Name: First You Live
Brand: Side One Dummy
SKU: 529263
Price: 12.8 USD
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First You Live

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Album: First You Live
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intro	More Info...
2)	First You Love	More Info...	0:04
3)	Leaving Tennessee	More Info...	0:02
4)	Ghost Trails	More Info...	0:04
5)	Dear Honey	More Info...	0:03
6)	Oh Icicle	More Info...	0:02
7)	Strike	More Info...	0:04
8)	Keys To The Truck	More Info...	0:02
9)	Then You Pass	More Info...	0:03
10)	Street Fighter	More Info...	0:05
11)	Grampa Mac	More Info...	0:04
12)	Goodnight, Moonshine	More Info...	0:05
13)	Ballad Of Graff	More Info...	0:05

Album: First You Live
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intro	More Info...
2)	First You Love	More Info...	0:04
3)	Leaving Tennessee	More Info...	0:02
4)	Ghost Trails	More Info...	0:04
5)	Dear Honey	More Info...	0:03
6)	Oh Icicle	More Info...	0:02
7)	Strike	More Info...	0:04
8)	Keys To The Truck	More Info...	0:02
9)	Then You Pass	More Info...	0:03
10)	Street Fighter	More Info...	0:05
11)	Grampa Mac	More Info...	0:04
12)	Goodnight, Moonshine	More Info...	0:05
13)	Ballad Of Graff	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band: Edson Choi (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, sitar); Kyle Divine (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Dustin Apodaca (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Allen Van Orman (bass guitar); Eric Chirco, Tim Schneider (drums); Andrea Babinski.
Personnel: Edson Choi (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, sitar); Kyle Divine (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Andrea Babinski (vocals, mandolin, violin); Dustin Apodaca (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Phillip Inzerillo (trombone); Eric Chirco (drums); Stephen Hodges (timpani); Anthony Arvizu (percussion).
Additional personnel: Megan McCliesh (vocals); Katie Mendenhall (cello); Jared Parsons (saxophone); Jack Lara (trumpet); Phil Inzerillo (trombone); Anthony Arvizu, Stephen Hodges.
Audio Mixer: Ryan Williams .
Recording information: Desert Moon, Anaheim, CA (02/12/2006-12/12/2006); Pulse Recording, Los Angeles, CA (02/12/2006-12/12/2006); The Compound Studio, Long Beach, CA (02/12/2006-12/12/2006).
Using the instruments of folk (acoustic guitar, accordion, violin), Dusty Apodaca and his crew play a rollicking hybrid of prog, jam-band, and Americana. That description might scare off potential fans who eschew any of those genres, but the fact that they are on a punk-oriented label should clue listeners in to the irreverent spirit of the enterprise. Their vibe is not unlike that of label-mates Gogol Bordello, and fans of any kind of music will be impressed by the band's chops and tightness.

Professional Reviews

Q (Magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a rush of vibrant energy and anything-goes psychedelia."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Rhodes' unique phrasing allows him to get his concrete-mixer yowl around complex rhymes..."