Live from Austin, TX (Drive-By Truckers album)

Live From Austin, TX is the second live album by the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. It was released as a two disc CD/DVD combo. It was recorded on September 26, 2008, and boasts an almost twelve-minute recording of the song "18 Wheels of Love," which was originally released on their first album Gangstabilly.

Live From Austin TX
Live album by
Drive-By Truckers
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009
RecordedSeptember 26, 2008
Length71:16
LabelNew West
ProducerTerry Lickona
Drive-By Truckers chronology
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
(2008)		 Live From Austin TX
(2009)		 The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Pitchfork7/10[3]
PopMatters[4]

Guitarist Patterson Hood stated the album and DVD are: "by far our best filmed performance."[5]

Track listing
  1. "Perfect Timing" (Cooley)
  2. "Heathens" (Hood)
  3. "A Ghost To Most" (Cooley)
  4. "The Righteous Path" (Hood)
  5. "I'm Sorry Huston" (Tucker)
  6. "3 Dimes Down" (Cooley)
  7. "Puttin' People On The Moon" (Hood)
  8. "Space City" (Cooley)
  9. "The Living Bubba" (Hood)
  10. "Zip City" (Cooley)
  11. "18 Wheels Of Love" (Hood)
  12. "Let There Be Rock" (Hood)
  13. "Marry Me" (Cooley)

Personnel
  • Patterson Hood - guitar, vocals
  • Mike Cooley - guitar, vocals
  • Brad Morgan - drums
  • Shonna Tucker - bass, vocals
  • John Neff - guitar, pedal steel
  • Jay Gonzalez - keyboards

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 172
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 28
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gollark: That is not much of an issue. The carbon dioxide production from them is. If we ran out somehow, it would be possible to synthesize more (with energy input, obviously).
gollark: Also, I think there are some nuclear plane concepts? Generally they use the heat from the nuclear stuff directly in some way.
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References
  1. "Live from Austin TX - Drive-By Truckers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. "Robert Christgau: Album: Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin TX". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin, TX". Pitchfork.
  4. "Drive-By Truckers: Live from Austin TX". PopMatters. August 16, 2009.
  5. "DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS". www.drivebytruckers.com.
  6. "Drive-By Truckers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  7. "Drive-By Truckers Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.


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