Live Trucker

Live Trucker
Live album by Kid Rock & The Twisted Brown Trucker Band
Released	February 28, 2006
Recorded	September 1, 2000 – August 28, 2004
Venue	DTE Energy Music Theatre (Clarkston, MI) Pine Knob Music Theatre (Clarkston, MI) Cobo Hall (Detroit, MI) St. Louis
Genre	Rock hip-hop country heavy metal
Length	1:13:29
Label	Top Dog Atlantic
Producer	Kid Rock
Kid Rock chronology
Kid Rock (2003) Live Trucker (2006) Rock n Roll Jesus (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
IGN	7.2/10 [2]
PopMatters	6/10 [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Tom Hull	B [5]

Live Trucker is a live album by American musician Kid Rock and backing band Twisted Brown Trucker. It was released on February 28, 2006 by Top Dog and Atlantic Records. Most of the album was recorded in August 2004 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.

Background

Unlike the rest of the album, "Devil Without a Cause" and "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp", which featured Joe C. and Uncle Kracker, were recorded on September 1, 2000 at Pine Knob Music Theatre, while "Cowboy Intro", "Cowboy" and Gretchen Wilson-assisted "Picture", were recorded at Cobo Arena in Detroit on March 27, 2004, and "Outstanding" was recorded at Soundcheck in St. Louis.

The cover of the album is in the same style as the Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band album Live Bullet .

Artistry

The medley of "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" and "Fist of Rage," bridged together by Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". "Cowboy" has the Dukes of Hazzard's theme song "Good Ol' Boys" removed from it. Likewise with "Devil Without a Cause" as AC/DC's "Back in Black" was removed from the first chorus. "You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" includes a verse of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" in the middle of the song.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Son of Detroit"	Robert James Ritchie David Allan Coe Harold Eugene Tipton Ronnie Brooks Tom DeLuca	5:11
2.	"Bawitdaba"	Ritchie Matthew Shafer Jason Krause	5:44
3.	"Cowboy Intro"		2:56
4.	"Cowboy"	Ritchie Shafer John Travis James Trombly	5:02
5.	"Devil Without a Cause"	Ritchie Shafer Kenny Olson Jalil Hutchins Lawrence Smith Todd Shaw	6:11
6.	"Somebody's Gotta Feel This / Fist of Rage"	Ritchie Shafer Olson Travis Damon Wimbley Darren Robinson Mark Morales	5:41
7.	"Picture" (featuring Gretchen Wilson)	Ritchie	6:09
8.	"American Bad Ass"	Ritchie James Hetfield Lars Ulrich	4:10
9.	"Rock N Roll Pain Train"	Ritchie	4:05
10.	"Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp"	Ritchie Martin "Tino" Gross	7:11
11.	"You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me"	Ritchie Ronnie Van Zant Allen Collins	5:48
12.	"Cocky"	Ritchie Shafer Freddie Beauregard	3:04
13.	"Only God Knows Why"	Ritchie Shafer Travis	6:33
14.	"Outstanding"	Raymond Calhoun Charlie Wilson Lonnie Simmons	5:33
Total length:			1:13:29

Personnel

• Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, turntables, producer, mixing
• Jason Krause – guitars
• Kenny Olson – guitars
• James "Jimmie Bones" Trombly – keyboards, harmonica, background vocals
• Aaron Julison – bass, background vocals
• Stefanie Eulinberg – drums, background vocals
• Freddie "Paradime" Beauregard – turntables, background vocals
• Karen Newman – backup vocals
• Laura Creamer – backup vocals
• Renwick Smith Curry – pedal steel, dobro
• Joseph "Joe C." Calleja – vocals (tracks: 5, 10)
• Matthew "Uncle Kracker" Shafer – vocals & turntables (tracks: 5, 10)
• Michael Bradford – bass (tracks: 5, 10)
• Gretchen Wilson – vocals (track 7)
• David Hewitt – engineering
• Gerard Smerek – engineering (tracks: 5, 10)
• Kenneth Van Druten – engineering (tracks: 3, 4, 7)
• Al Sutton – mixing
• Michael "Blumpy" Tuller – pre-mixing
• Mike E. Clark – additional pre-mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [6]	12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [7]	4
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [8]	27
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [9]	7

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kid Rock - Live Trucker Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
2. D, Spence (March 28, 2006). "Kid Rock & The Twisted Brown Trucker Band - 'Live' Trucker". IGN . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
3. Vrabel, Jeff (March 27, 2006). "Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band: Live Trucker, PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
4. Hoard, Christian (February 28, 2006). "Live Trucker". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
5. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Kid Rock". tomhull.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
6. "Kid Rock Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
7. "Kid Rock Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
8. "Kid Rock Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
9. "Kid Rock Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

External links

• 'Live' Trucker at Discogs (list of releases)