Livin' the Blues

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Livin' The Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2009
StudioThe Colemine Studios
Genre Blues
Length59:00
Label Vision Wall Records
Producer Randy Coleman
Shaun Murphy chronology
Stoney & Meatloaf
(1971)
Livin' The Blues
(2009)

Livin' The Blues is an album recorded by The Shaun Murphy Band, released in September 2009. It was the first release by Shaun Murphy after leaving Little Feat in February 2009.

Contents

The album was recorded at The Colemine Studios and produced by Randy Coleman.

Track listing

  1. "Ocean of Tears" (Wyche, McRea) - 4:16
  2. "Someone Else Is Steppin' In" (Denise Lasalle) - 4:29
  3. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) - 5:25
  4. "Livin' The Blues" (J. Cotton, A. Russell, D. Jones, C. Anderson) - 3:10
  5. "That's a Pretty Good Love" (Bryant Lucas, Fred Mendelsohn) - 3:53
  6. "Come to Mama" (Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) - 5:04
  7. "Love to Burn" (Dobie Gray, Ricky Rector, Bud Reneau) - 2:58
  8. "I Still Believe in the Blues" (Joel Evans) - 3:57
  9. "You're Taking Up Another Man's Place" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 6:49
  10. "Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down" (Mike Farris) - 4:13
  11. "Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:15
  12. "Rock and Roll Everynight" (Bill Payne, Bill Wray, Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy, Fred Tackett) - 4:31
  13. "It Feels Like Rain" (John Hiatt) - 6:33

Shaun Murphy Band personnel

Additional musicians

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