No. 2 LIVE Dinner is an album

Album

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 of live music by Texas

Texas

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-based folk

Folk music

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 singer-songwriter

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 Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen, Junior is an American Texas Country singer-songwriter. He is popular with fans of traditional country music, folk music, college radio, and alt-country. Keen currently resides in Kerrville, Texas and maintains a ranch in Medina, Texas.-Early life:Growing up in Houston, Texas,...

, released in the United States

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 in 1996

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

) on Sugar Hill Records. The performances are from two different dates, the first fourteen tracks (described as "Dinner" in the CD Liner notes) were recorded at Floores Country Store in Helotes, TX on August 12, 1995. Tracks fifteen through seventeen (described as "Dessert") were recorded at Cactus Cafe Ballroom in Austin, TX on October 8 of the same year.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

1. "Intro" – :33
2. "I'm Going to Town" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller
   Fred Koller
   Fred Koller is an American singer-songwriter. He has been active in the music business since 1973. Fred currently lives and works in Nashville with his wife Trish and their cat Buddy.-Music career:...
   
   ) – 2:36
3. "Gringo Honeymoon" – 5:02
4. "Merry Christmas from the Family
   Merry Christmas from the Family
   "Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen. It has become extremely popular among the fans within his cult following. The song was first recorded for Keen's 1994 album, Gringo Honeymoon. A live version also appears on his 1996, No....
   
   " – 3:55
5. "Five Pound Bass" – 4:04
6. Band Intro – 1:29
7. "Rollin' By" – 4:04
8. "Sonora's Death Row
   Sonora's Death Row
   "Sonora’s Death Row" is a story song written by California songwriter Kevin "Blackie" Farrell and published by Drifter Music/Bug Music , ©1975. Recorded covers of the song have been performed by Robert Earl Keen, Leo Kottke, Michael Martin Murphey, Tom Russell, Richard Shindell, Dave Alvin and others...
   
   " (Kevin Farrell) – 4:56
9. "When The Bluebonnets Bloom" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller
   Fred Koller
   Fred Koller is an American singer-songwriter. He has been active in the music business since 1973. Fred currently lives and works in Nashville with his wife Trish and their cat Buddy.-Music career:...
   
   ) – 1:57
10. "Think It Over One Time" – 3:29
11. "Amarillo Highway" (Terry Allen) – 2:51
12. The Road Intro – 5:07
13. "The Road Goes on Forever" – 8:31
14. "Dreadful Selfish Crime" – 7:19
15. Mariano Intro – 2:50
16. "Mariano" – 4:07
17. "I'm Comin' Home" – 4:24