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Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Melt Snow 2. New Kid, The 3. Barrier Reef 4. W.TX Teardrops 5. Lonely Holiday 6. Villain, The 7. King of All of the World 8. Salome 9. Rollerskate Skinny 10. Other Shoe, The 11. Coahuila 12. Iron Road 13. Wishthe Worst 14. Wont Be Home 15. Doreen
DISC 2: 1. Jagged 2. Designs on You 3. Curtain Calls 4. Mama Tried 5. If My Heart Was a Car 6. Four Leaf Clover 7. Stoned 8. Oppenheimer 9. Can't Get a Line 10. Cryin' Drunk 11. Big Brown Eyes 12. Murder (Or a Heart Attack) 13. Smokers 14. Friends Forever 15. Time Bomb
| Details | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Old 97's: Ken Bethea, Rhett Miller (vocals, guitar); Murry Hammond (vocals, bass guitar); Philip Peeples (drums). Recording information: Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, Texas (2005). One of the flagship bands of the '90s alt-country scene, the Old 97's never quite achieved the godhead status of Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, et al., possibly because their brand of roots-rock always bore more growl than twang. Though their eventual bid at major-label success and leader Rhett Miller's grab for the Ryan Adams solo-artist brass ring both fell short, they went on to perfect their craft even further, as exemplified by ALIVE & WIRED. This 2005 live record finds the band's brash mix of punky energy, sharp songwriting, and plaintive Americana at its most fully realized, before an enthusiastic audience in the highly appropriate venue of Texas's legendary Gruene Hall.
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