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Jack Ingram - Livin' or Dyin' Audio CD

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Jack Ingram Band: Jack Ingram
Title: Livin' or Dyin'
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Release Date: 1997-03-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Nothin' Wrong With That 2: Big Time 3: Ghost of a Man 4: Flutter 5: Rita Ballou 6: She Does Her Best 7: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) 8: Picture on My Wall 9: That's Not Me 10: Don't You Remember 11: Imitation of Love 12: Dallas 13: I Can't Leave You 14: Airways Motel

No "Beat Up" Album Here
A Texas Country Legend, Jack is making noise across the nation now as h is popularity continues to grow. Jack Ingram may be the last true American songman. This was his first Big release album. With raw and edgy originals, Jack also does an excellen job on a cover song as well as a Duet with the great Jerry Jeff Walker. Jack is one of those artist whom I can listen to all of his material over and over again and never tire of it. Another tremendous effort by Jack.


What country should sound like
Loved this cd from the 1st time I listened to it. I bought this cd at my 1st Jack Ingram concert at the Exit/In in
Nashville. All
of Jack's cd's are worth buying. This is my personal
favorite, with Hey You a close 2nd. I find myself never
skipping a track when listening to it, all tracks are great.
As good as the cds are, the live shows are even better.
Jack = Texas Country, Texas Country > CMT Country.


Damn Near A Classic
Everyone I have played this CD for, country fan or not, really likes it. I had never heard of Jack Ingram until I saw the video for "That's Not Me" on CMT. It is one of those rare CD's
in which almost every song is equally good. It is one of the very few CD's that would my music collection would always feel incomplete without(unlike his last two CD's 'Electric' and 'Hey You'). Listening to it always feels like running into an old friend.
Sad, happy, depressed, or drunk, this CD accomodates whatever mood I am in at the moment. Ingrams' lyrics are biting and poignant. The music is staight up honky tonk. The guitar playing and Jack's voice jump right off the disk. I think 'Airways Motel' is one of the best damn songs I every heard. The rest of the songs ain't too far behind. Easily my favorite single CD by any of the current Texas singer/songwriters. You better get it before it's ungettable.


Great Album
if your looking for a cool country album, this is it. this is a truly great album, much better than the fluff country stations play. Dallas and Flutter are my personal favorite songs on here.


Brilliant hard-edged Texas country
This major-label debut, produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy, shows why Ingram is one of the hottest talents on Nashville's music row. Following two independent releases, the smoking "Live at Adair's" showed off Ingram's rowdy live set, while hinting at the depth of his songwriting. But "Nashville" he's not. Ingram's Texas-styled honky-tonk has more in common with producer Earle and guest-vocalist Jerry Jeff Walker than with slickly produced top-40. From the opening lyric, "I'm a beat-up Ford, you're a Cadillac," Ingram stakes his claim: rough around the edges and a bit worn-out by the bumps in life's road. At 24, Ingram is an old soul. Strong emotions infuse each lyric, from the anti-love songs "I Can't Leave You" and "Imitation of Love" to the resigned adultery of "Airways Motel. " In addition to Jerry Jeff Walker's duet, producer Earle kicks in for a cover of Jimmy Dale Gilmore's "Dallas," while Ingram finds fresh sounds in tunes from Guy Clark and Rose Lee and Joe Maphis.

Mostly recorded live-in-the-studio, the band is focussed and energized. As the previous live release showed, the band smokes on stage. Which is good, because on-stage is where you're most likely to hear them; commercial radio didn't even notice this album. Hopefully record buyers will know better.

With the demise of the Rising Tide label, this and "Live at Adair's" are sadly out-of-print. Well worth hunting down a used copy of each.


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