Live at the Palomino, 1983

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Live at the Palomino, 1983
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Live album by
Released12 April 2019 [1]
Recorded22 October 1983
Venue The Palomino Club, North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre
Length32:24
Label Omnivore Recordings
Producer Marvin Etzioni
Lone Justice chronology
This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983
(2014)
Live at the Palomino, 1983
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Elmore Magazine 92/100 [3]
The Vinyl DistrictA− [4]

Live at the Palomino, 1983 is a live album by American country rock band Lone Justice, released in 2019 by Omnivore Recordings. [3] It was recorded in October 1983 at the Palomino Club in Los Angeles by an early Lone Justice lineup consisting of Maria McKee, Ryan Hedgecock, Marvin Etzioni and Don Willens. The live album features songs from their yet to be recorded debut album, 1985's Lone Justice , coupled with classic country covers, and songs which, years later, have appeared in demo form on various compilation albums. [1] The two-track live recording was discovered more than 30 years later by Hedgecock [5] and issued with full cooperation from the band. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

In his review for All About Jazz , Doug Collette saw the band as one of the originators of the cowpunk movement in the 1980s, "infusing roots music with a punk attitude while still maintaining the legitimacy of both genres." He felt that the band "bristles with an energy and sense of purpose bordering on missionary zeal." Collette concluded that "injecting a palpable sense of irreverence into songs like "Drugstore Cowboy," the band avoids the sanctimonious solemnity of peers and successors." [2]

Peter Lindblad of Elmore Magazine described the band's performance as "inspired, daring and reckless", writing that "every song goes off like a lit pack of firecrackers in a hot, stuffy room." He called the two-track recording "imperfect" and "a little dusty and dirty", containing "a closeness that is inescapable, almost claustrophobic." [3]

Track listing

Adapted from the album's liner notes. [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Are the Light" Marvin Etzioni 3:31
2."Drugstore Cowboy" Maria McKee 2:03
3."How Lonesome Life Has Been"Ryan Hedgecock, McKee2:38
4."The Train"Hedgecock2:36
5."Dustbowl Depression Time"McKee2:55
6."Cotton Belt"McKee2:37
7."This World Is Not My Home (I'm Just a Passin' Through)" Traditional 2:45
8."I See It"Etzioni2:49
9."Working Man's Blues" Merle Haggard 3:02
10."The Grapes of Wrath"Etzioni1:51
11."Working Late"Etzioni3:18
12."Jackson" Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber 2:19

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. [6]

Lone Justice

Production

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References

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  2. 1 2 Collette, Doug (13 April 2019). "Lone Justice: Newfound Ways To Be Wicked". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Lindblad, Peter (13 April 2019). "Live at the Palomino, 1983 review". elmoremagazine.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  4. Neff, Joseph (10 April 2019). "Graded on a Curve: New in Stores for April 2019, Part Three". thevinyldistrict.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  5. Album liner notes by Ryan Hedgecock. Discogs.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Live At The Palomino, 1983 on Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.