Live at Billy Bob's Texas

by Randy Rogers, Randy Rogers Band

Overview

Released hot on the heels of Randy Rogers' second album (his first for the Smith label), Live at Billy Bob's Texas is a curiously subdued live set. Rogers is that rarity, a country singer/songwriter who records with his road band instead of the usual session musicians, which gives his albums a relaxed, rough-edged feel missing from the standard antiseptic Music Row product. But unfortunately, it also means that there's little difference between these live tracks and Rogers' studio albums. Only the occasional whoop or slightly ill-timed cymbal crash differentiates some of the songs. More effective are tracks like "Tonight's Not the Night," which Rogers and band take a bit faster and with more passion than on the laid-back studio cut, and "Again," a Rogers co-write originally recorded by his songwriting partner Cody Canada's band Cross Canadian Ragweed that Rogers turns into a fuzz-guitar-powered rocker. The set climaxes with an extended workout on "Lost and Found," from Rogers' debut, showcasing a series of solos brief enough to keep from devolving into tiresome showboating. Some more moments of spontaneity would make Live at Billy Bob's Texas a more exciting listen, but fans should appreciate it. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2005
Label:	Megalith Records / Orchard
UPC:	0662582503722
Rank:	165409

Tracks

1. Somebody Take Me Home
2. Down and Out
3. Like It Used to Be
4. Company You Keep
5. Still Be Losing You
6. Can't Slow Down
7. Love Must Follow You Around
8. One Thing I Know
9. Again
10. I Never Meant to Break Your Heart
11. Ten Miles Deep
12. Tonight's Not the Night (For Goodbye)
13. They Call It the Hill Country
14. Lost and Found
15. This Time Around
16. An Empty Glass (That's the Way the Day Ends)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Randy Rogers   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Lonnie Spiker   Primary Artist
Randy Rogers Band   Primary Artist
Geoffrey Hill   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Lucy Lawless   Drums
The Joe Richardson Express   Bass

Technical Credits

James Buchanan   Video Technician
Ricky Smith Jr.   Executive Producer
Phil Barnett   Mastering
V.R. "Bear" Crossnoe   Production Coordination
Bunny Snow   Design,Art Direction
Billy Minick   Executive Producer
Randal Vanderveer   Photography
Rhonda Kennedy   Audio Supervisor,Recording Technician
Sean Patrick/Dana Parker   Engineer
John Paul Buchanan   Camera Operator
Becky Reiser   Design,Art Direction
Bob Wright   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Rick Smith   Series Concept
Randy Rogers Band   Composer
King Williams   Mixing
Clay Wolfer   Audio Supervisor,DJ,Stage Crew
Randy Cole   Audio Engineer