Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator

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Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator
Steve Earle & the Dukes - Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator Coverart.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1991
RecordedOctober 1990
Genre Country, Country rock
Length75:58
Label MCA
Producer Steve Earle
Steve Earle and the Dukes chronology
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
(1992)
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator
(1991)
Together at the Bluebird Café
(1997)
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Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator is a live album by Steve Earle and the Dukes. The album was released in 1991 and recorded live in London and Kitchener (misspelled in the liner notes as "Kitchner") Ontario, Canada, in October 1990.

Contents

The title was inspired by an anecdote told by author Tom Wolfe in his 1979 non-fiction work, The Right Stuff.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Intro" - 0:53
  2. "Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)" - 4:23 (Earle, Richard Bennett)
  3. "Devil's Right Hand" - 3:06
  4. "I Ain't Ever Satisfied" - 4:07
  5. "Someday" - 3:54
  6. "West Nashville Boogie" - 7:25
  7. "Snake Oil" - 3:02
  8. "Standin' on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)" - 1:36 (Jimmie Rodgers)
  9. "The Other Kind" - 5:35
  10. "Billy Austin" - 7:08
  11. "Copperhead Road" - 4:34
  12. "Fearless Heart" - 4:36
  13. "Guitar Town" - 3:36
  14. "I Love You Too Much" - 5:37
  15. "She's About a Mover" - 4:14 (Doug Sahm)
  16. "The Rain Came Down" - 4:50 (Earle, Michael Woody)
  17. "Dead Flowers" - 8:15 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)

Personnel

The Dukes

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