Live and Mo'

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Live and Mo'
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Studio album / Live album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009
RecordedStudio Tracks recorded at Stu Stu Studio, West Los Angeles, Ca
Genre Blues
Length42:24
Label Yolabelle International
Producer Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo' chronology
Suitcase
(2006)
Live and Mo'
(2009)
The Reflection
(2011)
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Live and Mo' is the tenth studio album by Keb' Mo'. It was released on October 20, 2009. It is his first album released by the Yolabelle International label which he started after leaving Sony Music in 2004. It is his first album to include live recordings, intertwined with studio tracks hand-picked by Mo' himself. The album is underlined with soul and jazz, and has a laid-back feel to it.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Victims Of Comfort" (Kevin Moore, Tim Kimber) - 4:00
  2. "More Than One Way Home" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore) - 4:58
  3. "Change" (Kevin Moore) - 4:23
  4. "Shave Yo' Legs" (Jeff Paris, Kevin Moore) - 4:43
  5. "Hole In The Bucket" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore) - 2:54
  6. "One Friend" (Kevin Moore, Zuriani Zonneveld) - 3:26
  7. "The Action" (Kevin Moore) - 4:33
  8. "Perpetual Blues Machines" (Georgina Graper, Kevin Moore) - 5:27
  9. "Government Cheese" (Kevin Moore) - 4:39
  10. "A Brand New America" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore) - 3:21

Live personnel

Studio personnel

Tracks 1, 5, 9 and 10 are studio recordings. Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 are recorded live.

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