Live 'n' Kickin' (Kingfish album)

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Live 'n' Kickin'
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Live album by
Released1977
Recorded1976
Venue The Roxy, West Hollywood
Genre Rock
Label Jet Records
(United Artists)
Producer Matthew Kelly
Dave Torbert
Kingfish chronology
Kingfish
(1976)
Live 'n' Kickin'
(1977)
Trident
(1978)
Bob Weir chronology
Kingfish
(1976)
Live 'n' Kickin'
(1977)
Heaven Help the Fool
(1978)
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Live 'n' Kickin' is the second album by the rock group Kingfish. It was recorded live at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California. It was released as an LP in 1977 by Jet Records. It was released on CD in Germany in 1989. [2]

Contents

Though guitarist Bob Weir played with the band during the performance, he had returned to playing full time with the Grateful Dead by the time the album was produced. With the goal of forging a separate identity for Kingfish, tracks containing Weir's playing and singing were therefore removed from the mix, except where absolutely crucial to continuity or where his guitar or vocals bled onto the drum track. [3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Good-Bye Yer Honor" (Dave Torbert, Tim Hovey, Matthew Kelly) – 2:47
  2. "Juke" (Walter Jacobs) – 2:29
  3. "Mule Skinner Blues" (George Vaughn, Jimmie Rodgers) – 4:24
  4. "I Hear You Knockin'" (Pearl King, Dave Bartholomew) – 4:16
  5. "Hypnotize" (Kelly, Torbert) – 5:40

Side two

  1. "Jump for Joy" (John Carter, Tim Gilbert) – 3:32
  2. "Overnight Bag" (Carter, Gilbert) – 3:47
  3. "Jump Back" (Rufus Thomas) – 3:47
  4. "Shake and Fingerpop" (Autry DeWalt, Lawrence Horn, Willie Woods) – 3:51
  5. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:16

Personnel

Kingfish

Production

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References

  1. Ruhlman, William. "Live 'n' Kickin'". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  2. "Kingfish – Live 'N' Kickin'". Discogs. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. Gans, David (2002). Conversations with the Dead. Da Capo Press. p. 10. ISBN   0-306-81099--9.