Join us on Thursday, June 28th at 7pm to hear this week’s Live In Texas album is Jerry Jeff Walker – Live from Gruene Hall!
Track Listing
- Intro
- I’m Going to Town
- Gringo Honeymoon
- Merry Christmas from the Family
- Five Pound Bass
- Band Intro
- Rollin’ By
- Sonora’s Death Row
- When the Bluebonnets Bloom
- Thing it Over one time
- Amarillo Highway
- The Road Intro
- The Road Goes on Forever
- Dreadful Selfish Crime
- Mariano Intro
- Mariano
- I’m Comin’ Home
AllMusic Review by Micheal McCall
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. is a Texan who did not take the express lane to the radio airwaves. Instead, he spent more than a decade seasoning his talent while entertaining folks in the — yep, you guessed it — friendly honky tonks of Texas, where music fans tend to like individualists with plenty of personality. No. 2 Live Dinner finished off a consistently powerful string of albums recorded for Sugar Hill Records. Taped in front of rowdy, beer-swilling crowds in two Texas towns, Keen bears his good-natured raspiness into songs of desperation, danger, and raucous humor. A contemporary of Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, and Nanci Griffith, Keen’s work has been as consistent and occasionally as strong as that of his friends. It’s taken him longer to gain a national profile, but it’s coming at a deserving time. For those unfamiliar with him, this live album will convey how well he’s loved in his home state. Listen closely, and the songs will explain why, too.
