I gotta blame Stephen King for this one. I picked it up after he raved
about it in a column he wrote for Entertainment Weekly. It's been on my
mind ever since. The political statements, the working class ethos, and
the passion carry this live album all the way through. It's the kind of
work that I would have loved to play for Joe Strummer and heard what he
thought about it. Musically the album runs from ballad feeling folk songs Lights of Cheyenne to more up tempo western swing numbers like Choctaw Bingo -- which happen to be my favorite tracks on the album, along with Too Long in the Wasteland and Levelland. I
have checked out McMurtry's studio albums and they have some great
stuff, but there is just something about the live recording that raises
above what he's been able to do in the studio. Here is the track listing from the McMurtry website which can be found
HERE
Live in Aught-Three
1. Saint Mary of the Woods 2. Fraulein O. 3. Red Dress 4. No More Buffalo 5. 60 Acres 6. Rachel's Song 7. Out Here in the Middle 8. Choctaw Bingo9. Lights of Cheyenne 10. Levelland 11. Max's Theorem 12. I'm Not From Here 13. Too Long in the Wasteland 14. Rex's Blues
