Live On (Kenny Wayne Shepherd album)

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Live On
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1999
StudioArlyn Studios, The Record Plant, House of Blues
Genre Blues rock, electric blues
Length54:59
Label Giant
Producer Jerry Harrison
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band chronology
Trouble Is...
(1997)
Live On
(1999)
The Place You're In
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Live On is the third studio album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, released in 1999. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2000. Live On marks the second album (the first being Trouble Is... ) to feature vocals from Noah Hunt.

Contents

Track listing

all songs written by Kenny Wayne Shepherd except where noted

  1. "In 2 Deep" (Shepherd, Mark Selby, Danny Tate) – 3:15
  2. "Was" (Shepherd, Selby, Tia Sillers) – 4:00
  3. "Them Changes" (Buddy Miles) – 3:19
  4. "Last Goodbye" (Shepherd, Selby, Sillers) – 4:33
  5. "Shotgun Blues" (Shepherd, Noah Hunt) – 4:49
  6. "Never Mind" (Shepherd, Selby, Sillers) – 3:58
  7. "You Should Know Better" (Shepherd, Tate) – 4:12
  8. "Every Time It Rains" (Shepherd, Selby, Sillers) – 3:46
  9. "Oh Well" (Peter Green) – 3:37
  10. "Wild Love" (Shepherd, Tate) – 3:42
  11. "Losing Kind" (Shepherd, Selby, Sillers) – 4:31
  12. "Live On" (Shepherd, Selby, Sillers) – 4:35
  13. "Where Was I?" (Shepherd, Selby, Hunt) – 3:30
  14. "Electric Lullaby" (Shepherd) – 3:12 [1]


Personnel

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Additional Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1999 Billboard 200 52

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1999"In 2 Deep"Mainstream Rock Tracks5
2000"Was"Mainstream Rock Tracks9
2000"Last Goodbye"Mainstream Rock Tracks14

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References

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