Live (Split Lip Rayfield album)
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Live or Split Lip Rayfield Live is the first live album
from the bluegrass/punk
band Split Lip Rayfield
. It was recorded live on New Year's Eve
of 2003 at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas
. It contains music from their first three albums and the music is significantly faster than the studio-recorded versions.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
from the bluegrass/punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Split Lip Rayfield
Split Lip Rayfield
Split Lip Rayfield is a vocal and acoustic instrumental group from Wichita, Kansas. Though they are sometimes classified as a bluegrass, alt-country or cowpunk band, their music draws on a wide array of influences.-History:...
. It was recorded live on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
of 2003 at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
. It contains music from their first three albums and the music is significantly faster than the studio-recorded versions.
Track listing
- Flat Black Rag (Eaton, Rundstrom) 2:00
- Truckin' Song (Gottstine) 1:59
- In the Ground (Mardis) 2:36
- Record Shop (Rundstrom) 3:40
- Cutie Pie (Eaton, Rundstrom) 2:41
- P.B. (Rundstrom) 2:39
- Used to Call Me Baby (Gottstine) 3:40
- Trouble (Rundstrom) 3:20
- Whiskey Is Gone (Rundstrom) 1:37
- Old #6 (Gottstine) 2:53
- Kiss of Death (Mardis) 4:18
- Devil (Rundstrom) 2:43
- Never Make It Home (Gottstine) 3:20
- Coffee (Rundstrom) 1:59
- 3.2 Flu (Gottstine) 2:15
- River (Gottstine) 4:01
- Hounds (Mardis) 2:52
- Movin' to Virginia (Gottstine) 2:49
- San Antone (Rundstrom) 6:48
Personnel
- Jeff Eaton - Gas Tank Bass, Vocals
- Wayne Gottstine - MandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, Vocals - Kirk Rundstrom - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Vocals - Eric Mardis - BanjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, Vocals