the Bo Diddley classic "Who Do You Love" (here performed in a medley with another old Blasters tune, "Little Honey") and the hoariest of old blues-rock chestnuts, "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." The album's finest moment is a stunningly beautiful rendition of Alvin's "Abilene," which is beautiful in large part because the other bandmembers pitch in on vocals -- Alvin is a fine guitarist and an even better songwriter, but he's no kind of singer. At the very end, there is a hidden track; an audience member calls for "Freebird" in an ironic tone of voice, and Alvin responds, "What, you think we can't play that?" With that, the band rips into "Freebird" with a (mercifully brief) vengeance. It's the perfect ending to a very impressive album.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:53
- Main artists: Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: HighTone Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2002 Craft Recordings. ℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
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