Live at Billy Bob's Texas

by Lynn Anderson

Overview

Anderson sounds pretty good on this set recorded, one would guess, in the late '90s, or at any rate shortly before its 2000 release. (Like everything in the Billy Bob's Texas series, no date is given in the liner notes.) There's nothing extraneous to the band, either: just a pretty tight seven-piece combining electric guitar and a rhythm section with piano, fiddle, and steel. A bunch of her expected hits are on hand, including "Rose Garden," of course, as well as "You're My Man," "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues," "How Can I Unlove You," and "What a Man My Man Is." She must have done "Rose Garden" many, many times prior to this recording; at the end, she thanks the audience and acknowledges, a la that heavily accented ex-baseball playing announcer on Saturday Night Live's news broadcasts, that "that song, it was very very good to me!" There are some covers that you might not expect but are not ill fits: Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon"; done country style, the Carpenters' "Top of the World"; and the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk." This disc is not an electrifying find, but it's decent for what it is. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/21/2000
Label:	Smith Entertainment
UPC:	0662582501025
Rank:	136402

Tracks

1. Listen to the Country Song
2. Someday Soon
3. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
4. Smile for Me
5. Top of the World
6. Isn't It Always Love
7. Cry
8. Rose Garden
9. What a Man, My Man Is
10. I've Never Loved Anyone More
11. How Can I Unlove You
12. Under the Boardwalk
13. Faithless Love
14. You're My Man
15. Rocky Top
16. I've Been Everywhere
17. What Fools Say

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lynn Anderson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Steve Kennedy   Vocals (Background),Bass
Fred Newell   Banjo,Guitar (Electric)
Brent Moyer   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Doyle Grisham   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel)
Wanda Vick   Banjo,Fiddle,Guitar,Mandolin,Guitar (Rhythm)
Buddy Skipper   Piano,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Charles Calello   Producer
Lou Bradley   Mixing
John Bettis   Composer
W. Henderson   Composer
Linda Hargrove   Composer
Jim Messina   Composer
Al Garth   Composer
Martin "Dirt" Stinnett   Monitor Engineer
Mike Stinnett   Assistant Engineer
Carmen Acciaioli   Composer
Geoff Mack   Composer
Charlie Wilkins   Photography
A. J. Latterell   Stage Crew
Fred Busby   Composer
Dave Merrick   Illustrations
Matt Tompkins   Stage Crew
V.R. "Bear" Crossnoe   Engineer
Geoffrey Mack   Composer
Jeremy Alvarado   Stage Crew
Carmen Eggers   Lighting Director
Billy Minick   Executive Producer
Michael Talbert   Technician
Lisa Sutton   Design,Art Direction
Pam Minick   Liner Notes
Nancy Terzian   Design,Art Direction
Kenny Young   Composer
Bill Mack   Liner Notes
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Kyle Jason   Engineer
Craig T. Cooper   Stage Crew
J.D. Souther   Composer
Churchill Kohlman   Composer
Joe South   Composer
Mark Lambert   Mixing,Engineer
Rodney Crowell   Composer
Rory Michael Bourke   Composer
Richard Carpenter   Composer
Mentor Williams   Composer
Karla Bonoff   Composer
Rick Smith   Producer,Executive Producer
John K. Irons   Assistant Engineer
Michael Nesmith   Composer
Buck Moore   Composer
Arthur Resnick   Composer
Glenn Sutton   Composer
Steve Alexander   Engineer
Ian Tyson   Composer
Felice Bryant   Composer