No. 2 Live Dinner [Live]

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Having signed his first major-label contract with Arista Texas, Robert Earl Keen Jr. says good-bye to Sugar Hill Records with "No. 2 Live Dinner," a concert recording that sums up his eight years and five earlier albums with the company. Keen has a gift for concocting musical stories that bring Texas to life in all its violent, sad, expansive, absurdist glory. His voice is still a ramshackle wreck, but he has learned how to minimize his melodic weaknesses while maximizing his storytelling strengths. Furthermore, Keen's song introductions are often as funny and imaginative as his best songs. Recorded at two 1995 shows in Texas, No. 2 Live Dinner includes a funny tale about his doomed early efforts at a career and an even funnier one about how his car caught fire at Willie Nelson's second-ever Fourth of July picnic. --Geoffrey Himes

No. 2 Live Dinner,Jr. Robert Earl Keen,Rosetta Records,Alternative Country,Contemporary Folk,Country,Country & Western,Country-Folk,Folk,Pop,Progressive Country,Singer/Songwriter

Average customer rating: Good times music why don't you own this? Very Good Live CD Robert Earl Keen One of my favorites

No. 2 Live Dinner Jr. Robert Earl Keen Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live from Austin TX A Bigger Piece of Sky Live at the Ryman What I Really Mean Gringo Honeymoon ASIN: B0002IQGD0 Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. I'm Going To Town
3. Gringo Honeymoon
4. Merry Christmas From The Family
5. Five Pond Bass
6. Band Intro
7. Rollin' By
8. Sonora's Death Row
9. When The Bluebonnets Bloom
10. Think It Over One Time
11. Amarillo Highway
12. The Road Intro
13. The Road Goes On Forever
14. Dreadful Selfish Crime
15. Mariano Intro
16. Mariano
17. I'm Comin Home

Customer Reviews:

Good times music.......2007-01-10

Can't say enough good about this CD. Great songwriter and good performer. If you haven't heard of REK, this would be a pretty good start. If you have, the live experience is worth adding to your collection. I just wish he toured further north.

why don't you own this?.......2006-12-21

if you love music, buy this album. it is really just that simple. a friend turned me on to REK back in '97 and no album captures the essence of the man better than this one. i've had several of his studio albums but somehow this cd is the one i always reach for....and as another reviewer said, i am also on my second copy as my first could only stand the abuse for so many years!

Very Good Live CD .......2006-08-13

Why only four stars? Whereas Robert Earl Keen himself would tell you he is a songwriter first, and then a singer, his voice is just a little too nasal on most of the selections. With that said it is still a very good listen, if just for the songs and the band. For my money I would buy the Austin City Limits DVD instead. Then you can see and hear REK and his band, with Fiddler Bryan Duckworth joining them on the last two selections.

Robert Earl Keen.......2006-02-24

No 2 Live Dinner is incredible. It is what you can expect at every Robert Earl Keen show. From the beginning, "I'm Going To Town", to "I'm Comin' Home", it makes you wish you were there. My personal favorites are "Merry Christmas From The Family" and "The Road Goes On Forever". "The Road Intro" is a nice set-up for the song. Purchase and enjoy.

One of my favorites.......2005-08-14

Had to buy this one twice - wore the first one out! Great album

Average customer rating: First and Favorite This is REAL country! Merry Christmas from the Family the best live cd of all time Lone Star Anthems

No. 2 Live Dinner Jr. Robert Earl Keen Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Picnic Walking Distance Live from Austin TX The Live Album Gringo Honeymoon ASIN: B000000EXI Release Date: 1996-03-19

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. I'm Going To Town
3. Gringo Honeymoon
4. Merry Christmas From The Family
5. Five Pound Bass
6. Band Intro
7. Rollin' By
8. Sonora's Death Row
9. When The Bluebonnets Bloom
10. Think It Over One Time
11. Amarillo Highway
12. The Road Intro
13. The Road Goes On Forever
14. Dreadful Selfish Crime
15. Mariano Intro
16. Mariano
17. I'm Comin' Home

Amazon.com

Having signed his first major-label contract with Arista Texas, Robert Earl Keen Jr. says good-bye to Sugar Hill Records with "No. 2 Live Dinner," a concert recording that sums up his eight years and five earlier albums with the company. Keen has a gift for concocting musical stories that bring Texas to life in all its violent, sad, expansive, absurdist glory. His voice is still a ramshackle wreck, but he has learned how to minimize his melodic weaknesses while maximizing his storytelling strengths. Furthermore, Keen's song introductions are often as funny and imaginative as his best songs. Recorded at two 1995 shows in Texas, No. 2 Live Dinner includes a funny tale about his doomed early efforts at a career and an even funnier one about how his car caught fire at Willie Nelson's second-ever Fourth of July picnic. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

First and Favorite.......2005-08-29

This is the first REK CD I ever listened to and the first I ever bought. It is still not only one of my favorite REK CDs, but Favorite of all time. I could listen to this album over and over again. REK's songs and story telling have made him a legend in Texas and Beyond.

This is REAL country!.......2002-12-24

Robert Earl Keen plays country music the way it was meant to be played, and "No 2 Live Dinner" is Robert Earl Keen the way he was meant to be heard: live in concert! I have several of Bob Earl's albums, but none of his studio releases compares to this live album. Keen's songs are always entertaining, albeit in different ways. "Merry Christmas From The Family" is just plain hilarious. "Gringo Honeymoon" and "Sonora's Death Row" both tell stories so vividly that you'd think they were your own memories. Amarillo Highway just plain rocks (plus I love the 'Shiner Bock and Lone Star' reference). And "The Road Goes On Forever" (Keen's cornerstone track) with its rambling autobiographical intro appeals to everyone because of its unabashed party attitude. Forget the slick, formulaic, commercial country and go with the real deal: Robert Earl Keen, LIVE!

Merry Christmas from the Family.......2002-12-18

This is a great CD. It is rare for me to find an album that I like most of the songs. The appeal of Robert Earl Keene, especially this album, is not limited to country music fans or Texans. The tracks range from funny and entertaining - "Merry Christmas from the Family", or his story about Willie Nelson preceding "The Road Goes on Forever" to more serious ballads such as "Mariano". Soul searching songs with lyrics like "the semis roll through like stainless steel stallions" portray a vivid and accurate picture of many of the busted old towns on the plains of west Texas. There is nothing like playing that song driving down I-10 west out of Ft. Stockton.

the best live cd of all time.......2002-08-09

This cd has many good songs that will move your soul (well not really your soul) but it is a good cd to buy if you like robert earl keen

Lone Star Anthems.......2002-08-02

Them's here some cousin marrying music. And I don't mean just list-nin' to Robert Earl Keen at your cousin's wedding reception. Nope, I mean up and marrying your cousin yourself.

There's always supposed to be a new Dylan rising. It has been Springsteen, Adam Duritz, the Wallflowers, but Robert Earl Keen is a countrified Dylan, skillful in the art of song craft. Of the two live albums of his, I would have to give the nod to his earlier one simply titled "The Live Album." Its undertones are more grassroots, the music sparse and beautiful, and the storytelling stays fresh and funny. Keen's voice, much like coming to drinking a Shiner Bock or Lone Star Beer for the first time is an acquired taste. But it is unique, gritty, and twangy. His music lies in the land of in betweens. It is in between bluegrass, folk-rock, country and western twang, and grassroots Americana.

This is the best driving music around as you can sing at the top of your lungs to each song and the sound of your own howlin' doesn't diminish the off-key and catchy Robert Earl Keen, who is howlin' right along with you. His stories on this one are funny the first time through and can get some good laughs when shared with friends, but with repeat listens you will find yourself forwarding on through to get to the music. And what music it is...pure Texas, pure grassroots.

"And I'm willin' to bet son that I'm a bigger Texan than you are...on those hard rollin' Amarillo highways."

Sing these to your cousin on your gringo honeymoon.

Average customer rating: First and Favorite This is REAL country! Merry Christmas from the Family the best live cd of all time Lone Star Anthems

No. 2 Live Dinner Jr. Robert Earl Keen Manufacturer: Rosetta Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Picnic Walking Distance Live from Austin TX The Live Album Gringo Honeymoon ASIN: B00005Y7FR Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. I'm Going to Town
3. Gringo Honeymoon
4. Merry Christmas from the Family
5. Five Pound Bass
6. Band Intro
7. Rollin' By
8. Sonora's Death Row
9. When the Bluebonnets Bloom
10. Thing It Over One Time
11. Amarillo Highway
12. Road Intro
13. Road Goes on Forever
14. Dreadful Selfish Crime
15. Mariano Intro
16. Mariano
17. I'm Comin' Home

Amazon.com

Having signed his first major-label contract with Arista Texas, Robert Earl Keen Jr. says good-bye to Sugar Hill Records with "No. 2 Live Dinner," a concert recording that sums up his eight years and five earlier albums with the company. Keen has a gift for concocting musical stories that bring Texas to life in all its violent, sad, expansive, absurdist glory. His voice is still a ramshackle wreck, but he has learned how to minimize his melodic weaknesses while maximizing his storytelling strengths. Furthermore, Keen's song introductions are often as funny and imaginative as his best songs. Recorded at two 1995 shows in Texas, No. 2 Live Dinner includes a funny tale about his doomed early efforts at a career and an even funnier one about how his car caught fire at Willie Nelson's second-ever Fourth of July picnic. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

First and Favorite.......2005-08-29

This is the first REK CD I ever listened to and the first I ever bought. It is still not only one of my favorite REK CDs, but Favorite of all time. I could listen to this album over and over again. REK's songs and story telling have made him a legend in Texas and Beyond.

This is REAL country!.......2002-12-24

Robert Earl Keen plays country music the way it was meant to be played, and "No 2 Live Dinner" is Robert Earl Keen the way he was meant to be heard: live in concert! I have several of Bob Earl's albums, but none of his studio releases compares to this live album. Keen's songs are always entertaining, albeit in different ways. "Merry Christmas From The Family" is just plain hilarious. "Gringo Honeymoon" and "Sonora's Death Row" both tell stories so vividly that you'd think they were your own memories. Amarillo Highway just plain rocks (plus I love the 'Shiner Bock and Lone Star' reference). And "The Road Goes On Forever" (Keen's cornerstone track) with its rambling autobiographical intro appeals to everyone because of its unabashed party attitude. Forget the slick, formulaic, commercial country and go with the real deal: Robert Earl Keen, LIVE!

Merry Christmas from the Family.......2002-12-18

This is a great CD. It is rare for me to find an album that I like most of the songs. The appeal of Robert Earl Keene, especially this album, is not limited to country music fans or Texans. The tracks range from funny and entertaining - "Merry Christmas from the Family", or his story about Willie Nelson preceding "The Road Goes on Forever" to more serious ballads such as "Mariano". Soul searching songs with lyrics like "the semis roll through like stainless steel stallions" portray a vivid and accurate picture of many of the busted old towns on the plains of west Texas. There is nothing like playing that song driving down I-10 west out of Ft. Stockton.

the best live cd of all time.......2002-08-09

This cd has many good songs that will move your soul (well not really your soul) but it is a good cd to buy if you like robert earl keen

Lone Star Anthems.......2002-08-02

Them's here some cousin marrying music. And I don't mean just list-nin' to Robert Earl Keen at your cousin's wedding reception. Nope, I mean up and marrying your cousin yourself.

There's always supposed to be a new Dylan rising. It has been Springsteen, Adam Duritz, the Wallflowers, but Robert Earl Keen is a countrified Dylan, skillful in the art of song craft. Of the two live albums of his, I would have to give the nod to his earlier one simply titled "The Live Album." Its undertones are more grassroots, the music sparse and beautiful, and the storytelling stays fresh and funny. Keen's voice, much like coming to drinking a Shiner Bock or Lone Star Beer for the first time is an acquired taste. But it is unique, gritty, and twangy. His music lies in the land of in betweens. It is in between bluegrass, folk-rock, country and western twang, and grassroots Americana.

This is the best driving music around as you can sing at the top of your lungs to each song and the sound of your own howlin' doesn't diminish the off-key and catchy Robert Earl Keen, who is howlin' right along with you. His stories on this one are funny the first time through and can get some good laughs when shared with friends, but with repeat listens you will find yourself forwarding on through to get to the music. And what music it is...pure Texas, pure grassroots.

"And I'm willin' to bet son that I'm a bigger Texan than you are...on those hard rollin' Amarillo highways."

Sing these to your cousin on your gringo honeymoon.

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