''Interstate City'' is a live album by American artist
Dave Alvin
David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...
and the Guilty Men, released in 1996. It was the group's first release and one of two the group released with Hightone records.
Reception
Writing for
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "Most of the newer numbers are on par with his finest material and they are delivered with an intoxicating rush. Interstate City is one of the rare live albums that actually improves on the original recordings."
Track listing
All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.
#"So Long Baby, Goodbye" – 3:26
#"Out in California" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 4:26
#"Interstate City" – 6:21
#"Look Out (It Must Be Love)/Intro to Mister Lee" – 4:21
#"Mister Lee" (Alvin, Fontaine Brown) – 5:04
#"Thirty Dollar Room" (Alvin,
David Amy) – 6:29
#"Dry River" – 4:10
#"Museum of Heart" – 4:34
#"Waiting for the Hard Times to Go" (Jim Ringer) – 3:37
#"Jubilee Train/Do Re Mi/Promised Land" – 9:15
#"Long White Cadillac" – 7:43
#"The New Florence Avenue Lullaby" – 2:28
#"Romeo's Escape" – 8:58
Personnel
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Dave Alvin
David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...
– vocals, guitar
*Rick Solem – piano, background vocals
*Gregory Boaz – bass
*Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
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Donald Lindley
Donald Lindley (1951 – February 3, 1999), nicknamed "The Clock" for his precise rhythmic sense, was an American drummer, noted for his work with Lucinda Williams, Rosie Flores, Joe Ely and several other country and Americana artists.
Lindley wa ...
– drums, percussion, background vocals
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Greg Leisz – guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
*Katy Moffatt – vocals
*Ted Roddy – harmonica
Production notes
*James Tuttle – engineer, mixing
*Phil Crumrine – assistant engineer
*Chris Bellman – mastering
*Lou Beach – design
*Issa Sharp – photography
*Brenda Burns Boaz – photography
References
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1996 live albums
Dave Alvin albums
HighTone Records albums