Live from Austin, TX (Drive-By Truckers album)

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Live From Austin TX
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Live album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009
RecordedSeptember 26, 2008
Length71:16
LabelNew West
ProducerTerry Lickona
Drive-By Truckers chronology
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
(2008)
Live From Austin TX
(2009)
The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Pitchfork7/10[3]
PopMatters8/10 stars[4]

Live From Austin, TX is the second live album by the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. It was released as a two disc CD/DVD combo. It was recorded on September 26, 2008, and boasts an almost twelve-minute recording of the song "18 Wheels of Love," which was originally released on their first album Gangstabilly.

Guitarist Patterson Hood stated the album and DVD are: "by far our best filmed performance."[5]

Track listing[]

  1. "Perfect Timing" (Cooley)
  2. "Heathens" (Hood)
  3. "A Ghost To Most" (Cooley)
  4. "The Righteous Path" (Hood)
  5. "I'm Sorry Huston" (Tucker)
  6. "3 Dimes Down" (Cooley)
  7. "Puttin' People On The Moon" (Hood)
  8. "Space City" (Cooley)
  9. "The Living Bubba" (Hood)
  10. "Zip City" (Cooley)
  11. "18 Wheels Of Love" (Hood)
  12. "Let There Be Rock" (Hood)
  13. "Marry Me" (Cooley)

Personnel[]

  • Patterson Hood - guitar, vocals
  • Mike Cooley - guitar, vocals
  • Brad Morgan - drums
  • Shonna Tucker - bass, vocals
  • John Neff - guitar, pedal steel
  • Jay Gonzalez - keyboards

Charts[]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 172
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 28

References[]

  1. ^ "Live from Austin TX - Drive-By Truckers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin TX". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin, TX". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ "Drive-By Truckers: Live from Austin TX". PopMatters. August 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS". www.drivebytruckers.com.
  6. ^ "Drive-By Truckers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Drive-By Truckers Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.


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