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Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua! (1973)
	Album details
	Label:     Ref#: country-0010 Date: 1973   Category: country Length: 44:29     Format: CD   Record Store Day:   Audio: Stereo   Album Collection Title:   Genre: Country   Album Collection Disc Nbr:
Notes/Reviews
It's no accident that among the great albums Jerry Jeff Walker has made, most of them have been recorded in front of a live audience. If you want to get the feel of the rowdy Texas music scene of the early to-mid-'70s, look no further than ¡Viva Terlingua!, a rowdy, goat-ropin' classic of sing-along mayhem recorded in the tiny town of Lukenbach in the summer of 1973. Walker marshals his Lost Gonzo Band through a number of tunes that went on to become classics, including Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train," Ray Wiley Hubbard's anthemic "Up Against the Wall Redneck," and his own "Sangria Wine" and "Gettin' By." The highlight, though, is an extended take on Gary Nunn's "London Homesick Blues," better known to casual Jerry Jeff fans as the theme song for the long-running PBS show Austin City Limits. --Daniel Durchholz
Songs/Tracks
1.   Gettin' By  4:13 2.   Desperados Waiting For The Train  5:51 3.   Sangria Wine  4:27 4.   Little Bird  4:13 5.   Get It Out  3:38 6.   Up Against The Wall Red Neck  4:35 7.   Backsliders Wine  3:37 8.   Wheel  6:04 9.   London Homesick Blues  7:46
Recording/Credits

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